Hymn to the Immortal Wind

by MONO

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iamsheep Epic...I find this almost exhausting to listen to as it is so emotional. Beautiful, sad and powerful in a torrential storm of noise. Love it.

jotarostar The complexity and the dramatic beauty of this opera deserve a better dr value. Please MONO take care about dynamic range. Favorite track: Ashes in the Snow.

Joel Garcia I fell in love with this album back in 2009. The music, story and artwork are absolutely beautiful. It does pay to buy the physical album because all the good stuff is in there. Favorite track: The Battle to Heaven.

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	1.	Ashes in the Snow 11:45
	2.	Burial at Sea 10:38
	3.	Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn 06:00
	4.	Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm) 11:25
	5.	Follow the Map 03:55
	6.	The Battle to Heaven 12:51
	7.	Everlasting Light 10:23

about

Just in time for their 10-year anniversary, MONO return with their fifth studio album, the absolutely massive Hymn To The Immortal Wind. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO's trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard face-melting set-up. While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO's strongest virtue - save for perhaps their uncanny ability to sound every bit like a plane crashing into a Beethoven concert.

credits

released March 4, 2009

MONO:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto - Guitar
Tamaki - Bass, Piano, Harpsichord, Glockenspiel
Yoda - Guitar, Hammond B3 organ
Yasunori Takada - Drums, Tympani, Cymbals, Glockenspiel

Orchestra:
Dave Max Crawford, Paul Von Mertens - Conductor
Mark Anderson, Mellisa Bach, Alison Chesley, Wendy Cotton, Margaret Daly, Michael Duggan, Katherine Hughes, Jill Kaeding, Ellen O'Hayer, Richard Yeo - Cello
Eille Bakkum - Viola
Inger Petersen Carle, Carol Kalvonjian, Carmen Llop Kassinger, Jody Livo, Steve Winkler, Susan Voelz, Jeff Yang, Chie Yoshinaka - Violin
Andra Kulans - Violin, Viola
Vannia Phillips, John Sagos, Ben Wedge - Viola
Jennifer Clippert, Mary Stolper - Flute
Kent Kessler - Contrabass

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Official online store of Japanese Instrumental Rock band MONO.

Labels: Temporary Residence Ltd. (North America) and Pelagic Records (Europe).

shows

Mar 04

Rosemount Hotel

Perth, WA
Mar 05

The Gov

Adelaide, SA
Mar 06

Max Watt's - Melbourne

Melbourne, VIC
Mar 07

Metro Theatre

Sydney, NSW
Mar 08

The Triffid

Brisbane, QLD
Mar 10

San Fran

Wellington, New Zealand
Mar 11

Galatos

Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 20

Hellfest

Clisson, France

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