--- title: "Sigh" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/sigh" genre: "Black Metal" country: "Japan" formed: 1990 --- # Sigh **Sigh** is a black metal band, from Japan, active 1990 to present. Sigh is a Japanese experimental metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal sound to a more experimental, avant-garde style employing symphonic, world music, and progressive elements. Their most recent studio album, I Saw the World's End – Hangman's Hymn MMXXV, was released in 2025. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigh_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Sigh | | Genre | Black Metal | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Origin | Tokyo, Japan | | Formed | 1990 | | Releases in catalog | 23 | ## Genres [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Symphonic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-black) · [Black 'n' Roll Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-n-roll) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Symphonic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [原島淳一](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-db8374b6) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to present | Current | | [Dr. Mikannibal](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dr-mikannibal) | Lead vocals, Saxophone | 2007 to present | Current | | [川嶋未来](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-c2d57810) | Lead vocals, Woodwind, Percussion, Sampler, Keyboard, Vocoder, Bass guitar | 1990 to present | Current | | [若井望](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-54942e84) | Guitar | 2022 to present | Current | | [藤波聡](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-c2cb5cd8) | Drums (drum set), Guitar, Bass guitar | 1990 to present | Current | | [You Oshima](https://themetalnet.com/musician/you-oshima) | Guitar | 2014 to 2022 | Former | | [尾関和樹](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-881b5d03) | Drums (drum set) | 1990 to 1990 | Former | | [石川慎一](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-6f074c58) | Guitar | 1992 to 2014 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1992 | [Requiem for Fools](https://themetalnet.com/album/ddcdb411-3900-38c2-833e-8c6401c927d4) | EP | | 1993 | [Scorn Defeat](https://themetalnet.com/album/5648930e-6690-35d8-a64f-203bc661a583) | Album | | 1994 | [Sigh / Kawir](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1c857f2-b1f1-3d6b-b6bf-c4e14ade6523) | EP | | 1995 | [Infidel Art](https://themetalnet.com/album/04395a8d-7296-3b2d-a42d-3a3f393464f6) | Album | | 1995 | [To Hell and Back: Tribute to Venom](https://themetalnet.com/album/0a0556cc-750a-33cc-b307-eeb5fe27e1d6) | EP | | 1997 | [Ghastly Funeral Theatre](https://themetalnet.com/album/6fc4adb2-f90e-3eb2-84be-ca7fe7c0df53) | EP | | 1997 | [Hail Horror Hail](https://themetalnet.com/album/397bee6f-4ee0-3a0b-a4c7-342850935cc2) | Album | | 1999 | [Scenario IV: Dread Dreams](https://themetalnet.com/album/a3c822d1-2bfa-3148-8bcb-8a2459edd7f1) | Album | | 2001 | [Imaginary Sonicscape](https://themetalnet.com/album/2e33ab06-9819-3866-8014-65afb9103421) | Album | | 2003 | [Kindred of the Dying Kind / Young Burial](https://themetalnet.com/album/c42fc9d4-c606-4d20-bb66-9b49aeac585f) | EP | | 2004 | [Evilized Japan, Volume 1](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a2617d7-f6ab-4c19-96a7-59d5c744804d) | EP | | 2005 | [Gallows Gallery](https://themetalnet.com/album/5e946b4e-b251-34d3-9a4a-4fcef9598ddc) | Album | | 2007 | [Hangman’s Hymn: Musikalische Exequien](https://themetalnet.com/album/3c3e04f8-6c8b-3056-bbf1-025dd8f8075e) | Album | | 2008 | [A Tribute to Venom](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb4cdb23-253f-3042-b756-1a5857a39c14) | EP | | 2010 | [Scenes From Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/83c6d717-12f9-477d-a5ea-6e53327f2da5) | Album | | 2010 | [The Curse of Izanagi](https://themetalnet.com/album/623ddc12-8423-4e3a-bdf1-289ec9ae414f) | EP | | 2012 | [In Somniphobia](https://themetalnet.com/album/c240d8f2-5437-4279-adc8-1398efa5dc99) | Album | | 2015 | [Graveward](https://themetalnet.com/album/c47543f7-c999-46b1-bccf-d6a40fc3cd5d) | Album | | 2018 | [Heir to Despair](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf1cfa1a-9b8a-46e9-a6be-1a431d54a849) | Album | | 2022 | [Shiki](https://themetalnet.com/album/8869d527-ef4c-4664-865a-9262384be36b) | Album | | 2025 | [I Saw the World’s End: Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV](https://themetalnet.com/album/30105f35-570c-409a-b002-2f24ab2cf796) | Album | | 2026 | [Ghastly Funeral Theatre (Remaster)](https://themetalnet.com/album/aaa65e1c-8b9d-4be9-82a0-b48a42dba185) | EP | | 2026 | [Goh-Ka](https://themetalnet.com/album/8ba43428-d9d4-4acb-99aa-8cf807b5a002) | Album | ## Related bands - [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) - [Immortal](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal) (listened together) - [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together) - [Arcturus](https://themetalnet.com/band/arcturus) (listened together) - [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together) - [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together) - [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together) - [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together) - [Satyricon](https://themetalnet.com/band/satyricon) (listened together) - [Solefald](https://themetalnet.com/band/solefald) (listened together) - [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together) ## Official and external links - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SIGH-official-page/227550909275 - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sigh/51 - x: https://twitter.com/sighjapan - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/81414 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VUguuy2qoVGDMwH1tL7Qr - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sighofficialjapan/ - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC4RHP2BOfd15i7NCT1-whKg - apple music: https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/204601411 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/sigh](https://themetalnet.com/band/sigh). 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