---
title: "Memento Mori"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/memento-mori"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "Sweden"
formed: 1992
---

# Memento Mori

**Memento Mori** is a doom metal band, from Sweden, active 1992 to present.

Memento Mori was a Swedish band that is mainly doom metal but has some power metal influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin, Snowy Shaw 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 Mercyful Fate. 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 Memory Garden drummer Tom Bjorn. After that album, the band broke up. All albums were released by Black Mark.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_Mori_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Memento Mori |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Formed | 1992 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mike Wead](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-wead) |  |  | Current |
| [Messiah Marcolin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/messiah-marcolin) |  |  | Current |
| [Snowy Shaw](https://themetalnet.com/musician/snowy-shaw) | Drums (drum set) | 1993 to 1995 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | [Rhymes of Lunacy](https://themetalnet.com/album/b980dead-5aa6-30fa-9826-f9994a4cd80c) | Album |
| 1994 | [Life, Death and Other Morbid Tales](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c72020d-be11-3ef4-ad8e-c98f1beaf231) | Album |
| 1996 | [La Danse Macabre](https://themetalnet.com/album/44b789bb-78e8-32b1-90d3-2ba3c59c50b9) | Album |
| 1997 | [Songs for the Apocalypse, Volume IV](https://themetalnet.com/album/405539ee-2dcd-3994-af26-d94142dde580) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Candlemass](https://themetalnet.com/band/candlemass) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Cathedral](https://themetalnet.com/band/cathedral) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Tristania](https://themetalnet.com/band/tristania) (listened together)
- [Tiamat](https://themetalnet.com/band/tiamat) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Scorpions](https://themetalnet.com/band/scorpions) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Memento_Mori/554
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Y09aSfPfTJ08ztiYQheU4
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/300428631
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/44037355

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/memento-mori](https://themetalnet.com/band/memento-mori). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt