Memento Mori was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band with power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin

Messiah Marcolin

Messiah Marcolin , also known as 'Eddie Marcolin', is a vocalist best known for his work in the doom metal band Candlemass.-1984-1985:...

 and Mike Wead

Mike Wead

Mike Wead is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Witch, Firegod, Candlemass, The Project Hate. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and bibleblack...

 in 1992 after Messiah left Candlemass

Candlemass

Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...

. After two albums, however, Messiah left the band; the third album was sung by a different singer. For the fourth album, Messiah returned. After that album, the band broke up. All albums were released by Black Mark.

Discography

• Rhymes of Lunacy
  Rhymes of Lunacy
  Rhymes of Lunacy is the debut album by Memento Mori. It was released in 1993 by Black Mark Productions.-Track listing:# "The Rhyme" – 1:04# "The Seeds of Hatred" – 6:09# "Morbid Fear" – 4:19# "The Caravan of Souls" – 5:54...
  
  (1993)
• Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales
  Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales
  Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales is the second album by Memento Mori. It was released in 1994 by Black Mark Productions.-Track listing:# "To Travel Within" – 5:19# "The Passage..." – 2:26# "A Passenger on Psycho's Path" – 8:54...
  
  (1994)
• La Danse Macabre
  La Danse Macabre (album)
  La Danse Macabre is the third album by the Swedish doom metal band Memento Mori. It is their only album without singer and founder Messiah Marcolin...
  
  (1996)
• Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4
  Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4
  Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4 is the fourth and final album by Memento Mori. It was released in 1997 by Black Mark Productions.-Track listing:# "The Things You See " – 4:24# "Under My Blackened Sky" – 4:13...
  
  (1997)

Members

• Messiah Marcolin
  Messiah Marcolin
  Messiah Marcolin , also known as 'Eddie Marcolin', is a vocalist best known for his work in the doom metal band Candlemass.-1984-1985:...
  
   - vocals
• Mike Wead
  Mike Wead
  Mike Wead is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Witch, Firegod, Candlemass, The Project Hate. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and bibleblack...
  
   - guitars
• Nikkey Argento - guitars
• Marty Marteen - bass
• Tom Bjorn - drums

Former members

• Kristian Andren - vocals
• Miguel Robaina - keyboards
• Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...
  
   - drums
• Johan Billerhag (aka Billy St. John) - drums