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Sigh - Reveal New Album Details


This is a good day for Sigh fans! After teasing us with many posts on their official Facebook page, the Japanese metal masters have revealed their 10th studio album Graveward's cover art, guest artists and mastermind Mirai's vision of the album. The release date will be announced soon.

Graveward welcomes various guest musicians including Matthew Heafy from Trivium, Fred Leclercq from DragonForce, Niklas Kvarforth from Shining, Sakis Tolis from Rotting Christ, Metatron from The Meads Of Asphodel and so on. The cover artwork was done by Costin Chioreanu, who has worked with Ihsahn, At The Gates, Deicide, Ulver and more.




Here's what they have to say about the new output: "2 and a half years were required to finish up Sigh's 10th studio full-length album Graveward, which embraces everything from vintage keyboards such as Minimoog and Fender Rhodes to real orchestral instruments. Each song ended up in having more than 100 tracks and the total amount of the sound data exceeded 100GB. 'Cinematic Horror Metal' should be the best phrase to describe this most layered grandiose album in Sigh's history. Inspired by a little chat with Fabio Frizzi, well-known for his legendary works for Lucio Fulci's movies like The Gates of Hell and The Beyond, Graveward was composed as a homage to Italian zombie flick classics, Hammer Horror Films, and King Diamond. Of course the musical influence is as wide as ever including aforementioned horror soundtrack composers (Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, James Bernard, Jerry Gold Smith, and John Carpenter), and their roots (Schoenberg, Webern, Stravinsky, Bartok, and Charles Ives), left-of-center rock / metal artists (Celtic Frost, King Diamond, The Beach Boys, Magma and Frank Zappa), Free Jazz (Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and Peter Brotzmann) and some Central Asian traditional music."

What are your thoughts on all these new details?

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Sigh
Posted: 27.02.2015 by Gothmog_Motsham


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27.02.2015 - 13:17
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Not to mention the fact that the cover is done by the great Costin Chioreanu. Brilliant dude.

And damn, not only is the guest list interesting but I also think the cult horror movie theme should be perfect for these guys. Can't wait.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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27.02.2015 - 14:36
Schnabeltier 24

"Cinematic Horror Metal". Nice, maybe it will be something like Scenario IV and its incredible atmosphere ! I dig the cover art.
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Hey there, tiny wench !
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27.02.2015 - 14:36
God Alone

That guest list is fuckin crazy, and I love the cover artwork. This is going to be a blast (hopefully).
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27.02.2015 - 15:02
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Costin Chioreanu's cover of At The Gates latest was way too minimalistic, but not entirely bad. But this one blows most of what he did in the past. Great cover. And I can't really avoid not mentioning anything about the awesome guest list. Sakis Tolis, Metatron and Kvarforth on one album... now that's something to look up for.
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27.02.2015 - 15:43
scaesura

This all looks good, as you all are saying.

How is it that Mirai finishes an album with that many layers in 2 years and yet TIME IS STILL NOT DONE?
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27.02.2015 - 17:13
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
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27.02.2015 - 19:43
Gothmog_Motsham

Written by scaesura on 27.02.2015 at 15:43


How is it that Mirai finishes an album with that many layers in 2 years and yet TIME IS STILL NOT DONE?


Cuz Jaari is a perfectionist prick who wants to squeeze every possible penny out of his previous albums.
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28.02.2015 - 04:37
Diverge

This sounds like it might end up being a mess. Sigh, don't let me down!
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28.02.2015 - 07:24
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Guest on 27.02.2015 at 13:13

'Metatron from The Meads Of Asphodel'. Well that's Apothecary's day made.

Rod is right, how did I not comment on this already? This + occult film theme + Chioreanu artwork = bliss <3
It does sound a slight bit too grandiose for its own good, but I have a fairly good feeling it's not going to suffer because of it.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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