Japanese extreme metal band
SIGH will release its eighth studio album,
"Scenes From Hell", on January 19, 2010 via
The End Records. The CD's cover artwork was designed by
Eliran Kantor (
TESTAMENT,
AGHORA,
TO-MERA,
GWAR,
SICKENING HORROR) and can be viewed below (courtesy of
MetalSucks). The group states, "We're truly proud of the artwork. This is the perfect description of what the album is about — namely war, hell and death!"
SIGH's
Mirai Kawashima recently stated about
"Scenes From Hell", "We were supposed to finish mixing it by the end of June, but it was not easy at all. Of course I knew it'd be tough to mix all those orchestral instruments properly, but it was much harder than expected. The brass section sounds very powerful by itself. Guitar, bass and drums sound powerful enough by themselves. However, once all are mixed, they could often kill each other's powerfulness! After having gone through numerous trials and errors, we finally succeeded in getting the proper result. And the album has been mastered by
Maor Appelbaum, who also mastered our tribute to
VENOM. He has worked with such artists as
Yngwie Malmsteen and
Rob Halford, so he knows how to master the metal stuff!
'Scenes from Hell' definitely sounds powerful, symphonic and relentless. This is the musical description of hell!"
"Scenes From Hell" final track listing:
01.
Prelude to the Oracle02.
L'art de Mourir03.
The Soul GraveMusica in Tempora Belli
04.
The Red Funeral05.
The Summer Funeral06.
Musica in Tempora Belli07.
Vanitas08.
Scenes from HellVideo footage of
SIGH performing a cover version of the
VENOM classic
"Black Metal" at last year's
Damnation Festival, which was held November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K., can be viewed below.
