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SIGH Imaginary Sonicscape (Century Media) cd 14.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
Japan's best black metal band (along with Sabbat) are back with their first US domestic release, having just been signed by big metal label Century Media. We've always been fans of their fucked-up genre-mangling horror movie soundtrack metal, and this might be their best album yet! While Sigh are considered a black metal band, that has more to do with their history (you'll read in the Lords of Chaos book that their first album was supposed to be released on Euronymous' Deathlike Silence label, before he got stabbed to death) and love of Venom, than their actual sound, which manages to combine '80s heavy metal licks with everything from lounge-jazz to 20th century classical. At first listen, "Imaginary Sonicscape" might seem less crazed than some of their previous efforts, but that's just 'cause they've become masters at writing good metal songs whose weirdly juxtaposed components actually gel rather than jar (and also because the first track is one of the most conventionally accessible). You'll get totally into this as a heavy metal record, nodding your head to the riffs and so forth, and then suddenly "wake up" and wonder what the hell is going on with the sizzling '70s psychedelic synths and handclaps and disco breaks and pop hooks and classical piano solos, etc. Yet it flows so well, you'll still be nodding your head just the same. Imagine Venom, Ennio Morricone, Sleep, The Boredoms, Loudness, Boston, Goblin, and Satyricon (and their respective record collections as well) all rolled into one fat PCP-dusted joint. Hallucinogenic, catchy, absurd, fucking incredible.
RealAudio clip:
"Ecstatic Transformation"
RealAudio clip: "Nietzschean Conspiracy"
RealAudio clip: "A Sunset Song"

album cover SIGH Imaginary Sonicscape (The End) cd 13.98
Not only is this a welcome disc to have back in our shop, being our favorite album by this unique Japanese "black metal" band... but we (and you?) might have to buy it again 'cause this now features 2 bonus tracks and one "extended version" not on the original edition. Imaginary Sonicscape was Sigh's first domestic US release, originally on the Century Media label. It's the one with the Stephen O'Malley art/design. Now that they're signed to The End it's been re-released. When it first came out, we said we'd always been fans of their fucked-up genre-mangling horror movie soundtrack metal, and that this might be their best album yet! And while we like what they've done since, it's still our fave.
Though Sigh are considered a black metal band, that has more to do with their history (you'll read in the Lords of Chaos book that their first album was supposed to be released on Euronymous' Deathlike Silence label, before he got stabbed to death) and love of Venom (as evidenced by their recent Venom tribute album), than their actual sound, which manages to combine '80s heavy metal licks with everything from lounge-jazz to 20th century classical. At first listen, Imaginary Sonicscape might seem less crazed than some of their previous efforts, but that's just 'cause they've become masters at writing good metal songs whose weirdly juxtaposed components actually gel rather than jar (and also because the first track is one of the most conventionally accessible). You'll get totally into this as a heavy metal record, nodding your head to the riffs and so forth, and then suddenly "wake up" and wonder what the hell is going on with the sizzling '70s psychedelic synths and handclaps and disco breaks and pop hooks and classical piano solos, etc. Yet it flows so well, you'll still be nodding your head just the same. Imagine Venom, Ennio Morricone, Sleep, The Boredoms, Loudness, Boston, Goblin, and Satyricon (and their respective record collections as well) all rolled into one fat PCP-dusted joint. Hallucinogenic, catchy, absurd, fucking incredible.
The bonus tracks are worthy. One, "Voices" being a creepy/mellow 7-minute drift of processed voices, synth burps, and piano tinkling... the other "Born Condemned Criminal" (originally on the Japanese version of the album only) features a lot of snazzy organ jamming.
MPEG Stream:
"Ecstatic Transformation"
MPEG Stream: "Nietzschean Conspiracy"
MPEG Stream: "A Sunset Song"

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