''Memorium blast their way through four pummelling songs.Well executed and fast -paced,this music is worthy of attention'' ''potential is certainly present as this is the band's first release''
BW&BK            7/10

''Every song on this EP is memorable and I'II be damned if i don't purchase MEMORIUM's first album''
THE METAL OBSERVER      10/10

''This is gruff and brutal metal that relies on a very distorted guitard sound''
METALLIAN

''Triumph of the Origin'' which features some great riffs blending the tension of more melodic death metal with the all out agression the majority of you have come to love over the years.
METALREVIEW              4.5/6

Behind the Veil webzine
Last year Memorium released their latest self financed EP with four tracks and thirteen minutes of duration. “Triumph Of The Origin” is the title of this work and from the opening track this band will take your skull off. Except for the excellent cover they have chosen to put in this work, Memorium seems to be really professionals from the way they wrote the songs to the energy you can feel from the whole EP. Most of their songs are really aggressive and well worked, with a lot of changes inside each track and a combination of black/death metal with some hardcore elements too. Imagine a combination of SLIPKNOT, IMMORTAL and HATEBREED with the personal touch of Memorium and voila you have the musical direction contained in this EP. Definitely I will be more than happy to listen to their full length album when it will be ready. I am sure it will be a blast! Antonis  Maglaras 8.5/10

BW&BK magazine
Describing themsleves as ‘’a cross between Carcass,Immortal,Slipknot,hatebreed’’
Memorium blast their way through four pummelling songs. Well executed and fast-paced, this music is worhty of attention. ‘The Nameless City’ features lyrics culled fromt the writting H.P. Lovecraft , whereas the other three tracks countain original words, which don’t quite work due to language difficulty – The band are French Canadian yet they sing in English.
‘Bornrest’ is a prime exemple : “You seek and hope to find the way, to free all of you bills to pay.’’ Given the guttural vocals, this isn’t a problem , but it exist nonetheless. Potential is certainly present as this is band’s first release.  7 / 10

Metal Maniac magazine
Swift , melodic death metal boasting multi-faceted/multi-tracked vocals, that are , unexpectedly, the strongest feature of the record . Triumph Of The Origin is a stripped-down affair bearing textbook death metal characteristics aimed at modern DM crowds
More accepting of head-bobbing hooks, meathead breakdowns and a moshable groove.
Dehumanized and Pyrexia crossed with later-Kataklysm and Enforsaken.
Four trask on total , one of them originally written by H.P. Lovecraft, ( the lyrics , that is)

www.anubis-zine.com
This is the first demo (Ep) of the band and it was out in 2005. Style is Melodic Sweden Death M. but there are Core elements in some parts. Sounds like At The Gates but you can feel the influence of Slipknot. Anyway it is written in the band’s flayer that “Memorium sounds like Carcass & Slipknot & Immortal & Hatebreed”. I agree to this sentence except Immortal. Cover design and recording are really well-done. In spite of releasing their first work, it has been really a strong work. Definitely recommended. Favorite Tracks:  The Nameless City & Total Abrupt

Metal Impact metal webzine
Pas très exposé sur les rives du Vieux Continent, MEMORIUM est un groupe Canadien et pour être plus précis en provenance du Québec existant depuis 2001. Le combo est composé de T-Bast (guitare), de Desh(basse), de Bob(chant) et d’Alexx (batterie). De l’expérience, ils en ont car les musiciens ont déjà fait leurs classes dans divers groupes locaux et d’autres formations connues comme TERESA, SADISTIC VISION. Triumph of The Origin est de ce fait leur premier Mcd avec au programme du gros Death bien lourd, massif et gras. Rien de bien agitateur, certes, mais MEMORIUM n’est pas là pour faire avancer les choses mais préférablement pour essayer de faire passer un agréable moment dans le mosh pit à tous les aficionados de Death bourrin que nous sommes. Car sur scène les quatre Canadiens doivent bien faire le ménage. MEMORIUM, de par sa dénomination, semble vouloir nous ramener vers le passé en prodiguant un Death Metal old-school brutal à souhait.

Avec moins d’un quart d’heure de puissance de combustion, MEMORIUM a tout intérêt à nous séduire et c’est plutôt chose faite. Le son est colossal, la production accomplie par le groupe lui-même n’en est que plus gratifiante. Si les titres sont convenus et académiques, ils demeurent néanmoins honnêtes et bien bâtis, alors que leur réclamer de plus ! On y perçoit une alternance vocale caractéristique du Black Death, comme sur le titre d'entrée « Triumph of The Origin », à savoir du bon Death de cheval rentre-dedans, des murs de guitares et une résonance à la SUFFOCATION. Le second morceau « Total Abrupt » porte quant à lui bien son nom, un titre totalement ardu aux breaks et aux ruptures rythmiques avec une voix féminine en la personne de Julie Lemelin qui ventile le tout. La plage suivante, « Bornrest », aux effluves Thrashy, est déjà plus décevante car trop linéaire tandis que « The Nameless City », avec en prime un texte de l’auteur Américain H.P. Lovecraft qui vient clore le débat de manière fort appropriée.

Un Mcd de près de quinze minutes qui suffit copieusement à se faire un aperçu des capacités des Québécois de MEMORIUM. Un bon hors-d'œuvre et une assez bonne entrée en matière pour un début. Attendons d’avoir le plat de résistance entre les mains. Un opus plus garni sera à même de prouver aux auditeurs si ce n’est qu’un petit feu d’artifice où si on a là une future bombe de Death. A voir… Chroniqueur :  Loki

Pull the Chain metal webzine
«Triumph of the Origin» is the first demowork recorded by this band coming from the French part of the Canadian territory and to make it short Memorium stand for really good death metal with some metalcore surroundings (mainly in the vocal departments). The band succeeds to find the right balance between mid paced death metal frameworks and more modern influences. As already said, the guttural vocal works show lots of connections with the nowadays (Scandinavian) death thrash metalcore scene… this kind of conventional vocals ruins the impact at first but it’s here alright because you get used to it after a few listens and it nicely compliments the band’s general musical orientation. The music itself doesn’t sound like anything else but amalgamates different styles and influences. «Triumph of the Origin» is above all competently played, brightly composed and don’t suffer from a weak production… this is thus what you can regard as a kind of mandatory purchase if you’re into modern death metal core. Patricia

Metal Universe webzine
Par : Fred Laroche
Il est toujours fort intéressant d'avoir à écrire la critique d'un album d'un groupe québécois. Il n'en n'a pas moins été pour ce court EP du groupe de la région de Québec, Memorium. Il est exclus de comprarer ce groupe à quoi que ce soit tant leur musique défie le son des autres groupes du genre. Bien que difficilement cataloguable, Memorium semble se ranger dans un style de Death Metal aux accents 'core' forts intéressants.

Le court EP de 4 chansons portrait un niveau de composition assez élevé avec des progressions et des effets très adéquats. Le vocal est varié à la base, accentué de plusieurs effets et mis en avant plan. Le son de la guitare est très lourd et très bien définit. Pour ce qui est du support rhythmique assuré par la batterie et la basse, on a droit a un assault percussif quasi-mécanique. N'allez pas voir à cette référence une musique sans saveur mais plutôt une précision plus que professionnelle de la part des musiciens.

Si vous voulez entendre des solos de virtuose bourrés d'arpèges, Memorium n'est pas pour vous. En revanche, si c'est l'efficacité, l'aggressivité, la variété que vous recherchez alors vous serez servis. Une vraie découverte! Visitez le site officiel de Memorium à cette adresse: http://www.memorium13.com.
Note : 7.5/10

Vampire Magazine
It looks like Canada, without being a very important provider of metal, succeeds once in a while to reveal some fresh new bands of a certain quality and I would dare to state that the Quebecoise Memorium can be enlisted among those without reservation.

What we are dealing with from Memorium's behalf is a 4-tracks EP, Triumph of the Origin, having not the best production I've ever heard, actually I would even complain a little bit about the sound of the drums, having not a huge dose of originality, still, a pleasant mix of death metal of all kinds and some hardcore and related genres, in the vein of Hatebreed. I guess this is what gives the product a certain energy that would had been missing if the would have been stucked within the death metal boundaries.

There is still a death metal album, with influences from classics like Carcass, I think I recognized even some Aborted there and a slightly shade of Quo Vadis...Despite the tricks with some recitative parts breaking the songs (Triumph of the Origin) and the core sound, that can make you love'em or hate'em- more perceivable in Bornrest and The Nameless City, the Canadian band doesn't succeed in finding that special "je ne sais quoi", that littte thing that makes you come back to one band's music over and over again. Just a regular well-played death metal with thrashy riffs and hardcore sound. But remember the "well-played" part, as I dare you to find something inappropriate in their music and interpretation. Anyway, a band that would definitely deserve a contract and a full-lenght album pretty soon.

The Metal Observer
This is another great Death Metal album that I was fortunate to get my hands on. It’s very rare that I end up really liking a band from Canada because for the most part, all the underground bands play the same alternative rock that I hear every day on the radio. But this is different… This is Death Metal! Really, really good Death Metal for that matter. 

This CD is the first EP from MEMORIUM. “Triumph of the Origin”. And all I can say it if the band takes the same steps found here in their first full length album, I see a platinum record right there. This EP is pure talent my friends. The instrumentals are sharp and Thrashy and the vocals are some of the best I have ever heard in Death Metal. Not only is “Triumph of the Origin” intense and brutal, but the CD stays completely unique throughout its playing time. 

Every song on this EP is memorable and I’ll be damned if I don’t purchase MEMORIUM’s first album. With all the praise I’m throwing at the band, you the reader must be thinking “but Jeremy, isn’t there anything wrong with this CD that I the reader should know?” My answer to you is this: “No!” (Online April 26, 2006)

Metal Review
Production 4.5/6
Songwriting 2.5/6
Musicianship 3.5/6

And here we have the first independently released EP by death metal band Memorium hailing from the metal hotbed of Canada. Will this upstart death metal band rival the extremity and proficiency of their powerhouse Canadian peers and take a standing next to the international monoliths of the scene? In all honestly, the answer is no.

After an inane waste of time intro, Memorium gets straight down to business and launches into the fairly impressive “Triumph of the Origin” which features some great riffs blending the tension of more melodic death metal with the all out aggression the majority of you have come to love over the years. “Total Abrupt” features some chunky groove ala Aborted mixed with some more standard melody and aggressive riffing but really lacks the memorability needed to make it a good song. What I would personally love to see from this band is for them to stay away from the Slipknot influences and abandon the drab style delved into on “The Nameless City” along with the hardcore edge of the Hatebreed tinged “Bornrest.” Granted these are just stylistic differences I hold with the band but I’m particularly fed up with bands playing these styles unless they’re actually going to add something meaningful to the genre instead of playing a half rate copy of a style they don’t fully grasp.

The most impressive aspect of this album is the production despite the expense budget for the gloss of a big studio. The sound is incredibly warm and full with all instruments cutting across with a clear, distinctive sound. This and the musicianship are both pretty professionally done when you get right down to it.

The music isn’t particularly bad per se, but nothing was particularly gripping or interesting after “Triump of the Origin” with the rest of the material failing to really sink its teeth into me in any meaningful way. Too much of the material on Triumph of the Origin sounds like filler done by bands you’ve already heard. If all the material was up to par with the versatility of “Triumph of the Origin” on this EP there’s a very promising future for this band all things considering. Albeit with a bit more experience under their belts and a more focused approach, I'll be expecting a hell of a more promising result. JEREMY GARNER

Danmark review
Memorium is another death metal band that caught my attention while searching for bands for review. Triumph of the Origin is band' newest self-released demo. Unfortunately there're only four tracks on it; I say unfortunately cause I really enjoyed every second of it and I wish there was more. It is not very often that I listen to Canadian metal (Nickleback is not counting in this category girls!) and even rarer that I end up liking what I hear from this part of the world. This band is really talentful, no doubt about that. All the instruments are very sharp and kind of ‘thrashy' as I like it best, the same goes for the vocal performances of Bob & Tbas, actually some of the best death metal vocals I've heard in a long time. Whole cd is very intense and brutal with four very strong anthems with the strongest opener ever “Triumph of the Origin”. Not only this title track is strong and catchy it is also like the rest of the songs very memorable and easy to follow to. It is loud, aggressive, pure, honest and above all a death metal release when it's best!!! You should definitely get your self this cd, because you don't get any better death metal these days. Mostly for the fans of everything from Carcass to Immortal & Slipknot. 5/6

Ralph
...mon écoute part avec un esprit de comparaison, connaissant votre passé et en comparaison avec le blabla sur l'affiche annonçant la sortie du E.P. disant : entre Slipknot, Carcass, Hatebreed, Immortal...

Donc, la pochette m'a donné une impression plus "old school" black metal, ou vieux metal à la Bathory (Blood, Fire, Death) ou Diabolic (plus récent) et même encore "We are Motörhead" / "Sacrifice" de Motörhead. Très belle pochette, soit dit en passant.

L'atmosphère de l'intro de Triumph...fait film d'horreur, on appréhende la suite. J'adore la structure de la pièce titre, très bonne intégration du blast-beat. Les riffs à la Tereza, évidemment c'est tout de même là votre signature, les riffs guit/drums saccadé. Ton vocal me semble beaucoup plus gras, naturellement gras un peu un mixte entre Chris Barnes/Georges "corpsegrinder" Fisher et Chuck Billy de Testament.

Les 3 autres, sonnent très punk/hardcore. J'entends du Motörhead. Structure plus linéaire punk in your face.

En résumé, c'est intéressant, mais je trouve que le drums triggé est trop en évidence, manque de guit/bass. Vocal également trop en retrait. Vrai que votre nouveau et jeune drummer est bien bon, il amène une touche plus fin 90', probablement l'héritage de son passage au sein d'un hommage à Children of ..

Les riffs, sont swedish metal. Je suis un fan fou de Carcass, j'ai décortiqué chaque albums/pièces..et je n'entends pas du tout cette influence...Carcass est plus dark, plus mélodique...les solos jouant pour beaucoup et plus de blast-beat.

Donc, les riffs me font penser à At the Gates, In Flames avec un son plus sale et encore un peu Sepultura.

Le vocal narratif de J. Lemelin..je ne peux m'empêcher ....Venom. Ah c'est pionniers. Bref, ce E.P. dégage une "vibe" 80' mélangé avec un drums plus comtemporain. Évidemment, je ne peux qu'être subjectivement objectif, connaissant votre chemin. À l'âge que vous avez, vos influences "pure metal" (c'est-à-dire les racines du metal) resortent énormément.

Comment réagit la foule à votre musique ?? Et est-ce-que les ventes sont bonnes ??

J'ai hâte de voir cela sur scène, et entendre les vieilles pièces avec votre nouveau cogneur.
Ralph