Sigh-In Somniphobia

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Japan's Sigh has announced the band new album will be titled "In Somniphobia," and the band has now checked in with the following update about the album:

"In Somniphobia is a sonic nightmare that lasts for more than an hour. The musical direction is pretty much far from that of the last two albums, 'Scenes from Hell' and 'Hangman's Hymn.' It is not easy to describe its direction, but probably one can say that it is something between 'Imaginary Sonicscape,' 'Hail Horror Hail,' and 'Gallows Gallery,' or rather, simply a nightmarish version of 'Imaginary Sonicscape.' Put heavy metal, classical music, jazz, Indian traditional music, Stockhausen, and Xenakis into a cauldron of hell and stir it, you'll get 'In Somniphobia.'

"The first two songs are VERY heavy metal, but from the third track, it begins. Five songs are woven together, which part is named 'Lucid Nightmares.' It is a pure sonic description of nightmares. This is surrealistic, ethnic, druggy, atmospheric and definitely scary! Lots of vintage gems are being used such as Minimoog, Prophet-5, Clavinet D-6, Roland RE-201 Space Echo etc. along with some ethnic instruments like Indian Sarangi, Sitar, Tampura, and Tabla. Kam Lee (ex-Massacre, Bone Gnawer etc.) and Metatron (The Meads of Asphodel) cooperated with the lyrics and the vocals for 'Lucid Nightmares.'

"Listen with Headphones is strictly recommended. Smoke before you try this. Bad trip guaranteed!"

Cant wait,I dont expect Imaginary Sonicscapes part 2 but if its anything like it than it wont disappoint.

they always seem to come up with something interesting.

I liked Imaginary Sonicscapes a lot. If this new album is like IS I'll be checking it out.

nevermore wrote:

I liked Imaginary Sonicscapes a lot. If this new album is like IS I'll be checking it out.

I dont think its possible for someone to really hate Imaginary Sonicscapes. That album was a masterpiece.

metalhead777 wrote:

nevermore wrote:

I liked Imaginary Sonicscapes a lot. If this new album is like IS I'll be checking it out.

I dont think its possible for someone to really hate Imaginary Sonicscapes. That album was a masterpiece.

i wouldn't go that far, but it was decent.

mc666 wrote:

metalhead777 wrote:

nevermore wrote:

I liked Imaginary Sonicscapes a lot. If this new album is like IS I'll be checking it out.

I dont think its possible for someone to really hate Imaginary Sonicscapes. That album was a masterpiece.

i wouldn't go that far, but it was decent.

its at least better than their other albums as a whole. It had the most songs I could get into and (unlike their more black metal releases) has quite a few good melodic,groovy hooks in the songs.

But,everyone has an opinion.

The album art just got released!