Memorial Roots

Memorial Roots
Studio album by Brainstorm
Released	16 October 2009
Recorded	May–August 2009
Studio	Storm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten, Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany
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 16 October 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.