[Tainted Reviews]: Memento Mori

Memento Mori is Flyleaf’s second album following their platinum debut album All Around Me. Released November 10th, 2009, Memento Mori features the band at its finest, resonating with their emotional melodic metal sound. The 2-disc CD set features 18 brand new songs (14 on disc-1 and 4 on disc-2) including their two most recent singles Again and Beautiful Bride.

Released November 10, 2009
Recorded 2008—2009
Genre
Post-grunge, alternative metal, hard rock, christian rock

Length 57:42 (Deluxe/Expanded Version)
Label
A&M/Octone Records

Producer
Howard Benson


Track List & Run Times:

1. "Beautiful Bride" 3:03
2. "Again" 3:05
3. "Chasm" 2:54
4. "Missing" 2:54
5. "This Close" 3:20
6. "The Kind" 2:47
7. "In The Dark" 3:47
8. "Set Apart This Dream" 3:15
9. "Swept Away" 4:09
10. "Tiny Heart" 3:07
11. "Melting (Interlude)" 0:57
12. "Treasure" 3:24
13. "Circle" 3:03
14. "Arise" 4:18

My Verdict:
This Album is absolutely amazing in my opinion. In fact, its good enough to probably make Flyleaf my favorite band. It combines pleasant and deep alternative rock with heavy metal to create beautiful symphonic joy to my ears. I actually look forward to listening to the CD whenever I have to go for a drive. For those of you who haven’t checked out this album yet I highly recommend it.

5/5

My Favorite Tracks:

Chasm
[spoiler=Song Sample]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqgUUXthrdM[/spoiler]

Treasure
[spoiler=Song Sample]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6wO7-shfFk[/spoiler]

Arise
[spoiler=Song Sample]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS2nwY9MFeQ[/spoiler]

"Arise and be! All that you've dreamed!"