Memento Mori was a Swedish band that is mainly

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but has some

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influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin,

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and Mike Wead in 1992 after Messiah left Candlemass and Wead took a break from his other band Hexenhaus. After two albums Messiah left the band because he was not credited as a songwriter; Snowy Shaw also quit the band to work with the reunited

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. The third album was sung by Kristian Andrén who used to sing for Swedish power doom metal band Tad Morose. Messiah returned for the fourth album, ''Songs for the Apocalypse Vol IV'', without Snowy Shaw. Drum duties were taken over by fellow Swede and

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drummer Tom Bjorn. After that album, the band broke up. All albums were released by Black Mark.

Former members

* Messiah Marcolin – vocals * Mike Wead – guitars * Nikkey Argento – guitars * Marty Marteen – bass * Tom Bjorn – drums * Kristian Andrén – vocals * Miguel Robaina – keyboards *

– drums * Johan Billerhag (a.k.a. "Billy St. John") – drums

Discography

* ''Rhymes of Lunacy'' (1993) * ''Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales'' (1994) * ''La Danse Macabre'' (1996) * ''Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4'' (1997)

References

Swedish doom metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Swedish musical quintets Black Mark Production artists Musical groups from Stockholm {{Sweden-band-stub