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Scorn Defeat by Sigh

Chart: Forum Regulars' 500+ Chart by sp4cetiger
User: yourself
Year: 1993
Rank on BEA Overall: N/A
Average Rating: 76/100
Summary Info: The debut album of Japanese black metal band, Sigh.

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[Facetious]

It's good, I liked the inclusion of piano and keyboard I think. However, I've only listened to it once.

It's also the only Sigh album I've heard.

[yourself]

One of my favourite black metal albums. Not so much wall of icy distortion stuff, but rather primitive ritualistic riffs/songwriting with lots cool keyboard flourishes (where the cheapness of say the synth choir sounds somehow adds to the eerie occult mysticism atmosphere). I love so much: the way Victory of Dakini creeps around for a few minutes, only to turn into these anthemic major chord changes towards the end, the sudden awkward tempo changes (The Knell, Ready for the Final War), haunting piano outros (Taste Defeat, Ready for the final war), great riffs everywhere (especially the ones in the middle bit of At my Funeral), those damn cheap synth choir sounds...and on and on