Japanese experimental metal band SIGH (official page) bring their '30 Years Of Eastern Darkness' tour to Ireland in November with specials guests Laster. See them at The Grand Social Dublin on Nov 1st and The Deer's Head, Belfast on the 2nd. Tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster and usual outlets
This is one I never expected. Not a big fan of anything after the Ghastly Funeral Theatre. I saw them once in 08 and they were great live so will definitely head to this.
I'm doing both. Between this and Emperor DME made it impossible to stick to my not going to Dublin again promise.
Thank you! Ticket bought, I saw Sigh at a festival last year they were excellent.
I'd love to hit the Dublin show but being mid-week burns up work leave and the price of hotels is crippling.
One of my first trips to Dublin for an underground gig was for Sigh and Primordial in the mid 90s.
I never knew they had played here before. What year was that? Was it just the one time?
I can see this selling out I would have thought the grand social was a bit small for a band like Sigh then on top of that I just checked and tickets are only €25 (well before greedy TM fees).
Lots of old material on recent setlists so would have done both dates but I am flying to Canada on the 2nd so just Dublin will have to do.
It is a welcome announcement as a lot of the recently announced shows have been pretty disappointing for my tastes.
1995,apparently their first gig outside of Japan.
That would have been a great era to see them in. Now that you say the first show outside Japan that rings a bell from Metalireland years ago. I also remember that fella from Cork who owned all the rare records use to talk about corresponding with Mirai back in early 90's every time the band was brought up on MI he said Mirai use to call him Mr. Pat
Yeah I think Primordial played with them, AA did an episode of his podcast on it a while back IIRC.
Definitely getting tickets for this, wonder if we'll see some other bands doing Damnation fest doing a gig here.
Quote from: mickO))) on August 04, 2023, 03:32:26 PMThat would have been a great era to see them in. Now that you say the first show outside Japan that rings a bell from Metalireland years ago. I also remember that fella from Cork who owned all the rare records use to talk about corresponding with Mirai back in early 90's every time the band was brought up on MI he said Mirai use to call him Mr. Pat
yep Pat Clancy,only lives about a kilometer from me.The running joke still to this day ,was he was to keep an eye on me and a buddie (we were only 16 at the the time),but we ended up minding him! :laugh:
Am surprised at them playing the size of The Grand Social also, I thought Whelan's or Opium would be more likely.
Nice, I know they're doing a double set at Damnation so wonder if any of the other bands playing will make the trip over
Wow what an announcement. Poichasing a ticket immediately
Did someone link photos to that Charlie's gig before?
Been well out of the loop with Sigh with years,put on their latest album earlier!,incredible!
Quote from: Trev on August 04, 2023, 04:01:40 PMNice, I know they're doing a double set at Damnation so wonder if any of the other bands playing will make the trip over
Yeah that festival has some good bands,enslaved are playing below the lights and Viking veldi in full!
Quote from: Paul keohane on August 04, 2023, 03:36:27 PMQuote from: mickO))) on August 04, 2023, 03:32:26 PMThat would have been a great era to see them in. Now that you say the first show outside Japan that rings a bell from Metalireland years ago. I also remember that fella from Cork who owned all the rare records use to talk about corresponding with Mirai back in early 90's every time the band was brought up on MI he said Mirai use to call him Mr. Pat
yep Pat Clancy,only lives about a kilometer from me.The running joke still to this day ,was he was to keep an eye on me and a buddie (we were only 16 at the the time),but we ended up minding him! :laugh:
At least he enjoyed himself :laugh:
I was watching the DVD they released last year yesterday and I forgot how much I enjoy Hangman's Hymn. I love the way the new guitarist dresses like a Kabuki on stage.
Must revisit the latest album I saw it getting a lot of praise when it was released, had a quick listen last year and didn't like it.
Damnation back in 2008 is where I saw Sigh. I just had a look at this years lineup and it looks grim the only other decent band on it is Rotten Sound. If Enslaved came over here I coudlnt' see them doing a Viking veldi set it would just be the usual progressive shit with 1 or 2 old songs thrown in.
Got these feom Shane O'Neill way back.
That angle grinder with the sparks bouncing off the ceiling is still one of my top gig memories :abbath:
wasn't expecting that, could be a good one
A band I've never checked out, in spite of the legacy - where's a good start/is this gonna just be peddling stuff from the new album?
There are a few eras. I'd go Infidel Art, Gallows Gallery and Insomniphobia. There isn't a stinker in their back catalogue so you're pretty safe. Personally I like Imaginary Soniscape the least but loads of people think its their best.
Will they be setting fire to stuff in the Grand Social? They usually burn pictures and such. To be honest that'd give me the willies in such an enclosed and not exactly fire proof setting.
Is the Grand Social big? Never in it.
Quote from: hellfire on October 06, 2023, 07:41:44 PMIs the Grand Social big? Never in it.
About the same as the Voodoo was I reckon. It's a decent spot, bar is pretty small though so can take ages to try and get a pint
It's definitely smaller than voodoo. Capacity is 300. Voodoo was 400-450
Most recent album is an absolute banger, looking forward to this!
Quote from: Squigs on October 04, 2023, 10:53:18 AMA band I've never checked out, in spite of the legacy - where's a good start/is this gonna just be peddling stuff from the new album?
Graveward, Infidel Art, In Somniphobia and Imaginary Sonicscape. The last two are a mindfuck altogether
I reckon the best grim what I've heard are Infidel Art, Ghastly Funeral Theater and Imaginary Soniscape (which is absolutely fucking deadly). I'm coming around to Scorn Defeat despite it not being quite as colorful. I picked up the new one and it's grand but not a patch on that earlier stuff for me. Hail Horror Hail is supposed to be deadly so that'll be my next Sigh purchase I reckon.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 30, 2023, 10:10:22 AMI reckon the best grim what I've heard are Infidel Art, Ghastly Funeral Theater and Imaginary Soniscape (which is absolutely fucking deadly). I'm coming around to Scorn Defeat despite it not being quite as colorful. I picked up the new one and it's grand but not a patch on that earlier stuff for me. Hail Horror Hail is supposed to be deadly so that'll be my next Sigh purchase I reckon.
I reckon this is their masterpiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV0z2n-FMyY
I'm dying of a chest infection and half way through a librium detox. If it was any other band I'd stay in bed. It isn't though so I'm there.
Has anyone checked out Laster? Never got around to it so it will be a first time seeing them live.
Dublin was fuckin incredible. What a show. When you first see the lad in a the crazy getup he looks ridiculous. During the show it fits so bloody well.
Laster are this weird Avant Garde thing, ok but not very metal was not in the humour for it.
Sigh were absolutely banging last night, fun to see Averill singing the Venom cover too.
Sigh were fucking class. The Scorn Defeat songs sounded unreal live and I quite liked the new ones too. The Black Metal cover was the icing on the top haha.
What did yous make of the gutiarist miming though? Kinda put a small bit of a dampener on an amazing show but sure look. The whole thing was a real treat
Yeah, the vocal miming was a bit odd - I've never seen that at a show before but considering so much of their stuff needs a backing track for other instruments, they might think having secondary vocals on a backing track is no big deal. It's not like he was trying to make it look particularly authentic either, he'd stop to focus on his playing a lot. I'll forgive him though, as apart from that his whole schtick was very entertaining.
I thought the sound was really good, the bass in particular sounded excellent. And yeah, great cover to finish on. The stuff from Imaginary Sonicscape is what grabbed me, but that is the album I know best, but pretty good set that touched on most of the eras of the band I thought.
Re music gear - no-one was using that vox stack right? I wasn't close enough to see but I assumed the guitarist would be using something like a modeller into the PA, as Sigh strike me as a band who would all over their midi patches considering they're playing to clicks/backing etc. Any idea on the maker of the guitar/bass too? The guitar logo looked a bit like an Aria, but not sure.
I actually haven't been to a gig since before the pandemic so that was a great one to come out of "retirement" for.
Any pics or videos?
Thanks to the train being delayed because of flooding same bullshit excuse for delayed trains the night of EHG I ended up not being able to go because according to the set times I would have seen the last 10 minutes of Sigh. Hopefully it is not another 28 years before they come back.
What was the turn out like? Merch any good? I see Mikannibal is not part of this tour at all.
Here's the one half-decent pic I took. I don't tend to bother beyond a single photo or two
(https://i.imgur.com/3GLcrBu.jpg)
Good crowd there but not rammed - there were still tickets available.
Merch was pretty good - plenty of t-shirt designs and vinyl. I'd say they were well stocked up ahead of Damnation. They actually posted the shirts on the band instagram page if you're curious.
Quote from: mickO))) on November 03, 2023, 11:08:57 AMThanks to the train being delayed because of flooding same bullshit excuse for delayed trains the night of EHG I ended up not being able to go because according to the set times I would have seen the last 10 minutes of Sigh. Hopefully it is not another 28 years before they come back.
What was the turn out like? Merch any good? I see Mikannibal is not part of this tour at all.
Dr. Mikannibal's stage energy was certainly missed but the band were in flying form regardless. They had backing tracks at most of their shows so didn't mind the vocal miming when he had to maintain that crazy level of guitar skill. Great job to whoever did the sound too.
Got one of two (from what I could tell) official '30 Years of Eastern Darkness' shirts at the stand. Deadly art on it but a strangely blurry print:
https://images.app.goo.gl/9tVUiwiQqsLoQpjw9