Meiou -Thanatos-

冥王 -Θανατος-Meiou -Thanatos-King of Hades -Thanatos-
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Information
Length	8:08
Type	Vocal
Release Date	3 September 2008
Band	Sound Horizon
Label	KING RECORDS
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King of Hades -Thanatos- (in Japanese 冥王 -Θανατος-, Meiou -Thanatos-) is the first track on Sound Horizon's sixth story CD Moira.

Lyrics

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Bios[Βίος], the horizontal flame of life--
The weaver of the universe uses both strings... If this is the reason we call it destiny......

Moira

Thanatos[Θάνατος]--
The lord of Hades and the dead man's king
The living are terrified by the real [god of death]

“Yes... I am death itself”

He loves her just as much as he loves him
Be it a king or a slave, a saint or a prostitute, let them all be loved impartially

He loves the living[you] just as much as he loves the dead[us]
Be it an elderly or a youth, a poet or a hero, let them all scatter equally

Mother[Moira]... if you continue to bring forth life, then...

Thanatos will--
by killing all those that have life
continue to take away

"Welcome to Hades!"
[Καλώς ορίσατε στην ᾍδης!]

You died, you simply died
[Πήγες, μόνο πήγες.]
You died, you simply died
[Πήγες, μόνο πήγες.]

Not knowing why you came here, toyed by the hands of fate
You died, you simply died
[Πήγες, μόνο πήγες.]

Let’s greet the unfortunate princess [Πήγαινα στην υποδοχή ], let’s go and greet the blood-stained bride [Πήγαινα στην υποδοχή ]
Carrying death in his eyes, he is Θ’s[my] vessel

The night he murders his mother, I shall go and greet him, and two will become one

The everlasting silence of Thanatos... His stare conveys death

“Leontius...look”
“Misia!”
“Elef!”
“I’ve been looking for you, Polydeuces.”
“Hurry up, you good-for-nothings!”
“Misia-!”
“Elef-!”
“Wow~”
“This is...Ilion?”
“That perverted priest...I’ll kill that bastard someday!”
“Ah...ah...”
“Quench my thirst...”
“Noooooooooo!!”
“Please come in.”
“Let’s end this master-disciple relationship here...”
“We will sing.”
“Master!”
“Hydra...take this offering...”
“UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Someday you will learn that
This world has no fairness, except for Θ[him]
Ruled by the ruthless goddess
This world has no fairness, except for Θ[him]

Be it soon, be it late, separation is inevitable
Yes... Θ[I] am Death[Thanatos]

Mother[Moira]... if you continue to bring forth life
And inflict pain upon those frightened children, then...

Θ[Thanatos] will--
by killing all those that have life,
continue to bring them salvation

Translated by Defade.

Music Video

This song has a music video

Information

Summary

Vocals

• Θανατος
• Ayaka Naito
• REMI

Narration

• Ike Nelson

Voices

• Haruka Shimotsuki
• Jimang
• Yoshimi Iwasaki (Sophia)
• Ελευσευς

Musicians

Computer Programming: Revo
Percussion Programming Support: ЮЗУПИКОСКИЙ
Guitars: Shingo Jake Saito
Acoustic Piano & Keyboards: Eiji Kawai
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Drums: Ken☆Ken

Gen Ittetsu Strings
〈1st Violin〉 Ittetsu Gen, Daisuke Kadowaki, Maki Nagata, Kaoru Kuroki, Ryoko Terumoto, Masayoshi Fujimura, Tatsuo Ogura, Nobuko Kaiwa, Osamu Iyoku
〈2nd Violin〉 Takuya Mori, Jun Tajiri, Kiyo Kido, Aya Ito, Leina Ushiyama, Shohei Yoshida, Makiko Murakoshi, Yoko Fujinawa
〈Viola〉 Yoshiko Kaneko, Chikako Nishimura, Yasuko Murata, Yuko Kajitani, Yu Manabe
〈Cello〉 Kaori Morita, Masahiro Tanaka, Masami Horisawa, Tami Janamoto, Masutami Endo, Tomoki Iwanaga
〈Contrabass〉 Yoshinobu Takeshita, Shigeki Ippon, Shinji Tanaka

Trumpets: Eric Miyashiro, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Mitsukuni Kohata, Masahiro Kobayashi
Trombones: Yuzo Kataoka, Wakaba Kawai, Fred Simmons
Bass Trombones: Taro Kiyooka, Mitsuaki Uchida
Horns: Atsushi Doyama, Takeshi Muramoto, Yo Okamura, Takashi Kimura, Natsuko Watanabe

Choir
〈Soprano〉 Takako Ishikawa, Sumiko Hosokawa, Sachiko Watanabe
〈Alto〉 Chise Kikutani, Maki Yamanaka, Hiroko Oda
〈Tenor〉 Takuya Ieshima, Takatoshi Shindo, Takehiko Hokazono
〈Bass〉 Koshiro Ishikawa, Takahiko Kimura, Kimihiro Sadakuni

Sound Effect: Hirokazu Ebisu (Walla-Workds,inc.), Chi Hai (TECH-C) & Chang Kyung Yoen (TECH-C)

Production

Sound Producer: Revo

Producer: Koji Takahashi (Rap Products)
Director: Mayumi Takagi (Rap Products)

Recording Engineers: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station), Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station), Toshiyuki Takahashi (Wonder Station), Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station) & Toshiro Ito (Pro-Studio)
Assistant Engineers: Mitsuru Ishii (KING SEKIGUCHIDAI st.) & Makoto Watanabe (Wonder Station)
Mixing Engineer: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station)
Mastering Engineer: Yukie Fuse
Recording Studio: Wonder Station, KING SEKIGUCHIDAI st, Triumph, Studio Fine
Mixing Studio: Wonder Station
Mastering Studio: Wonder Station

Booklet Illustration: Yokoyan
Design: Takafumi Kitsuda (KING RECORDS)
Art Work Coordination: Yoriko Kamano (KING RECORDS)

Label Producer: Masato Asanuma (KING RECORDS)
Artist Promotion: Tatsuro Murase (KING RECORDS)
Sales Promotion: Emiko Hosoda (KING RECORDS)
Desk: Takako Saito (Rap Products)

Live Performances