Moira (album)

Moira
Studio album by Sound Horizon
Released	September 03, 2008
Genre	Symphonic metal Metal Opera
Label	King Records
Sound Horizon chronology
Roman (2006) Moira (2008) Märchen (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Moira is the sixth story CD released by the fantasy band Sound Horizon. It was released on January 3, 2008 through King Records. This album is the first and only to feature vocalists Takashi Utsunomiya,^[2] Yoshimi Iwasaki and Ayaka Naito. It is also the first album with vocalists Miki Masuda and Minami Kuribayashi and the last to feature long time vocalists YUUKI, KAORI, and Haruka Shimotsuki. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon weekly album charts, selling over 45,000 copies in its initial week.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged and lyrics written by Revo.

1. "Meiou" / "冥王" - 8:08
2. "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou" / "人生は入れ子人形" - 7:19
3. "Shinwa" / "神話" - 4:44
4. "Unmei no Futago" / "運命の双子" - 5:00
5. "Dorei Ichiba" / "奴隷市場" - 4:11
6. "Raijin-iki no Eiyū" / 雷神域の英雄" - 4:24
7. "Shi to Nageki no Kaze no Miyako" / 死と嘆きの風の都" - 7:33
8. "Seinaru Shijin no Shima" / 聖なる詩人の島" - 5:19
9. "Haruka Chiheisen no Kanata e" / "遥か地平線の彼方へ" - 5:05
10. "Shiseru Monotachi no Monogatari" / "死せる者達の物語" - 5:42
11. "Hoshi Megami no Miko" / "星女神の巫女" - 4:30
12. "Shiseru Otome Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu" / "死せる乙女その手には水月" - 5:27
13. "Doreitachi no Eiyū" / "奴隷達の英雄" - 5:08
14. "Shiseru Eiyūtachi no Tatakai" / "死せる英雄達の戦い" - 5:16
15. "Shinwa no Shūen" / "神話の終焉" - 2:05
16. "Kami no Hikari" / "神の光" - 07:06 (Bonus track)

Personnel

Band Members

• Revo - vocals, guitar, accordion
• Takashi Utsunomiya - vocals
• Jimang - vocals, narrator
• MIKI - vocals
• REMI - vocals
• Haruka Shimotsuki - vocals
• Ayaka Naitou - vocals
• KAORI - vocals
• YUUKI - vocals
• Yoshimi Iwasaki - vocals
• Minami Kuribayashi - vocals
• Ike Nelson - narrator
• Rika Fukami - narrator, voice
• Yuuichi Nakamura - voice
• Norio Wakamoto - voice
• Jake - guitar, concert master
• Atsushi Hasegawa - bass guitar
• Ken☆Ken - drums
• Eiji Kawai - keyboard
• yokoyan - cover designer

Guest Musicians

• Ryou Sakagami - flute
• Watanabe☆Fire - saxophone
• Gen Ittetsu Strings - orchestra

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "超豪華ヴォーカリスト参加で贈る、Sound Horizon待望のStory CD第6弾！" (in Japanese). Nifty Music Network (Livedoor). August 19, 2008. http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3782874/. Retrieved October 3, 2010. 
3. ^ "Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the third week of September 2008" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2008&month=9&week=3&submit5.x=34&submit5.y=13. Retrieved June 19, 2010. 

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