My First and Last

Rays of Darkness is the first MONO album in 15 years to feature no orchestral instruments whatsoever. That fact alone is remarkable given the band's reputation for sweeping, dramatic instrumentals that recall Oscar-worthy film scores. Instead, Rays of Darkness more closely resembles a jet engine taking off inside a small, crowded auditorium. It is MONO's blackest album ever, a collection of scorched riffs, doom rhythms, and an unexpected contribution from post-hardcore pioneer Tetsu Fukagawa of Envy. The album ends with the smoldering wreckage of distorted guitars and ominous drones playing out a eulogy to the days when MONO shot blinding rays of light through seemingly endless darkness.

RELEASE:
October 24 (EU)
October 27 (UK)
October 28 (North America)
November 5 (Japan)

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Pelagic Records (Europe) 
Magniph (Japan)

Recoil, Ignite (Excerpt)

The Last Dawn is the first of these two companion albums, and is the "lighter" of the two, thematically and melodically. It contains undoubtedly some of MONO's strongest songs ever, drawing on an array of influences from minimalist film score to vintage shoegaze. It is MONO at their absolute purest, executing an uncanny, unspoken dialogue with each other without the dozens of stringed instruments that have been so prominent throughout their catalog. The songs are also noticeably more efficient – there hasn't been a MONO full-length record to fit on a single slab of vinyl since 2003's One Step More And You Die – and the album benefits immeasurably from this streamlined approach. MONO have always been masters of telling compelling stories without words. But now they've proven they can do it without frills, too.

RELEASE:
October 24 (EU)
October 27 (UK)
October 28 (North America)
November 5 (Japan)

Temporary Residence Limited (North America) 
Pelagic Records (Europe) 
Magniph (Japan)

Cyclone

Oath

Oath (Live with Orchestra PITREZA)

"Hearts in Crossfire" is a dark and emotional post-punk anthem that explores the breakdown of a once-passionate relationship turned into a battlefield of silence, pride, and unspoken pain. Set against a bleak but atmospheric backdrop, the lyrics portray two lovers caught in emotional warfare—each armored, each wounded, neither willing to surrender. The song moves through moments of cold reflection, bitter accusation, and aching nostalgia, with vivid metaphors like broken guitars, shattered mirrors, and poisoned beds. Musically, it pairs melancholic melodies with driving rhythms and icy synth textures, building from restrained verses to explosive choruses. The spoken bridge adds a raw, intimate touch before the final reprise leads into a haunting instrumental fadeout. It’s a story of love lost not in a moment, but in a drawn-out war neither side could win.



Hearts in Crossfire

Living In My Skin

Primal

When the Sky Forgot Its Name

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Mirage

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Ash Tones

This is a B-Side for the album "The Butcher of Whitechapel"  This was the original first track.  

[Verse 1]
The fog consumes where shadows creep,
A shroud that chokes the Thames’ black deep.
Its whispers coil through ash and stone,
A hunger wakes that’s not my own.
The streets decay, their cries grow dim,
Gaslights flicker, their glow grows thin.
My boots resound with heavy dread,
The blade now calls where blood was shed.

[Pre-Choru]
The mist commands, it pulls my will,
A voice not mine—it binds, it kills.

[Chorus]
Fog of the damned, it breathes through me,
A ritual carved in agony.
FOG OF THE DAMNED!!!
The blade sings hymns in crimson rain,
This curse ascends—it won’t restrain!
Fog of the Damned commands my hand!

[Post-Chorus]
It drains my soul, it claims the night!
The fog will call—I’ve lost my fight!

[Verse 2]
Her shadow sways in the fog’s cruel grip,
A fleeting smile, her last words slip.
The knife ignites, it finds her throat,
Her life dissolves in scarlet flow.
I carve the signs, their curves alive,
Each cut a prayer to dark divine.
Her flesh the script, her blood the ink,
Bound by the fog—I cannot think.

[Pre-Chorus]
The fog’s alive, it shapes my hand,
Its ancient will, my soul’s demand.

[Chorus]
Fog of the damned, it breathes through me,
A ritual carved in agony.
FOG OF THE DAMNED!!!
The blade sings hymns in crimson rain,
This curse ascends—it won’t restrain!
Fog of the Damned commands my hand!

[Bridge]
The streets are graves, their secrets hum,
The cobblestones where blood has run.
I scream inside, but none will hear—
The fog’s my chain, my end is near!
It carves! It binds! It steals my mind!

[Guitar Solo]

[Breakdown]
No light! No peace!
The fog’s my leash!
It writes through me, consumes my breath—
This curse was forged in endless death!

[Refrain]
The mist returns, it calls my name,
Each step I take fuels its dark flame.

[Outro Chorus]
Fog of the damned—it breathes through me,
A ritual carved in agony.
FOG OF THE DAMNED!!!
The blade sings hymns in crimson rain,
This curse ascends—it won’t restrain!
FOG OF THE DAMNED!!! commands my hands!
It commands!!!

[Outro]
The fog will call…
My soul must fall…
Its whispers bind…
I’m lost in time.

Fog of the Damned

Listen to Ain't Here To Do Favors on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OzG8UosxjFg?si=vHmKZienMPNKSl1E

Lyrics:

Verse
Another blind soul asking for direction
This dead end street
It's paved with good intentions
It's not too late to change your course of action
Better do it soon
'Cause you're headin' for a crashin'
I can't be the one to save you

Chorus
I ain't here to do favors

Verse 2
When you look in the mirror
What do you see?
Do you see a hero? Or do you see a freak?
Well
I don't have time to make you understand
Go ahead and cry
Child
It's not my problem
No one gives a damn if you cry

Chorus
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors

Bridge
No one gives a damn if you cry
I can't be the one to save you

Chorus
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors
I ain't here to do favors

Ain't Here To Do Favors

Listen Greyhound on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/GNWQ0V4WWfo?si=2TiI2hZiwXkGUpAX

Verse
Why do I bother trying to convince you
You're such a goddamn cynic
That's not what you say when you're drunk and call me crying
You and I are both to blame
I'm not the only one you play
You're just a liar
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool

Chorus
I'm the greyhound
But I still run after you
And it's not like I didn't know you
No
I still run after you
I'm the greyhound
But I still run after you
And it's not like I didn't know you
No
I still run after you

Verse 2
I don't know why I try to convince you
I guess I can't help it
I mean
Have you seen you?
I can't blame the others for what I feel
You and I are both to blame
I'm not the only one you play
You're just a liar
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool

Chorus
I'm the greyhound
But I still run after you
And it's not like I didn't know you
No
I still run after you
I'm the greyhound
But I still run after you
And it's not like I didn't know you
No
I still run after you

Outro
I'm the greyhound
I'm the greyhound
I'm the greyhound
I'm the greyhound

Greyhound

The answer

Rising Legend (Rearrange Epic Music)

[Intro]

[Hook x2]
Baby watch the skies go grey as I float
Drink me some water while I drown in the smoke
I just want to hold down, don't let go
Will you be with me for a while, let me know

[Verse]
Smile in my face
I just hope that its real
I just want to go to a place I can chill
Tell me how it is, I don't know how to feel
Living in my dreams
Swear, my life so surreal
Sorry if I ever don't need you appeal
Everything I touch always seem unreal

[Hook]

[Verse: Repeat]

[Outro]

Unreal

From 9th Album "Requiem For Hell" Out Oct 14, 2016

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ALBUM INFO:

"This album is a series of songs from a flood of inspirations in 2015. After writing song after song and giving them titles, we stumbled upon Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and the story struck a chord with us. “Divine Comedy”’s story about travelling down to Hell, through to purgatory, then from Heaven to reality turned out to be the same theme. This is when we decided to use Gustave Dóre’s illustration from “Divine Comedy”’s last scene as the main cover.

Not long after, by pure luck once again, our long-time friend Jeremy (the owner of our American label Temporary Residence) had his first-born. She was named Ely. Jeremy had been sending us photos and her heartbeats from long before she was born. When Ely was born, we decided to dedicate one of our songs to her, with hopes of her listening to it when she is grown up, and decided to use her heartbeats as an intro on “Ely’s Heartbeat”.

Through this album, we hope you can experience all life’s elements, from death and life, body and soul, hope and hopelessness, light and darkness, respect and honour transferred through generations, and new life."

/ MONO 2016

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Requiem For Hell

What if every song had two lives?
What if the same emotion could sound completely different, angry in one universe, hopeful in another?

That’s the question behind Altered Perspective, the newest sound experiment from MeloManiac.
Every track on the album appears in two forms: one original version, and one reimagined through a completely different genre and mood.
It’s not a remix project, it’s a transformation.
A test of what happens when sound, style, and storytelling collide from opposite directions.

One moment you’ll hear raw rock, metal, or cinematic grit.
The next, that same song might return as a synthwave dream, a jazz funk riot, or an industrial ghost.
Each version reveals something new, a shift in tone, a change in feeling, a different emotional lens.

Featuring collaborations with artists across multiple genres, Altered Perspective invites listeners into the creative experiment itself.
It’s a journey through contrast, chaos and calm, despair and joy, rage and release. Showing how a single story can wear a thousand different faces.

Because sometimes, the song doesn’t change…
You do.
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I’m MeloManiac, an unsigned AI artist building my own universe from the ground up. Every lyric, every story, every concept and featured artist you hear comes from my own imagination and vision. Nothing is copied. Nothing is borrowed. This is original creation in its rawest form, shaped by my ideas, my worlds, and my perspective. I’m not here to follow trends, I exist to push beyond them, building immersive worlds through sound, story, and vision, one creation at a time.


When the Sky Forgot Its Name

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