Moira is the sixth story CD

Album

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 released by the fantasy

Symphonic rock

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 band Sound Horizon

Sound Horizon

Sound Horizon, abbreviated by fans as Sanhora , is a Japanese musical group with composer Revo as the leader. They call themselves the "fantasy band" and have released their works that closely resemble suites.-History:...

. It was released on January 3, 2008 through King Records. This album is the first and only to feature vocalists Takashi Utsunomiya

TM Network

TM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine...

, Yoshimi Iwasaki

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Yoshimi Iwasaki is a singer and actress. She is notable for singing various theme songs for the TV anime series Touch. In 2008, she joined the fantasy band Sound Horizon for the release of their 6th story CD Moira...

 and Ayaka Naito. It is also the first album with vocalists Miki Masuda and Minami Kuribayashi

Minami Kuribayashi

is a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress from Shizuoka prefecture.Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her...

 and the last to feature long time vocalists YUUKI, KAORI, and Haruka Shimotsuki

Haruka Shimotsuki

is a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the Atelier Iris and Ar tonelico series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the two seasons of Rozen Maiden as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists...

. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon

Oricon

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 weekly album charts, selling over 45,000 copies in its initial week.

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)

Band Members

• Revo
  Sound Horizon
  Sound Horizon, abbreviated by fans as Sanhora , is a Japanese musical group with composer Revo as the leader. They call themselves the "fantasy band" and have released their works that closely resemble suites.-History:...
  
   - vocals, guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , accordion
  Accordion
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• Takashi Utsunomiya
  TM Network
  TM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine...
  
   - vocals
• Jimang - vocals, narrator
• MIKI - vocals
• REMI - vocals
• Haruka Shimotsuki
  Haruka Shimotsuki
  is a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the Atelier Iris and Ar tonelico series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the two seasons of Rozen Maiden as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists...
  
   - vocals
• Ayaka Naitou - vocals
• KAORI - vocals
• YUUKI - vocals
• Yoshimi Iwasaki - vocals
• Minami Kuribayashi
  Minami Kuribayashi
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress from Shizuoka prefecture.Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her...
  
   - vocals
• Ike Nelson - narrator
• Rika Fukami
  Rika Fukami
  Rica Fukami , born August 8, 1963 in Saitama) is a Japanese voice actress and licensed hypnotherapist.She is the Japanese voice of Linka in Captain Planet and the Planeteers...
  
   - narrator, voice
• Yuuichi Nakamura - voice
• Norio Wakamoto
  Norio Wakamoto
  is a veteran male seiyū and budō expert affiliated with Sigma Seven. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University...
  
   - voice
• Jake - guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , concert master
• Atsushi Hasegawa
  Gerard (band)
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   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Ken☆Ken
  Gerard (band)
  Gerard is a Japanese progressive rock band.The current members are :* Toshio Egawa : keyboards* Kenichi Fujimoto : drums* Atsushi Hasegawa : bass-Biography:Gerard is led by the keyboardist Toshio Egawa...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Eiji Kawai - keyboard
• yokoyan - cover designer

Guest Musicians

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