Sigh‘s special 30th anniversary edition of their groundbreaking second album “Infidel Art” is now available on Peaceville Records. The release comes in multiple formats including a limited marble vinyl LP, standard black vinyl LP, 2CD, and cassette. It’s available through Peaceville.
To celebrate the occasion, the band has shared a new lyric video for the track “The Zombie Terror”:
Marking thirty years since its original release, this new edition features a fresh master created by Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony, using a new transfer from the original DAT source. The release kickstarts a series of reissues of Sigh’s classic early catalogue that has been hard to find for many years.
The CD edition includes a rare first mix of the entire album, along with additional tracks like “The Zombie Terror” from the ‘Far East Gate In Inferno’ compilation and songs originally intended for a split release with Kawir. All formats except the cassette also feature a new interview with bandleader Mirai Kawashima conducted by Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies.
Speaking on the reissue, Mirai Kawashima shared:
“I am well aware that Sigh’s albums released via Cacophonous Records in the 90s have been hard to find for a long time. Actually so many labels tried to re-release those albums, but it never worked. However, finally the wait is over! Soon you can get them on both vinyl and CD via Peaceville Records. Of course the albums are way more primitive than what we are doing today, but they definitely are the albums that shaped who we are today. And what really surprised me was that those 4 albums were released within 5 years. How productive we were!”
Following the underground success of their debut “Scorn Defeat,” “Infidel Art” surfaced in 1995 and became a new milestone for the band. The album expanded on the symphonic and classical elements to create something more grand in scale while still embracing Sigh’s old school metal influences and dark mysticism, resulting in epic tracks like “Zombie Terror” and “Izuna.”