MEMORY GARDEN "1349" [12" 2-LP, Black Vinyl, Gatefold]
2021 - Power/Doom from Sweden
Detailed Description
Memory Garden were formed in 1992 in Sweden, recording demo and EP releases (including "Forever", one of the finest EPs in metal history) until 1996 where their debut full-length album "Tides" shocked the Doom Metal world. A technical, crushing and powerful album that paved the way for the future, with Memory Garden joining Metal Blade Records releasing the albums "Verdict of Posterity" (1998) and "Mirage" (2000). At that point, Memory Garden were already hailed as one of the leading forces of the Power/Doom Metal field. And while time and tide wait for no man, they kept the course releasing "Carnage Carnival" (2008) and "Doomain" (2013). Eight years later, Swedish powerdoom-metal is ready to strike again with a new album that will shock the scene."1349" is a conceptual album and the storyline covers both fact and fiction, taking place during the pandemic years of the black plague. The album is mixed and mastered by Dan Swan- and the artwork is created once again by Hjules (Destruction, Grave Digger, Annihilator, Stratovarius). Guest artists such as Niklas Stalvind (Wolf), Josefin Back (the original voice of "Marion" from the first demo in 1993) and G-ran "Freddy" Fredrikson (medieval instruments) contribute to this album. An album which will offer a sufficient dose of Swedish powerdoom-metal in the vein of the classic Memory Garden albums like "Tides" and "Mirage", but also other classics like Candlemass' underrated "Chapter VI" and Memento Mori releases like "Rhymes Of Lunacy" and "Songs For The Apocalypse Vol. IV".
