Sigh (band)
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Genre(s) | Avant-garde metal Black metal (early) |
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| Years active | 1989 to Present | |
| Label(s) | Deathlike Silence Cacophonous Century Media Candlelight The End |
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Necrophagia Cut Throat Enoch Hellchild Gonin-Ish |
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| Website | http://sigh.gospel-virus.net/ | |
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| Shinichi Ishikawa Satoshi Fujinami Mirai Kawashima Junichi Harashima |
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| Former members | ||
| Kazuki | ||
Sigh is an avant-garde metal band from Tokyo, Japan that was formed in 1989. 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.
Sigh was signed by Euronymous' (of Mayhem fame) infamous Label Deathlike Silence Records and released their first full-length album Scorn Defeat on DSP in 1993, shortly after Euronymous' death. The label ceased to exist shortly after his death and Sigh changed to Cacophonous Records. After major disputes with Cacophonous over promotion and album rights, the band eventually found a new home Century Media Records, and released their album Imaginary Sonicscape, In 2005 they released their full-length Gallows Gallery through yet another source, Candlelight Records/Baphomet Records. The band is now signed to The End Records.
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[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Satoshi Fujinami - Guitar 1989-1992, Drums 1992-2004, Bass 2004-
- Shinichi Ishikawa - Guitar - 1992-
- Mirai Kawashima - Vocals, Bass, Synthesizers/Keyboards/Piano, Sitar, Programming, Vocoder, Organs, Mellotron, Sampling - 1989-
- Junichi Harashima - Drums 2004-
[edit] Former members
[edit] Other projects
- Necrophagia (Mirai)
- Cut Throat (Mirai, Shinichi)
- Enoch (Mirai)
- Hellchild (Junichi)
- Gonin-Ish (Junichi)
[edit] Discography
[edit] LPs
- Scorn Defeat - 1993
- Infidel Art - 1995
- Hail Horror Hail - 1997
- Scenario IV: Dread Dreams - 1999
- Imaginary Sonicscape - 2001
- Gallows Gallery - 2005
- Hangman's Hymn - 2007
[edit] EPs
[edit] Bootlegs
- "To Hell and Back" (Sigh's Tribute to Venom) - 1995
- "The Eastern Force of Evil: Live '92-'96" - 1996
[edit] Demos
[edit] Splits
- "Split 7" with Kawir [EP] - 1994
- "Kindred of a Dying Kind/Young Burial" - 2003
- "Evilized Japan" - 2004
[edit] Compilations
- "Far East Gate Inferno" - 1994
- "Blackened" - 1995
- "The Unholy Bible" - 1997
- "Roots II (The Return)" - 1998
[edit] Trivia
The first letters from the title of each major studio release (from "Scorn Defeat" to "Hangman's Hymn") spell out S.I.G.H.S.I.G.H.
