Tag Archives: Sigh

New & Noteworthy: Releases of Being – (5/5/2023 – 9/15/2023)

Posted by on September 16, 2023

    New & Noteworthy has returned! Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this week’s list, we’re not only bringing you the week’s must-know releases, we’re taking you back to the albums that hit shelves since May that are worth a spin. These […]

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Sigh share “Shoujahitsumetsu” video

Posted by on December 16, 2022

  Japanese black metal giants Sigh have shared a Hiroki Furutani, Nozomu Wakai-directed video for the song “Shoujahitsumetsu.” The track is taken from their recent offering, Shiki, which was released earlier this year via Peaceville.    Mirai Kawashima comments: “’Shoujahitsumetsu’ is a word in Buddhism and stands for “Anything that is alive has to die […]

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Metal Insider’s 225 Best Metal Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)

Posted by on December 16, 2019

As each year approaches its end, we share our year-end lists highlighting the best of the best of the year. However, we were taken aback, realizing that not only will 2020 mark a new year, it also marks a brand new decade. It’s true what they say; time flies when you’re having fun, listening to […]

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Metal Insider contributor Matt Brown’s Top 10 of 2015

Posted by on December 18, 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, we’re letting Metal Insider’s staff pick their favorite albums of 2015, in addition to some of the musicians that helped make some of it. You can see all of our picks so far here. Here we have Metal Insider’s Matt Brown contributing his picks. So much metal, so little time […]

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Metal Insider contributor Nick Desimone’s Top 10 of 2015

Posted by on December 16, 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, we’re letting Metal Insider’s staff pick their favorite albums of 2015, in addition to some of the musicians that helped make some of it. You can see all of our picks so far here. Now we have contributor and Amplified author Nick Desimone. In an unsigned or developing band? Submit […]

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New & Noteworthy, May 5th – Continuum

Posted by on May 5, 2015

This week’s new release list brings us a lot of veteran acts extending their legacies even further. Representing almost every genre available, at least one of these albums will be to your liking, no matter what. Dig in and enjoy!   Kamelot, Haven (Napalm) In 2012, Kamelot proved that they would not only survive with new […]

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Trivium’s Heafy lends a hand to Sigh

Posted by on March 20, 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/33_dcoedmPg[/youtube] Japanese metal  band Sigh have a new album, Graveward, coming out in May, and while you might not expect Trivium’s Matt Heafy to show up, he lends his voice to “Out of the Grave,” the first single to be released from the album. It’s, well, nuts. The song is orchestral, features a horn solo, some […]

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Sigh’s Dr. Mikannibal announces pregnancy onstage at Inferno Festival

Posted by on April 19, 2014

You’d expect to find a lot of grimness and death at a metal festival, and there’s been plenty of that on display at the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo Norway this week. But as Sigh began the final night of the festival earlier this evening on one of the two stages, they did so with […]

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Metal Insider headed to Norway for Inferno Fest!

Posted by on April 12, 2014

There must be something about the 20 hour days of  sunlight or its Viking heritage that makes Norway such a hotbed for extreme music. For a country of just over 5 million, a surprising amount of metal bands have made their way into the international spotlight. Since 2001, they’ve had a metal festival to call […]

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Scene report: Metal in Japan – it’s more than just Babymetal

Posted by on October 30, 2013

Hey awesome Metal Insider readers! I’m Anthony Maisano. Last summer, I was an intern for Metal Insider, and a frequent contributor to the site. Currently, I am studying abroad in Fukuoka, Japan. Like almost every other country in the world, Japan too has its metal scene. I wanted to see if I could find out what […]

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