Product Code: G7516416105
Original price was: $27.99.$16.79Current price is: $16.79.LABEL:Peaceville
RELEASE DATE: 03/27/2026
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP
SIGHS 1997 RELEASE OF ECLECTIC DARK & ATMOSPHERIC METAL, NOW ON PEACEVILLE, WITH NEW AUDIO MASTER & INSERT WITH INTERVIEW WITH MIRAI KAWASHIMA.
Japanese black metal legends Sigh formed in 1989/1990. The genre-classic debut Scorn Defeat followed on Euronymous Deathlike Silence Productions in 1993 & with each subsequent release, Sigh grew to become one of the countrys greatest & most revered metal exports. With a journey through the strange & the psychedelic, incorporating a whole eclectic mix of genre styles & experimentation throughout their career, Sigh has remained a vital creative force in the avantgarde field whilst maintaining their old school roots, as witnessed with the stellar 2022 album, Shiki. 2025 also saw Sigh reimagining their Hangmans Hymn album for a release on Peaceville as part of the bands 35th anniversary celebrations, in the shape of I Saw The Worlds End: Hangmans Hymn MMXXV.
Maintaining the core trio of Mirai Kawashima, Shinichi Ishikawa & Satoshi Fujinami, & on the back of the epic & darkly symphonic opus Infidel Art (1995), Sigh adopted a more boundary-defying approach to their writing, whilst still keeping the dark foundations & traits of the bands fundamental sound. The result was Ghastly Funeral Theatre which surfaced in 1997 & draped in Eastern & horror-based atmospherics, the band also embraced elements outside of metal with what was their most experimental offering to date; utilising instruments such as the saxophone as well as acoustic passages & notoriously drawing comparisons to the moods of bands such as The Beatles at times, featuring catchy hooks & structures in line with the rock music genre, but masterfully woven into Sighs unique blackened metal tapestry.
Continuing with Peacevilles re-issues of Sighs classic early (& until now, hard to find) works, this edition of Ghastly Funeral Theatre contains a new master created by Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony, featuring a new transfer from the original DAT source.
The release also includes a new interview with main-man Mirai Kawashima conducted by Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies, delving into the history & inspirations behind Ghastly Funeral Theatre.
This edition of Ghastly Funeral Theatre is presented on black vinyl.
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