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Unhinged mashups are far from an original concept at this point, of course, but SIGH are so secure in their methods and madness that even the most bizarre elements have been assimilated with the greatest of ease, and this wonderful deluge of insanity sounds like the most natural thing in the world.
90
Shiki sounds like a band in their creative element with a seemingly endless supply of ideas that culminate in some of the most exciting metal music you are likely to hear this year.
80
An unexpectedly steely shot in the arm from one of metal's staunchest oddballs.
75
In turn, they demonstrate that not only does that source material continue to be fucking stellar, but so are the flickering mad scientist minds warping things to their creative advantage.
Thanks @caleb for recommending this to me; you and @DREscapePlan are slowly helping me explore Metal (especially Black Metal) and having more admiration for it.
Now, where do I begin with this one...?
Let's start off with the instrumentation, as always: it's fuckin' crazy. The guitars and drums come at you with sheer force that leave you on the edge of your seat.
The guitar solos especially stand out here as they are rife with tension & energy.
Every track on Shiki feels unpredictable as ... read more
The Japanese Black Metal and Prog Metal band Sigh were a band that before this I had never heard of before, but after hearing their latest album 'Shiki' I may need to give some of their other albums a shot because HOLY FUCK THIS WAS GREAT. In a lot of ways the sonic approach that Sigh take to Black Metal and Prog on this album is fairly straight-forward in presentation but as it goes on the band hit you with hints of extra instrumentation, unpredictable yet eclectic additions both familiar and ... read more
now this, is epic
TRY NOT TO DO A GUITAR SOLO CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE)
me, 1 am, killing time, going on new releases and choosing to listen to this
in no other circumstance would I have listened to this, ever
the drums are as tight as flex tape's water-tight seal
guitar solos rival those on weezer songs
and the production, is so grand
not once did this album lose me, and i have no idea wtf is even being said
and im not a metal fan, mind you
only ever listened to a handful of albums, mainly ... read more
i don't understand what they saying but then again i cant understand metal in english neither
Eh non, cette fois Sigh ne nous propose pas un album de Marco Polo Heavy / Black regorgeant de saveurs exotiques. Les vétérans ayant réalisé qu’ils s’approchent du moment où la RH de Life Inc. pourrait bien leur envoyer leur solde de tout compte, ils ont naturellement pris un virage plus sombre, plus « retour aux sources », centré sur leur Japon natal. Mais l’inspiration et les nombreux hors-pistes stylistiques étant ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Kuroi Inori 0:15 | 63 |
| 2 | Kuroi Kage 7:55 | 84 |
| 3 | Shoujahitsumetsu 3:51 | 90 |
| 4 | Shikabane 5:28 | 85 |
| 5 | Satsui - Geshi No Ato 7:06 | 88 |
| 6 | Fuyu Ga Kuru 6:28 | 84 |
| 7 | Shouku 5:30 | 80 |
| 8 | Kuroi Kagami 1:09 | 71 |
| 9 | Mayonaka No Kaii 5:24 | 90 |
| 10 | Touji No Asa 2:56 | 78 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
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Added on: June 17, 2022