Mjöllnir, new art rock/zeuhl record by Hox Vox

Mjǫllnir (also spelled Mjöllnir or Mjölner, pronounced /ˈmy-oll-nir/ or /ˈmjɔːlnər/ in English) is the hammer of Thor, a major god associated with thunder in Norse mythology. Distinctively shaped, Mjöllnir is depicted as one of the most fearsome weapons, capable of leveling mountains. Though generally recognized and depicted as a hammer, Mjöllnir is sometimes referred to as an axe or club. In the 13th century Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson relates that the Svartálfar Sindri and Brokkr made Mjöllnir at the command of Loki.

The Prose Edda gives a summary of Mjöllnir’s special qualities in that, with Mjöllnir, Thor:

... would be able to strike as firmly as he wanted, whatever his aim, and the hammer would never fail, and if he threw it at something, it would never miss and never fly so far from his hand that it would not find its way back, and when he wanted, it would be so small that it could be carried inside his tunic.

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First part is made by eight portraits (Jörð, Odin, Sif, Thor, Baldr, Loki, Freyr and Heimdall), plus two finals tracks:

• Ragnarök ("final destiny of the gods"), in Norse mythology is a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and the jötunn Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.
• Epilogue, referring to the afterwar.

Music is avantprog, loosely inspired by Magma, Frank Zappa, Faust,  King Crimson, EL&P.

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This record, as every Hox Vox issue, is released with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License, so it's free to listen, download and share.

You can download it in mp3 192 Kbps format directly from Hox Vox HQ official Hox Vox website (booklet included) or from Jamendo (without booklet). Also available via Bittorrent (booklet included).

Sounds intriguing, I'm downloading now.  

Going to listen to it in just a sec. I'll post my thoughts later.

Wow, pretty impressive. Love the metaly guitars on Loki.


Edited by Evolutionary_Sleeper - April 08 2010 at 20:33

This sounds so awesome, I'm downloading right now. 

Good stuff! Keep up the good work.

Yeah, I enjoyed it as well.  I enjoyed Loki the most of the bunch. 

Brilliant as usual. Love it.

SaltyJon wrote: Yeah, I enjoyed it as well.  I enjoyed Loki the most of the bunch.

Thanks, I think it's sarcastic (with those 80s disco synths ) but "tough" as well.
I have nostalgia for the times you bought a simple record, but into you found a microcosm where everything could happens, where still exists the  pianissimo (now people tend to level to top volume from first to last note), and singer is an actor (Peter Gabriel, or today Mike Patton). That's why I listen to every kind of music but at the end progressive is the most satisfying. Progressive is like making sex with more people instead of the same wife (or housband) all life long. Or like having a partner so brilliant you don't need anyone else.

Edited by Hox - April 24 2010 at 11:12