Sigh (band)

Sigh
Sigh performing at Jaxx Nightclub in September 2008
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Black metal,avant-garde metal,symphonic metal, progressive metal
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Deathlike Silence, Cacophonous, Century Media, Candlelight, The End
Associated acts	Enoch, Necrophagia, Gonin-ish, Post Mortem, Numb & Number, Abigail, Cut Throat, Aiaibanchi, Hellchild, The Meads of Asphodel, The Red Chord
Members	Mirai Kawashima Satoshi Fujinami Junichi Harashima Dr. Mikannibal You Oshima
Past members	Kazuki Shinichi Ishikawa

Sigh (サイ, sai^?) is a Japanese extreme metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, producing music in the early 1990s when the majority of black metal came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal sound to a more experimental, avant-garde style employing symphonic elements.

Sigh was founded in 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. The band was signed by Euronymous' (of Mayhem fame) infamous label Deathlike Silence Records and released their first full-length album Scorn Defeat on DSP in 1993, shortly after Euronymous' death. The label ceased to exist shortly after his death and Sigh changed to Cacophonous Records.

After major disputes with Cacophonous over promotion and album rights, the band eventually found a new home at Century Media Records. Through this label they released their album Imaginary Sonicscape in 2001, which contained a more avant-garde elements than their previous work. In 2005 they released their full-length Gallows Gallery through yet another source, Candlelight/Baphomet Records. The band then signed to The End Records that released Hangman's Hymn and Scenes From Hell and reissued re-mastered versions of Gallows Gallery and Imaginary Sonicscape with revamped artwork and bonus tracks, before re-signing with Candlelight Records. After returning to Candlelight Records, Sigh has released 2012's In Somniphobia, and have announced recordings for their 10th studio album, Graveward, will begin in mid-2014.