Requiem – Mezzo Forte Explained

Requiem - Mezzo Forte
Type:studio
Artist:Virgin Black
Cover:Virgin_Black_-_Mezzo_forte.jpg
Genre:Christian metal, classical, opera, doom metal, symphonic gothic metal
Length:52:08
Label:US:The End Records
EU:Massacre Records
Producer:Rowan London, Samantha Escarbe
Prev Title:Elegant... and Dying
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Requiem – Fortissimo
Next Year:2007

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

The album builds on the styles Virgin Black used in their previous albums, with the band and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra complimenting one another's sound and given roughly equal prominence.

Track listing

  1. "Requiem, Kyrie" – 7:42
  2. "In Death" – 8:00
  3. "Midnight's Hymn" – 4:57
  4. "...and I Am Suffering" – 10:55
  5. "Domine" – 8:06
  6. "Lacrimosa (I Am Blind with Weeping)" – 9:59
  7. "Rest Eternal" – 2:29
Bonus retrospective CD + video (on Massacre special edition only)[1]
  1. "Mother of Cripples" (Virgin Black demo)
  2. "Whispers of Dead Sisters" (Trance)
  3. "Museum of Iscariot" (Sombre Romantic)
  4. "Our Wings Are Burning" (Elegant... and Dying)
  5. "Our Wings Are Burning" (video clip)

Personnel

References

  1. Web site: Requiem - Mezzo Forte . 2007-05-20 . Prog Archives .