Masterfully crafted Eastern atmospheric Black Metal.

 

Comes with insert featuring an interview with Mirai Kawashima by Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies.

Includes a rare first mix of the entire album, as well as additional tracks (receiving a new transfer from the original DAT source).

 

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Maintaining the core trio of Mirai Kawashima, Shinichi Ishikawa, and Satoshi Fujinami, and on the back of the epic and darkly symphonic opus ‘Infidel Art’ (1995), Sigh adopted a more boundary-defying approach to their writing, whilst still keeping the dark foundations and traits of the band’s fundamental sound. The result was ‘Ghastly Funeral Theatre’ which surfaced in 1997 and, draped in Eastern and 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, and notoriously drawing comparisons to the moods of bands such as The Beatles at times, featuring catchy hooks and structures in line with the rock music genre, but masterfully woven into Sigh’s unique blackened metal tapestry.

 

Continuing with Peaceville’s re-issues of Sigh’s classic early (and, 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. In addition to the original studio tracks, this special double-disc release contains an expansive selection of material from the time, from unreleased mixes of album tracks and rare cover songs, to the inclusion of the very rare ‘Funeral Theatre’ Promo tape created by Mirai Kawashima in 1995. The release also includes a new interview with main-man Mirai Kawashima conducted by Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies, delving into the history and inspirations behind ‘Ghastly Funeral Theatre’.

 

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