Memorial Roots

Memorial Roots
Studio album by Brainstorm
Released	October 16, 2009
Recorded	Storm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten, Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, May-August 2009
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	54:44
Label	AFM
Producer	Brainstorm, Sascha Paeth & Miro
Brainstorm chronology
Downburst (2008) Memorial Roots (2009) On the Spur of the Moment (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Lords of Metal	(81/100)[2]
Dangerdog	[3]

Memorial Roots is the eighth studio album by the German power metal band Brainstorm, released on October 16, 2009.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck.

1. "Forsake What I Believed" - 6:31
2. "Shiver" - 3:17
3. "The Conjunction of 7 Planets" - 6:34
4. "Cross the Line" - 5:01
5. "Nailed Down Dreams" - 5:37
6. "Blood Still Stains" - 4:10
7. "Ahimsa" - 4:21
8. "The Final Stages of Decay" - 6:27
9. "Victim" - 4:16
10. "When No One Cares" - 3:19
11. "Would You" - 5:11

The European limited edition digipack also includes

1. "Seems to Be Perfect" - 4:22
2. "Too Late to Deny" - 4:33

Personnel

Band members

• Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
• Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals
• Milan Loncaric - guitars, backing vocals
• Antonio Ieva - bass
• Dieter Bernert - drums

Additional musicians

• Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg - keyboards, producer, engineer, mastering

Production

• Sascha Paeth - producer, engineer, mixing
• Simon Oberender - engineer

References

1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Brainstorm Memorial Roots review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-25. 
2. ↑ "Brainstorm - Memorial Roots". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 2012-09-25. 
3. ↑ Hartranft, Craig (25 October 2009). "Brainstorm: Memorial Roots". Dangerdog Music Reviews. Retrieved 2012-09-25. 
4. ↑ "Brainstorm - Memorial Roots". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-09-25.