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The special 30th anniversary editions of Sigh’s groundbreaking and boldly experimental second album Infidel Art are out now on Peaceville. The new release is available on a selection of formats including a limited marble vinyl LP, standard black vinyl LP, 2CD, and cassette. Alongside the release, the band have also shared a new lyric video for the track ‘The Zombie Terror’, created by Matt Vickerstaff.

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Speaking on the new edition, bandleader and songwriter 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!”

INFIDEL ART VINYL EDITIONS: MARBLE VINYL LP AND BLACK VINYL LP

Infidel Art is also available as a Double CD Edition and a collectible Cassette Edition. The CD includes a rare first mix of the entire album, as well as additional tracks ‘The Zombie Terror’ from the ‘Far East Gate In Inferno’ compilation, plus songs originally included for a split release with Kawir, having also received a new transfer from the original DAT source.

All formats apart from the cassette also include a new interview with main-man Mirai Kawashima conducted by Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies, delving into the history and legacy of the album.

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Marking 35 years of boundary-shattering existence, Japanese avant-garde metal pioneers Sigh returned with I Saw the World’s End (Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV) – a fully re-recorded, reimagined version of their 2007 cult opus. Released last Friday via Peaceville, the album arrives alongside a brand-new video for the blistering track ‘Me-Devil,’ produced by Matt Vickerstaff.

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Following the announcement of their new album Syv and the release of the wonderfully brutal first single ‘Utbrent’ last month, Norwegian black metal masters Mork are back today with their latest instalment of filth and misanthropy, ‘Heksebål’. An epic and progressive piece journeying back to the old times of judgment, fear and witch burning, ‘Heksebål’ arrives alongside a haunting new video by Matt Vickerstaff.

Watch the video here:

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When asked about the new single, Mork creator, frontman and mastermind Thomas Eriksen said “A depiction of mankind destroying what they don’t understand. Witch-hunts and witches at the stake burned to a crisp. Probably one of the more progressive songs with spellbinding riffs of witchery. May the spell curse those in doubt to a lifetime of bad luck and misery!”

Now marking twenty years since inception – which has seen a strong rise through the tiers of the black metal scene – Mork was created by Thomas Eriksen in 2004 & was primarily a side-project from inception until the debut album, Isebakke, in 2013. Since then, with a constant flow of releases and live performances spanning various continents including a hugely successful slot at this year’s Hellfest, the band has rightly earned the accolade as one of the top Norwegian black metal acts of recent years.

UPCOMING MORK SHOWS

14th September – Royal Metal Fest, Aarhus, Denmark

21st September – John Dee, Oslo, Norway (SYV release show)

28th September – The Bell Festival, Enebakk, Norway

12th October – California Deathfest, Los Angeles, USA

30th January -> 2nd February – 70.000 Tons Of Metal, Miami, FL – Ocho Rios, Jamaica

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Photo by Daniel Pedersen