Requiem - Mezzo Forte

Infobox Album
Name = Requiem - Mezzo Forte
Type = studio
Artist = Virgin Black


Released = Start date|2007|4|3
Recorded = ???
Genre = Doom metal, gothic metal, symphonic metal
Length = 52:08
Label = The End, Massacre
Producer = Rowan London, Samantha Escarbe
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfwxzu5ldhe link]
*"Metal Hammer" rating-10|9
*SonicFrontiers rating-10|8.3 [http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-96.html link]
Last album = "Elegant... and Dying"
(2003)
This album = "Requiem – Mezzo Forte"
(2007)
Next album = "Requiem – Fortissimo"
(2007)

"Requiem - Mezzo Forte" is the centerpiece of Virgin Black's trilogy. The album was released on 3 April, 2007, in North America on The End Records and 13 April, 2007, in Europe on Massacre Records. The Massacre release includes a special 2-disc version.

Track listing

# "Requiem, Kyrie" – 7:42
# "In Death" – 8:00
# "Midnight's Hymn" – 4:57
# "...and I Am Suffering" – 10:55
# "Domine" – 8:06
# "Lacrimosa (I Am Blind with Weeping)" – 9:59
# "Rest Eternal" – 2:29

;Bonus retrospective CD + video (on Massacre special edition only) [cite web |url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=15090 |title=Requiem - Mezzo Forte |accessdate=2007-05-20 |publisher=Prog Archives ]

#"Mother of Cripples" ("Virgin Black" demo)
#"Whispers of Dead Sisters" ("Trance")
#"Museum of Iscariot" ("Sombre Romantic")
#"Our Wings Are Burning" ("Elegant... and Dying")
#"Our Wings Are Burning" (video clip)

Personnel

*Rowan London – keyboard, vocals
*Samantha Escarbe – cello, guitar
*Grayh – bass
*Luk Faz – drums

References