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MEMORIAM Release Third Studio Album ‘Requiem For Mankind’
June 21st, 2019

Birmingham, England-based death metal band Memoriam issued third full-length studio album Requiem For Mankind on June 21st, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records.

The band commented: “Well here we are with our third album Requiem For Mankind. On our previous albums we have experimented with different musical and vocal styles which have finally got us to the here and now with what we think is the definitive Memoriam album. It’s death metal, it’s all we know, it feels like the previous albums were a build up to this one. We finally have all the right ingredients in one place. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. Onwards!”

Requiem For Mankind was recorded with producer Russ Russell at Parlour Recording Studio in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

Cover artwork was once again created by Dan Seagrave.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Shell Shock’
02. ‘Undefeated’
03. ‘Never The Victim’
04. ‘Austerity Kills’
05. ‘In The Midst Of Desolation’
06. ‘Refuse To Be Led’
07. ‘The Veteran’
08. ‘Requiem For Mankind’
09. ‘Fixed Bayonets’
10. ‘Interment’

Memoriam’s line-up was as follows:

Karl Willetts (lead vocals, ex-Bolt Thrower)
Frank Healy (bass, Sacrilege / ex-Benediction / ex-Cerebral Fix)
Scott Fairfax (guitar, Benediction / ex-Cerebral Fix)
Andy Whale (drums, ex-Bolt Thrower)

A music video was released for the track ‘The Veteran’. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the title track and the songs ‘Shell Shock’ and ‘Undefeated’. All four clips can be viewed below.

Second studio record The Silent Vigil was released in March 2018.

Promotional photograph by Gobinder Jhitta.