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Japan (1999 – present)

In 1999, Anis/Aniss (Vocal, Guitar, songs, arrangements) and Ali (Bass, Guitar, songs, arrangements) met at MTV Japan and ended up forming MONORAL. They debuted with “In Stereo” in 2001 and performed at the FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL two days after the release.

Their second mini album “ammonite” (2003) debuted at #3 on the national indie chart and remained in the top 30 for six months. After their first successful nationwide tour, they started to attract the attention of major artists in the Japanese music industry, such as Fumiya Fujii, m-flo, SONS OF ALL PUSSYS , L’Arc~en~Ciel, Mondo Grosso, Love Psychedelico, and Anna Tsuchiya. After releasing their first album “Petrol”, they survived an intense label battle with minimum damage and decided to sign with Hyde’s label within Sony. Their major debut single “VISIONS IN MY HEAD” was used for Canon IXY’s TV commercial starring Hidetoshi Nakata, and they appeared at all of the major rock festivals in Japan. MONORAL achieved worldwide success with the song “kiri” which became the opening theme (the ending theme was provided by Radiohead) for the animation “Ergo Proxy”. By the time they released their second album, “Turbulence”, they were selling out most of their tours in Japan. While recording new material, MONORAL began receiving offers to play abroad. Releasing their long-awaited third album, “Via” on October 29, 2008, they launched their “MONORAL VIA LATIN AMERICA TOUR 2008” tour, journeying through Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, and their nationwide“MONORAL VIA JAPAN TOUR 2009” sold out .

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  • beathaa

    Love Turbulence album!

    30 Apr 8:54am Reply
  • Eudes_Ferreira

    MONORAL is not just the ergo proxy, listen to the rest of the discography of the band carefully and will not repent...

    9 Apr 3:48am Reply
  • Jnum

    I liked Monoral 'cause Ergo Proxy :3

    6 Feb 12:25am Reply
  • madeoutofmilk

    oh please somebody help me to stop listening «kiri» through all days&nights i think i'm gonna be overdosed or something and THAT'S NOT FUNNY! D:

    4 Feb 2:59pm Reply
  • SpinKa_89

    Kiri, Sparta, Safira <3

    14 Jan 11:38am Reply
  • Madertus

    You complete my fate.

    23 Dec 2012 Reply
  • East-wood

    Kiri is a great song [2]. I love you MONORAL! YOU ARE GREATE GROUP!

    17 Dec 2012 Reply
  • AddleApple

    Why the fuck aren't they touring? T___T*

    20 Nov 2012 Reply
  • AlexMidPlay

    Sometimes <3

    3 Nov 2012 Reply
  • berserk305

    Thanks to the opening theme of Ergo Proxy I was able to learn more about MONORAL and the song "kiri". It just blew me away and hit like white on rice with the anime itself. Now to listen to more of their work! :D

    14 Sep 2012 Reply
  • SergioFuhr

    Goodbye is the best song

    22 Aug 2012 Reply
  • rogerio_chan

    Goodbye <3

    20 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Szkieletorek16

    Awesome!!! Nice voice and music material. It must be more famous and well known all over the world! [2]

    10 May 2012 Reply
  • xiongchiamiov

    To be fair, Kiri is a great song. It's still one of my favorites, even though I've owned Turbulence for a while and recently started listening to the other albums through Spotify.

    1 May 2012 Reply
  • BloodLord91

    Awesome!!! Nice voice and music material. It must be more famous and well known all over the world!

    26 Apr 2012 Reply
  • oscarairsoft

    Best sroup ever!!! Great music. Makes me feel awesome happy!

    21 Mar 2012 Reply
  • kakera__

    I really need a new song, a new something about them ): [3]

    3 Mar 2012 Reply
  • lakku-

    Still disappointed that kiri is the most played song. All of their albums are quality.

    28 Feb 2012 Reply
  • xNosaru

    YOU COMPLETE MY FATEEEEE *---* [3] COME ON AND SAVEEEEE MEEEE ~falls

    26 Jan 2012 Reply
  • LazioBr

    Guards of Mice need some more love.

    18 Jan 2012 Reply
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