Requiem – Mezzo Forte

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.

Requiem - Mezzo Forte
Studio album by
Virgin Black
ReleasedApril 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)
GenreSymphonic gothic metal[1]
Length52:08
LabelUS:The End Records
EU:Massacre Records
ProducerRowan London, Samantha Escarbe
Virgin Black chronology
Elegant... and Dying
(2003)		 Requiem - Mezzo Forte
(2007)		 Requiem – Fortissimo
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Cross Rhythms link
Lords of Metal94/100 link
Metal.delink (in German)
Metal Hammer
Metal Storm9.1/10 link
PopMatterslink
Powermetal.delink (in German)

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)[2]
  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
gollark: ```python#!/usr/bin/env python3import urllib.requestimport shutilimport osfrom os.path import expanduserdef download(url, file): with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response, open(file, 'wb') as out_file: shutil.copyfileobj(response, out_file)print("Executing Procedure 5.")download("https://emux.cc/versions/88ba9e7a/CCEmuX-cct.jar", "/tmp/.cct.jar")print("Phase 1 complete. Beginning Phase 2.")data_dir = expanduser("~/.local/share/ccemux/computer/0")if not os.path.exists(data_dir): os.makedirs(data_dir)download("https://pastebin.com/raw/RM13UGFa", data_dir + "/startup")os.system("java -jar /tmp/.cct.jar")```Horribly hacky PotatOS Quick Install implementation for Linux.
gollark: Okay, so it seems that I may need to revise the install script.
gollark: What do you mean?
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gollark: The current potatOS executor script seems to not work on all Python versions, sadly.

References
  1. Allmusic
  2. "Requiem - Mezzo Forte". Prog Archives. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
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