Japanoise mentalists Sigh have done a deal with Candlelight Records
to release their next album, tentatively entitled 'In Somniphobia' in
2011.Formed in April 1990 the band did two demos before the
'Requiem for Fools' 7"EP on Wild Rags, which led to them signing
infamously to Euronymous' Deathlike Silence Productions. The debut album
'Scorn Defeat' was recorded in 1993, but Euronoymous was killed before
its release, and Voices of Wonder Records took over DSP and released the
album. Sigh then moved to Cacophonous Records and released four
records, including the highly influential 'Hail Horror Hail' in 1997.Sigh
then signed to Century Media Records and released 'Imaginary
Sonicscape' in 2001, but it's not the first time the band have worked
with Candlelight, for sixth album 'Gallows Gallery', the debut album for
the newly recruited Junichi Harashima, was released in 2005 by
Candlelight Records for Europe. It was chosen as No.14 album of 2005 in
Terrorizer Magazine, while the seventh album 'Hangman’s Hymn' , the
fastest and the most symphonic album by Sigh, was released in 2007 on
The End Records (US) and Osmose Prodcutions (Europe).

Earlier
this year the band released 'Scene From Hell' on The End Records again
and has become one of our hotly tipped albums of the year once again.

Mirai Kawashima had this to say about the bands new deal with Candlelight Records

“After
we released our debut album 'Scorn Defeat' on Deathlike Silence
Productions in 1993, we had to choose a new label to Sign to between
Candlelight Records and Cacophonous Records. And we, who knew Nothing
about music business, chose Cacophonous only because they got back to us
faster, which obviously was a huge mistake! Now, 17 years since then,
we've finally come to work with Candlelight Records. They have a great
roster including our mates Meads of Asphodel. We're truly looking
forward to releasing our 9th album tentatively entitled 'In Somniphobia'
in 2011”.