History Music / Sigh

* DepravedBisexual: Mikannibal, who is bisexual, seems to cultivate this image on purpose. She has revealed in interviews that she has eaten cockroaches, drinks cow's blood before recording vocals, [[FetishFuel records vocals naked]], and enjoys [[GroinAttack urethra torture]] (inflicting it, that is).

* EpicRocking: Most releases have at least one or two really long songs. ''Infidel Art'' has five of them - only one song on that album ("Suicidogenic", at a mere 4:46) is less than eight minutes long. Their longest song, "Slaughtergarden Suite", is nearly eleven minutes long - unless you count "Lucid Nightmares" as one song; it runs for 41:46, but it really plays more like a suite of several songs that are stitched together with connecting interludes. (The longest song in "Lucid Nightmares" is "Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils", which runs for 9:31). Also above the nine-minute mark are "Ready for the Final War" (9:16), "The Zombie Terror" (9:43), "The Last Elegy" (10:30), "Beyond Centuries" (9:39), and "Seed of Eternity" (9:19).

* EpicRocking: Most releases have at least one or two really long songs. ''Infidel Art'' has five of them - only one song on that album ("Suicidogenic", at a mere 4:46) is less than eight minutes long. Their longest song, "Slaughtergarden Suite", is nearly eleven minutes long.

*** "Imiuta" (忌み歌) evidently translates roughly as "Abominable Song".

*** Hail Horror Hail: 恐怖万歲 (Kyōfu man)

* CulturedBadass: Given that the band has quoted Chopin and Mozart and that Mirai named Music/TheBeatles as one of the major influences on Sigh's increasing experimentation starting at around ''Ghastly Funeral Theatre'', Mirai probably qualifies.

* RockMeAsmodeus: Well... they are BlackMetal.

** Finally, ''Hail Horror Hail'' has Japanese lyrics in several songs.

*** Hail Horror Hail: 恐怖万歲 (Kyōfu man]

:: They have kept to this philosophy ever since.

** All the song titles on ''Ghastly Funeral Theatre'' are in Japanese. Many of them refer to elements of Japanese mythology and folklore. The vinyl edition of ''Hail Horror Hail'' by The Crypt has a twelve-page insert that includes explanations of some (though not all) of the folklore elements included in ''Ghastly Funeral Theatre'', ''Hail Horror Hail'', and ''Scorn Defeat''. Specifically:

** All the song titles on ''Ghastly Funeral Theatre'' are in Japanese. Many of them refer to elements of Japanese mythology and folklore. Some versions of the EP (in particular, the vinyl edition by The Crypt) have liner notes further explaining the concepts behind the lyrics. Specifically:

*** "Shingontachikawa" (真言立川) refers to a particular school of Buddhism.

* MetalScream: Both Mirai and Mika use this as their primary vocal style to the point where their vocals are usually pretty much indistinguishable. An exception to this is ''Gallows Gallery'', which contains entirely sung rather than screamed vocals. However, SopranoAndGravel is not uncommon on their recent black metal albums either (see below under the trope for details).

* AltumVidetur: Heavily used in ''Hangman's Hymn'', which makes sense as the album is structured as a funeral mass of sorts. Also shows up elsewhere, such as the song titles "Musica in tempora belli" ("Music in a Time of War", although apparently it is slightly grammatically incorrect) and, apparently, "Kaedit nos pestis" (which appears to be roughly translated as "Strikes Us with Pestilence" or "Plague Strikes Us", though it apparently is correctly spelled as "Caedit").

* BilingualBonus: All the song titles on ''Ghastly Funeral Theatre'' are in Japanese. Many of them refer to elements of Japanese mythology and folklore.

* GratuitousGerman: The subtitle of ''Hangman's Hymn'' (which translates roughly as "Musical Obsequies").

'''Sigh''' is an [[AvantGardeMetal Avant-Garde]] BlackMetal band from Japan, maybe the first BlackMetal band ever from that country, which formed in Tokyo in 1990 and has the distinction of being one of the outright ''weirdest'' bands from an already weird genre. They were somewhat well-known among the black metal scene in the early 1990s for being signed to Deathlike Silence Productions, the record label of Music/{{Mayhem}} guitarist Euronymous. Beginning as a fairly straightforward BlackMetal band, they increasingly began to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly experiment with their sound a bit]], invoking MindScrew in the liner notes to ''Hail Horror Hail''. This culminated in 2001's ''Imaginary Sonicscape'', which goes to levels of GenreRoulette that quite possibly have to be heard to be believed. After committing GenreAdultery with the PowerMetal and [[NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal NWOBHM]]-influenced ''Gallows Gallery'' (their biggest departure from BlackMetal and their only release not to feature any HarshVocals), they settled on a hybrid of BlackMetal, ThrashMetal, and SymphonicMetal for ''Hangman's Hymn'' and ''Scenes from Hell''. ''In Somniphobia'' and ''Graveward'' go back to the GenreRoulette of previous works. As of 2014, they describe their style as "Cinematic Horror Metal".

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title of "Kaedit nos pestis" is apparently taken from ''Theatre/OedipusRex''.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Several albums have been reissued with bonus material in varying formats. The most extravagant have typically been 3LP reissues by Dark Symphonies. Many albums have also gotten 2CD reissues.

* AltumVidetur: Heavily used in ''Hangman's Hymn'', which makes sense as the album is structured as a funeral mass of sorts. Also shows up elsewhere, such as the song titles "Musica in tempora belli" ("Music in a time of war", although apparently it is slightly grammatically incorrect) and, apparently, "Kaedit nos pestis" (which appears to be roughly translated as "Strikes Us with Pestilence", though it apparently is correctly spelled as "Caedit").

* AltumVidetur: Heavily used in ''Hangman's Hymn'', which makes sense as the album is structured as a funeral mass of sorts. Also shows up elsewhere, such as the song titles "Musica in tempora belli" ("Music in a time of war", although apparently it is slightly grammatically incorrect) and, apparently, "Kaedit nos pestis".

'''Sigh''' is an [[AvantGardeMetal Avant-Garde]] BlackMetal band from Japan, maybe the first BlackMetal band ever from that country, which formed in Tokyo in 1990 and has the distinction of being one of the outright ''weirdest'' bands from an already weird genre. They were somewhat well-known among the black metal scene in the early 1990s for being signed to Deathlike Silence Productions, the record label of {{Mayhem}} guitarist Euronymous. Beginning as a fairly straightforward BlackMetal band, they increasingly began to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly experiment with their sound a bit]], invoking MindScrew in the liner notes to ''Hail Horror Hail''. This culminated in 2001's ''Imaginary Sonicscape'', which goes to levels of GenreRoulette that quite possibly have to be heard to be believed. After committing GenreAdultery with the PowerMetal and [[NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal NWOBHM]]-influenced ''Gallows Gallery'' (their biggest departure from BlackMetal and their only release not to feature any HarshVocals), they settled on a hybrid of BlackMetal, ThrashMetal, and SymphonicMetal for ''Hangman's Hymn'' and ''Scenes from Hell''. ''In Somniphobia'' and ''Graveward'' go back to the GenreRoulette of previous works. As of 2014, they describe their style as "Cinematic Horror Metal".

** ''Graveward'': The US/Europe version is [=DR6=], but not clipped at all. The Japanese version is [=DR3=] and badly clipped, making it the band's absolute worst example of this trope to date, but also has several bonus tracks that extend the running time of the album by over 25 minutes. (Note that guitarist You Oshima did the CD mastering for the Japanese version). The vinyl edition released by Blood Music appears to be a clearer and more dynamic version of the US/Europe CD master.

** ''Graveward'': The US/Europe version is [=DR6=], but not clipped at all. The Japanese version is [=DR3=] and badly clipped, making it the band's absolute worst example of this trope to date, but also has several bonus tracks that extend the running time of the album by over 25 minutes. Interestingly, guitarist You Oshima did both CD masters for this album. A vinyl version on Blood Music remains forthcoming, so time will tell how that one turns out, but judging from their past releases it'll probably avert this trope.

'''Sigh''' is an [[AvantGardeMetal Avant-Garde]] BlackMetal band from Japan, maybe the first BlackMetal band ever from that country, which formed in Tokyo in 1990 and has the distinction of being one of the outright ''weirdest'' bands from an already weird genre. They were somewhat well-known among the black metal scene in the early 1990s for being signed to Deathlike Silence Productions, the record label of {{Mayhem}} guitarist Euronymous. Beginning as a fairly straightforward BlackMetal band, they increasingly began to [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly experiment with their sound a bit]], invoking MindScrew in the liner notes to ''Hail Horror Hail''. This culminated in 2001's ''Imaginary Sonicscape'', which goes to levels of GenreRoulette that quite possibly have to be heard to be believed and is commonly regarded as the band's MagnumOpus. After committing GenreAdultery with the PowerMetal and [[NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal NWOBHM]]-influenced ''Gallows Gallery'' (their biggest departure from BlackMetal and their only release not to feature any HarshVocals), they settled on a hybrid of BlackMetal, ThrashMetal, and SymphonicMetal for ''Hangman's Hymn'' and ''Scenes from Hell''. ''In Somniphobia'' and ''Graveward'' go back to the GenreRoulette of previous works. As of 2014, they describe their style as "Cinematic Horror Metal".