Sigh (band)

Sigh
Sigh performing at Jaxx Nightclub in September 2008
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Black metal, symphonic black metal, avant-garde metal, progressive metal
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Deathlike Silence, Cacophonous, Century Media, Candlelight, The End
Associated acts	Enoch, Necrophagia, Gonin-ish, Post Mortem, Numb & Number, Abigail, Cut Throat, Aiaibanchi, Hellchild, The Meads of Asphodel, The Red Chord
Website	www.sighjapan.com
Members
Mirai Kawashima Shinichi Ishikawa Satoshi Fujinami Junichi Harashima Dr. Mikannibal
Past members
Kazuki

Sigh (サイ, sai) 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.

Biography

Sigh was founded in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. The band 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 at Century Media Records. Through this label they released their album Imaginary Sonicscape in 2001, which contained a more avant-garde elements than their previous work. 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 that released Hangman's Hymn and reissued re-mastered versions of Gallows Gallery and Imaginary Sonicscape with revamped artwork and bonus tracks.

The band is featured in the 2008 documentary Global Metal. Their new album Scenes From Hell was released on January 19, 2010.

Band members

Current members

• Mirai Kawashima (川嶋未来) – vocals, keyboards (1990–present)
• Shinichi Ishikawa (石川慎) – guitar (1992–present)
• Satoshi Fujinami (藤波聡一) – guitar (1990–1992, 2008), drums (1992–2004, 2008), bass (2004–present)
• Junichi Harashima (原島淳一) – drums (2004–present)
• Dr. Mikannibal – saxophone, vocals (2007–present)

Former members

• Kazuki Ozeki (尾関和樹) – drums (1990)

Discography

Studio albums

• 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)
• Scenes from Hell (2010)
• In Somniphobia (March 2012)

EPs

• Requiem for Fools (1992)
• Ghastly Funeral Theatre (1997)
• A Tribute to Venom (2008)
• The Curse of Izanagi 7" (2010)

Demos

• Desolation (1990)
• Tragedies (1990)

External links

• Official website