Japanese extreme metal/noise icons, Sigh, will unveil their crushing tenth studio opus next month. Titled Graveward, the eclectic, ten-track offering took over two-and-a-half years to complete with each song comprising over one-hundred recording tracks exceeding 100GB of audio to select from in the final mixes. A full album stream can be found below.

 

 

Inspired by musician/composer Fabio Frizzi, Graveward pays homage to Italian zombie and Hammer Horror classics. Graveward features guest performances from Trivium's Matthew Heafy, DragonForce's Fred Leclercq, Shining's Niklas Kvarforth, Rotting Christ's Sakis Tolis, The Meads Of Asphodel's Metatron and others with fittingly twisted, grave-robbing cover art by Costin Chioreanu (Ihsahn, At the Gates, Deicide, Ulver, etc.).

Already devouring the hordes in Europe, Graveward will be released in North America via Candlelight Records on May 4th.

 

 

Graveward tracklisting:

“Kaedit Nos Pestis”
“Graveward”
“The Tombfiller”
“The Forlorn”
“The Molesters Of My Soul”
“Out Of the Grave”
“The Trial By The Dead”
“The Casketburner”
“A Messenger From Tomorrow”
“Dwellers In Dream”

Album stream:

“Out Of The Grave” video:

For over two decades, Sigh has been transcending the confines of extreme metal. Forged in 1989 in Tokyo, Japan, the band was initially signed by Euronymous' infamous Deathlike Silence Records on which they released their debut full-length, Scorn Defeat, in 1993. Sigh would go on to release records via various imprints including Cacophonous, Century Media, Baphomet and The End before making Candlelight Records their label home with the release of 2012's crushing, critically-adored In Somniphobia and this year's Graveward.

Sigh:

Mirai Kawashima - vocals, keyboards, orchestrations etc.

Dr. Mikannibal - alto, tenor, baritone saxophones, vocals

Satoshi Fujinami - bass, drums

You Oshima - guitar

Junichi Harashima - drums