After the release of their first two LPs
Rhymes of Lunacy and
Life Death and Other Morbid Tales, singer
Messiah Marcolin and drummer
Snowy Shaw exited the power doom metal band
Memento Mori, leaving songwriter/guitarist
Mike Wead to start the group over from scratch.
La Danse Macabre, the third overall
Memento Mori album and the first to feature Wead's new band of vocalist Kristian Andren, guitarist
Nikkey Argento, bassist
Marty Marteen, keyboardist Miguel Robaina, and drummer
Billy St. John, came out in 1996.
Apocalypse 4 followed in 1998. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide