On their new record, japanese post-rockers MONO bet everything on the consistency they had in their career so far. Requiem for Hell is, above all, a back-to-basics, beautiful and lush - yet extremely predictable effort from the once creative and powerful band, an album completely guided by genre's conventions and some redundant cuts that show up as the tracklisting advances. While it's definitely far from a bad work, it's also a clear example of an underwhelming release from a stellar musical ... read more
The first track is great but everything that follows is nothing but standard post-rock and treads over ground that MONO has walked over so many times. This album is shippable and contributes nothing new to MONO’s discography
Best Track: Death in Rebirth
| 1 | Death in Rebirth 8:05 | |
| 2 | Stellar 4:59 | |
| 3 | Requiem for Hell 17:48 | |
| 4 | Ely's Heartbeat 8:27 | |
| 5 | The Last Scene 6:43 |