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Heir to Despair is the eleventh studio album from Japanese outfit Sigh. While previous album Graveward (2015) was rather symphonic and orchestral, Heir to Despair points in the completely opposite direction. It's a heavy, psychedelic, and exotic album filled with vintage keyboards and flute and inspired by progressive bands like Brainticket, Embryo, Agitation Free, Between, Gentle Giant, Os Mutantes, Modulo 1000, and Black Widow.

With this album, the band depicts the world through the eyes of madness. Yes, the album is about insanity. The music throughout is varied as a mad man's thoughts. It starts with the psychedelic and exotic "Aletheia" yet the following track "Homo Homini Lupus" is a rather straightforwardly thrashy song with the typical Sigh twist. "In Memories Delusional" is a brutal tune with heavy Asian touches, while "Heresy Trilogy" is a representation of pure madness. The album ends with the title track – a 10-minute long, progressive, and epic song.

Heir to Despair can be viewed as Sigh's first attempt to intentionally take in a Japanese/Asian musical feel. Kawashima used some Japanese traditional singing techniques and Kevin Kmetz, formerly of Estradasphere and master of the traditional Japanese instrument, the shamisen, is featured on several tracks. Moreover, 90 percent of the lyrics are in Japanese, which has never happened on previous Sigh albums.

The cover artwork, which exactly fits the concept of the album, was drawn by Eliran Kantor. Eliran did the artworks for the past Sigh albums such as Scenes from Hell (2010) and In Somniphobia (2012).

TRACKLIST: 

Aletheia
Homo Homini Lupus
Hunters Not Horned
In Memories Delusional
Heresy I: Oblivium
Heresy II: Acosmism
Heresy III: Sub Species Aeternitatis
Hands Of The String Puller
Heir To Despair

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