Gallows Gallery
by Sigh
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 August 2005
- Label: Baphomet
- Country: Japan
- Length: 45:41
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Junichi Harashima, Mirai Kawashima, Shinichi Ishikawa, Bruce Lamont, Satoshi Fujinami
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The avant-garde Japanese metal act boldly shifts away from their black metal origins, prominently featuring clean vocal performances throughout the entirety of the record. The highly eccentric instrumentation incorporates saxophones, organs, and synthesizers, blending traditional heavy metal structures with psychedelic rock and theatrical orchestration.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, progressive, experimental, theatrical, orchestral, extreme
Tracklist
- Pale Monument (3:53)
- In a Drowse (3:27)
- The Enlightenment Day (3:33)
- Confession to Be Buried (6:21)
- The Tranquilzer Song (3:20)
- Midnight Sun (3:45)
- Silver Universe (3:51)
- Gavotte Grim (7:27)
- Messiahplan (3:47)
- - (2:12)
- The Tranquilzer Song, David Harrow Mix (4:02)
Credits
- Mirai Kawashima - lyrics by, music by, vocals, organ, synthesizer [prophet-5], sampler, vocals, organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], sampler, vocals, organ, clavinet, electric piano [fender rhodes], sitar, tabla, gong, vocals [vocals / throat singings], organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [dx-7], harp [taisho-koto], temple bells, vocals [vocals / sunharmonic singing], organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [minimoog], theremin, sitar, tabla, glockenspiel, sampler, vocals, organ, synthesizer [minimoog], electric piano [fender rhodes], tabla, sampler, vocals [vocals / subharmonic singing], clavinet, synthesizer [dx-7 / minimoog], theremin, sampler, vocals, organ, clavinet, synthesizer [minimoog], tabla, glockenspiel, bells
- Satoshi Fujinami - bass, bass, guitar
- Junichi Harashima - drums, percussion [brush snare]
- Shinichi Ishikawa - guitar
- Paul Groundwell - guitar [second solo]
- Niklas Sundin - guitar [second solo]
- Bruce Lamont - saxophone
- Gus G. - guitar [first solo], guitar [second solo]