Hymn To The Immortal Wind
by Mono
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Sputnikmusic
    90
    If Hymn to the Immortal Wind does anything, it establishes Mono’s place among post rock’s top dogs, and for this reviewer, easily gives them the title. Everyone else is just generic or something.
  2. cokemachineglow
    82
    It’s like listening to a strong feeling that yearns to be vented, but instead is left inside its confining limits, echoing on itself.
  3. Dusted Magazine
    80
    It’s the sound of epic detail in exquisite registration, and Albini perfectly vivifies Mono’s Technicolor wall of sound.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Hymn feels like the imaginary soundtrack to the film inside your head and is an outstanding work of epic beauty.
  6. Prefix Magazine
    80
    "Majestic" is a word often used to describe Mono, and this record, the band's fifth, will not challenge us to avoid using it.
  7. Alternative Press
    80
    Hymn's soft-loud spectrum stretches uncommonly far, yielding rare rewards at each end. [May 2009, p.114]
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  8. PopMatters
    70
    Those listeners in the middle may find that without anything making it stand out from the bulk of what we’re calling post-rock, Hymns to the Immortal Wind registers as another solid entry in a genre so consistent that merely solid entries aren’t enough to gain your love as well as your respect.
  9. Pitchfork
    70
    Hymn to the Immortal Wind has probably caused floods of tears. That's a description, not a dis. The melodies are more sure-handed than ever. They are like missiles locked onto emotional buttons. More independence in the guitars helps sharpen this aim.
  10. Spin
    50
    Opener 'Ashes in the Snow' and 'The Battle to Heaven' invoke the CinemaScope bombast of Ennio Morricone, but even their added orchestral heft barely nudges Mono out of a windy, instrumental morass.
  11. Under The Radar
    20
    Bloated with too much self-absorption, Japan's Mono have lost sight of their original intent. [Spring 2009, p.77]
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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. Karloff
    Aug 4, 2013
    10
    La musique du film de nos rêves perdus. Plus beaux titres: Ashes in the Snow, Burial At Sea et The Battle to Heaven. Du post-rock sonLa musique du film de nos rêves perdus. Plus beaux titres: Ashes in the Snow, Burial At Sea et The Battle to Heaven. Du post-rock son meilleur, avec un jeu de guitare époustouflant.… Full Review »
  2. ManuelAS
    Jul 9, 2009
    10
    It's a masterpiece.
  3. MarinaM
    Jul 9, 2009
    10
    So awesome, magical and inspiring that brings tears to my eyes!
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