Sigh
Sigh formed in Tokyo in 1989, initially drawing from the Nordic black metal tradition before evolving into one of extreme metal's most unpredictable avant-garde acts. Their debut full-length Scorn Defeat (1993) was released on Euronymous's Deathlike Silence Productions shortly before the label's collapse, and the album's integration of symphonic and black metal elements was years ahead of its time. Subsequent records — particularly Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) — pushed further into surrealism, incorporating jazz, psychedelia, and classical music without losing their extreme metal core. Vocalist and keyboardist Mirai Kawashima has remained the band's constant creative force across more than three decades of continuous activity.
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Sigh Discography
17 tracks
- 1 A Victory of Dakini 6:50
- 2 The Knell 4:19
- 3 At My Funeral 5:43
- 4 Gundali 5:59
- 5 Ready for the Final War 9:18
- 6 Weakness Within 3:07
- 7 Taste Defeat 7:56
- 8 Gundali / Teacher's Pet - 20th Anniversary Live Show 6:11
- 9 Taste Defeat - 20th Anniversary Live Show 6:52
- 10 The Knell - 20th Anniversary Live Show 3:35
- 11 Desolation - 20th Anniversary Live Show 4:24
- 12 Countless Bathory - 20th Anniversary Live Show 3:35
- 13 Weakness Within - 20th Anniversary Live Show 3:01
- 14 A Victory of Dakini - 20th Anniversary Live Show 5:58
- 15 Schizo - 20th Anniversary Live Show 2:57
- 16 Evil Dead - 20th Anniversary Live Show 2:46
- 17 Witching Hour - 20th Anniversary Live Show 2:43
23 tracks
- 1 Weakness Within - Desolation Demo, June 1990 3:02
- 2 Desolation of My Mind - Desolation Demo, June 1990 3:17
- 3 Mentally Numb - Desolation Demo, June 1990 0:59
- 4 Death Throes - Tragedies Demo, December 1990 4:58
- 5 Sigh - Tragedies Demo, December 1990 2:08
- 6 Mentally Numb - Tragedies Demo, December 1990 1:07
- 7 Desolation of My Mind - Tragedies Demo, December 1990 4:35
- 8 The Knell - Requiem for Fools, 1992 3:16
- 9 Desolation - Requiem for Fools, 1992 4:02
- 10 Taste Defeat - Requiem for Fools, 1992 7:23
- 11 The Zombie Terror - Far East Gate in Inferno Compilation, 1994 9:32
- 12 Suicidogenic - Split EP with Kawir, 1994 3:05
- 13 Schizo - Split EP with Kawir, 1994 3:17
- 14 Carnage - Rare Recordings, 1995-1996 3:13
- 15 The Seven Gates of Hell - Rare Recordings, 1995-1996 4:34
- 16 Black Metal - Rare Recordings, 1995-1996 2:38
- 17 The Shadowking - Rare Recordings, 1995-1996 7:17
- 18 Black Metal - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 2:32
- 19 The Seven Gates of Hell - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 4:29
- 20 Schizo - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 2:59
- 21 Welcome to Hell - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 2:49
- 22 Poison - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 3:49
- 23 Witching Hour - To Hell and Back: Sigh's Tribute to Venom, 1995 2:24
9 tracks
- 1 Diabolic Suicide 7:31
- 2 Infernal Cries 4:35
- 3 Black Curse 8:22
- 4 Iconoclasm In The 4th Desert 7:30
- 5 In The Mind Of A Lunatic 4:34
- 6 Severed Ways 8:05
- 7 Imprisoned 5:17
- 8 Waltz Dread Dreams 1:22
- 9 Divine Graveyard 5:47
10 tracks
- 1 Corpsecry - Angelfall 6:42
- 2 Scarlet Dream 5:11
- 3 Nietzschean Conspiracy 5:24
- 4 A Sunset Song 6:49
- 5 Impromptu (Allegro Maestoso) 1:24
- 6 Dreamsphere (Return to Chaos) 6:51
- 7 Ecstatic Transformation 5:35
- 8 Slaughtergarden Suite 10:57
- 9 Bring Back the Dead 6:40
- 10 Requiem - Nostalgia 7:58
10 tracks
- 1 Introitus / Kyrie 4:30
- 2 Inked In Blood 3:12
- 3 Me-Devil 3:17
- 4 Dies Irae / The Master Malice 5:45
- 5 The Memories As A Sinner 3:32
- 6 Death With Dishonor 3:04
- 7 In Devil's Arms 4:33
- 8 Overture / Rex Tremendae / I Saw The World's End 6:06
- 9 Salvation In Flame / Confutatis 5:08
- 10 Hangman's Hymn / In Paradisum / Das Ende 5:06
7 tracks
- 1 Black Metal 3:40
- 2 Die Hard 3:02
- 3 Countess Bathory 3:37
- 4 Schizo 3:17
- 5 Mayhem With Mercy 1:27
- 6 Teacher's Pet 4:09
- 7 Witching Hour 3:29
2 tracks
- 1 Kindred of the Dying Kind 2:34
- 2 Young Burial (Necrophagia) 2:15
11 tracks
- 1 Purgatorium 4:48
- 2 The Transfiguration Fear 4:51
- 3 Opening Theme: Lucid Nightmare 1:58
- 4 Somniphobia 7:34
- 5 L'excommunication A Minuit 5:38
- 6 Amnesia 8:10
- 7 Far Beneath The In-Between 7:10
- 8 Amongst The Phantoms Of Abandoned Tumbrils 9:31
- 9 Ending Theme: Continuum 1:42
- 10 Fall To The Thrall 5:17
- 11 Equale 8:00
17 tracks
- 1 Pale Monument 3:50
- 2 In A Drowse 3:24
- 3 The Enlightment Day 3:30
- 4 Confession To Be Buried 5:25
- 5 The Tranquilizer Song 3:18
- 6 Midnight Sun 3:43
- 7 Silver Universe 3:50
- 8 Gavotte Grim 7:24
- 9 Messiahplan 4:47
- 10 - 1:15
- 11 The Tranquilizer Song (David Harrow Mix [Bonus Track]) 4:02
- 12 Pale Monument (Harsh Vocal Version [Bonus Track]) 3:53
- 13 In A Drowse (Demo 2003 [Bonus Track]) 3:41
- 14 Messiahplan (Gunface Alternate Guitar Solo Take [Bonus Track]) 3:47
- 15 The Tranquilizer Song (David Harrow Remix Outtake [Bonus Track]) 4:03
- 16 Jazzy Outtake (Bonus Track) 0:31
- 17 Jazzy Outtake 2 (Bonus Track) 0:30
10 tracks
- 1 Kaedit Nos Pestis 4:36
- 2 Graveward 5:16
- 3 The Tombfiller 4:51
- 4 The Forlorn 5:40
- 5 The Molesters Of My Soul 5:19
- 6 Out Of The Grave 3:45
- 7 The Trial By The Dead 4:28
- 8 The Casketburner 5:03
- 9 A Messenger From Tomorrow... (i) The Message (ii) Foreboding (iii) Doomsday 7:11
- 10 Dwellers In Dream 3:26
9 tracks
- 1 Aletheia 7:23
- 2 Homo Homini Lupus 5:33
- 3 Hunters Not Horned 6:47
- 4 In Memories Delusional 6:17
- 5 Heresy I: Oblivium 7:28
- 6 Heresy II: Acosmism 1:45
- 7 Heresy III: Sub Species Aeternitatis 2:26
- 8 Hands Of The String Puller 4:48
- 9 Heir To Despair 10:15
1 track
- 1 Homo Homini Lupus 5:33
10 tracks
- 1 Kuroi Inori 0:15
- 2 Kuroi Kage 7:55
- 3 Shoujahitsumetsu 3:51
- 4 Shikabane 5:28
- 5 Satsui - Geshi No Ato 7:06
- 6 Fuyu Ga Kuru 6:28
- 7 Shouku 5:30
- 8 Kuroi Kagami 1:09
- 9 Mayonaka No Kaii 5:24
- 10 Touji No Asa 2:56
1 track
- 1 Satsui - Geshi No Ato 7:06
1 track
- 1 Mayonaka No Kaii 5:24
14 tracks
- 1 OPENING~Touji No Asa - Live 1:31
- 2 A Victory of Dakini - Live 5:59
- 3 Purgatorium - Live 4:48
- 4 The Transfiguration Fear - Live 4:00
- 5 Kuroi Kage - Live 7:45
- 6 Shingontachikawa - Live 4:49
- 7 Mayonaka no Kaii - Live 5:37
- 8 Shoujahitsumetsu - Live 3:54
- 9 The Soul Grave - Live 4:04
- 10 Introitus - Live 3:04
- 11 Inked in Blood - Live 3:05
- 12 Me-Devil - Live 3:05
- 13 Satsui - Live 4:26
- 14 Evil Dead~ENDING - Live 4:08
2 tracks
- 1 A Victory of Dakini - Live 5:59
- 2 Mayonaka no Kaii - Live 5:37
1 track
- 1 Mayonaka no Kaii - Live 5:37
6 tracks
- 1 Izuna - 2025 Remaster 8:16
- 2 The Zombie Terror - 2025 Remaster 9:42
- 3 Desolation - 2025 Remaster 8:03
- 4 The Last Elegy - 2025 Remaster 10:29
- 5 Suicidogenic - 2025 Remaster 4:45
- 6 Beyond Centuries - 2025 Remaster 9:39
12 tracks
- 1 Introitus Kyrie - MMXXV Rerecorded 4:30
- 2 Inked in Blood - MMXXV Rerecorded 3:13
- 3 Me-Devil - MMXXV Rerecorded 3:19
- 4 Dies Irae - MMXXV Rerecorded 0:39
- 5 The Master Malice - MMXXV Rerecorded 4:46
- 6 The Memories as a Sinner - MMXXV Rerecorded 3:30
- 7 Death with Dishonor - MMXXV Rerecorded 3:08
- 8 In Devil's Arms - MMXXV Rerecorded 4:32
- 9 Overture - MMXXV Rerecorded 1:14
- 10 Rex Tremendae / I Saw the World`s End - MMXXV Rerecorded 5:18
- 11 Salvation in Flame / Confutatis - MMXXV Rerecorded 5:22
- 12 Finale: Hangman`s Hymn / In Paradisum / Das Ende - MMXXV Rerecorded 4:47
1 track
- 1 Death with Dishonor - MMXXV Rerecorded 3:08
9 tracks
- 1 Hail Horror Hail 5:07
- 2 42 49 7:42
- 3 12 Souls 6:55
- 4 Burial 1:30
- 5 The Dead Sing 7:14
- 6 Invitation To Die 5:17
- 7 Pathetic 2:21
- 8 Curse Of Izanagi 6:01
- 9 Seed Of Eternity 9:16
1 track
- 1 Unputenpu 5:43
6 tracks
- 1 Intro Soushiki - 2025 Remaster 1:26
- 2 Shingontachikawa - 2025 Remaster 5:27
- 3 Doman Seman - 2025 Remaster 5:32
- 4 Imiuta - 2025 Remaster 3:14
- 5 Shikigami - 2025 Remaster 6:21
- 6 Outro Higeki - 2025 Remaster 1:30
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