| Memorial Roots | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| 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 16 October 2009. [4]
All songs written and arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck.
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