Avant-garde band
Sigh will release a new album titled
Heir to Despair on November 16th via Candlelight Records.
Heir to Despair, the 11th studio album by
Sigh, is described as "a heavy, psychedelic and exotic album filled with vintage keyboards and flute", completely different from the symphonic orchestral style of 2015 album
Graveward. It can be taken as
Sigh's first attempt to intentionally take in a Japanese/Asian musical feel. Vocalist
Mirai Kawashima used some Japanese traditional singing techniques and ex-
Estradasphere shamisen master,
Kevin Kmetz, is featured on several songs. 90% of the lyrics are in Japanese, which has never happened on past
Sigh albums.
Heir to Despair was mixed by Canadian engineer
Phil Anderson, and mastered by
Maor Appelbaum, who has worked with artists such as
Faith No More,
Yes and
Yngwie Malmsteen.
Homo Homini Lupus, featuring guest vocals from
Phil Anselmo, is the first track to be shared from the record.
Mirai Kawashima comments, "
Homo Homini Lupus is one of the fastest and the simplest tracks on
Heir to Despair. Don't expect other songs to sound like this. 'Homo Homini Lupus' means 'Man is wolf to man' in Latin.
Thomas Hobbes referred to this verb to describe how men would act in the state of nature before we were civilized. The world shown in 'The Walking Dead' series should be the best example of what we truly are. Men become wolves, or should I say men are wolves in their real nature. Look what our ancestors did during the wartime! Look what our ancestors did during famine! We have own wolves inside."
Heir to Despair is available for pre-order now at
https://sigh.lnk.to/HeirToDespair.
Homo Homini Lupus can be listened to via the link.
