Sigh - In Somniphobia

New Album

Tracklist:
01. Purgatorium

02. The Transfiguration Fear Lucid Nightmares
03. Opening Theme: Lucid Nightmare
04. Somniphobia
05. L'excommunication a Minuit
06. Amnesia
07. Far Beneath The In-Between
08. Amongst The Phantoms Of Abandoned Tumbrils
09. Ending Theme: Continuum
10. Fall To The Thrall
11. Equale

Rating: 9.0 / 10

Release date: 12 March 2012

Genre: Avantgarde Black Metal

Line-up:

Mirai Kawashima - vocals, keys/synth, sampling, programming, vocoder

Dr. Mikannibal - saxophone, vocals

Shinichi Ishikawa - guitar
Junichi Harashima - drums
Satoshi Fujinami - bass, drums, guitar

Sigh is a Japanese extreme metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a more traditional black/thrash metal sound, to a more experimental, avant-garde style.

Their latest work, In Somniphobia, was launched on March 12, 2012. I was a bit skeptical when I started listening to the album, believing they can't get something better than the old albums .. but I was speechless: it sounds incredibly good. So strange, so many genres combined, so many weird sounds, that, after the first auditions, you will end up with a very nice headache. It's like you start  simultaneously 3 or 4 music players , and each will provide with different kinds of music: Black Metal, 70's psychedelic rock, jazz, eerie orchestral interludes, Eastern ethnic/ambient passages, ballpark organs and much more (you may need more players..). Imagine That!

In Somniphobia is an excellent piece of work, weird, grotesque, crazy. This is what I call Avantgarde Metal. 

Best Tracks: 'The Transfiguration Fear', 'Far Beneath The In-Between', 'Amongst The Phantoms Of Abandoned Tumbrils', 'L'excommunication a Minuit'

Sample:

Sigh - Far Beneath The In-Between

Sigh - The Transfiguration Fear

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