Heir to Despair

by Sigh

Heir to Despair cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Candlelight
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 52:46
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Dr. Mikannibal, Mirai Kawashima, Junichi Harashima, You Oshima, Phil Anselmo, Satoshi Fujinami

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The veteran Japanese experimental metal band continues their utterly bizarre, highly theatrical evolution on their eleventh studio album. The record wildly pivots from heavily orchestrated black metal into dizzying 70s progressive rock, traditional Japanese folk melodies, and strange electronic pop interludes. It notably features guest vocal contributions from Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, standing as a brilliantly unhinged masterpiece of avant-garde composition.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, progressive, experimental, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Aletheia (7:23)
  2. Homo Homini Lupus (5:33)
  3. Hunters Not Horned (6:47)
  4. In Memories Delusional (6:17)
  5. Heresy I: Oblivium (7:28)
  6. Heresy II: Acosmism (1:45)
  7. Heresy III: Sub Species Aeternitatis (2:26)
  8. Hands Of The String Puller (4:48)
  9. Heir To Despair (10:15)

Credits

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