https://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/graveward

The reason of 2015 to be

I'm excited, been listening to this band a lot lately.

Sigh + Chioreanu + Metatron =

It's out on Spotify and it's weird as fuck. thank god.

Yeah, it's awesome! I also think that it's out in UK (http://candlelightrecordsuk.bandcamp.com/album/graveward)

This sounds so retro for some reason

Written by [user id=142921] on 14.04.2015 at 15:06

It's great! Not Imaginary Sonicscape calibre but it'll do.

NOTHING is Imaginary Sonicscape calibre.

After my first listen I didn't care for this much. Maybe it'll take a couple more to sink in, but I can't say I'm not disappointed a bit.

It definitely gets better and better the more you listen to it.

By the way, this album was released in Europe, so why can't we rate it?

Written by Nicko's Nose on 15.04.2015 at 23:53

It definitely gets better and better the more you listen to it.

By the way, this album was released in Europe, so why can't we rate it?

Now you can

This is some weird, wild stuff. Heavy metal, horn-heavy symphonic soundtrack, black metal, occasionally 80's thrash-sounding hooks, neo-classical solos, Jpop...This has a little bit of everything, and you never really know when or where it is going to happen. "The Tombfiller" is a great example of just how well Sigh manages to tie all of these elements together in an almost disturbingly enjoyable chaos. While the production urks me at times, especially in the symphonic parts (they just feel a little flat in the mix), I am amazed at how well they make everything fit in such a way that you can hear all of the parts instead of ending up with a wall of sound. Full Review HERE.

A decent amount of folks are complaining about the production on this album, but I feel that it is exactly what it needs to be. Overblown production, but still pretty raw, and of course... SUPER SPOOKY.

Best deal I have found for a physical copy: Graveward at Importcds.com

Written by [user id=142921] on 06.05.2015 at 06:06

If they senf you the wrong product (which is entirely possible unfortunately), you can't do much about it.

I've bought a few CDs from them recently and never had a problem.

I love this album. I haven't heard anything like this before! For me, this is a strong competitor for avant garde album of the year. Although DHG's "A Umbra Omega" is also a strong competitor. I will have to keep listening to both and see which one resonates more as I live with them for a while.

There's something about the clean vocals on the first track that's incredibly off-putting...it actually makes me feel a little nauseated...

Oh well, just gotta keep listening

Edit: wow, how is it possible that the second half of the album is infinitely better than the first half

Yeah... no. The clean vocals sound completely ridiculous and indeed incredibly off-putting, like LeKiwi says. Due to that not worthy of my time.

Yeah, cleans are indeed off-putting. (I hope there's an instrumental version?)
I mean, Sigh is one of my fav bands, and I pretty much like everything they put out before, actually among all their disco the only album I didn't enjoy much was Gallows Gallery exactly because of the vocals.
And now there's Graveward.. and I'm not being able to enjoy it as much as I would if it weren't for the voice =p

Written by Erik M. on 16.05.2015 at 18:30

Yeah... no. The clean vocals sound completely ridiculous and indeed incredibly off-putting, like LeKiwi says. Due to that not worthy of my time.

That said, only the 1st and 3rd tracks feature those nasty Pokemon-theme-tune-esque vocals. Most of the album is actually mercifully bereft of those cringe-worthy vocals. I still recommend checking it out

OK I exaggerated in my post above - everything from track 4 onwards is high-8 or 9/10 material. That section at 1:18 on the first track should be vaporized from existence though. Just listen to it. It's so bad. Everything about it...is wrong. How did they write the rest of the album so magnificently, then screw up to such a monumental degree.

I honestly don't find anything wrong with it. It fits the craziness of the music

double post

So you posted the second time just to warn that you were double posting?

Not much from the Doctor on this one. I was hoping for some duelling guitar/sax solos.

I felt surprised with this album is really exciting

Was a bit surprised to see the rating on this album so "low" but listening to it again for the first time in a while I can see why. Definitely the weakest since Scenes From Hell (though still far better than that). It's all a bit disjointed and even Sigh can't quite make it all work as a whole, even if there are lots of fun moments all over the place.

Still love The Tombfiller though. Very Bal-Sagoth-y, and one of the more consistent tracks on the album.

This was such a step down from In Somniphobia even. A pathetic effort from a band that is capable of far more.

Written by Diverge on 19.01.2016 at 05:13

This was such a step down from In Somniphobia even. A pathetic effort from a band that is capable of far more.

Well, the G albums usually are. I think the I albums are the best in each cycle.