{"product_id":"sigh-goh-ka-2lp-blue-combo-vinyl-dlp","title":"Sigh - Goh-Ka - 2LP Blue Vinyl DLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBBV Direct Import - 1 per customer - STAFF PICK!! Their best work in years, pure bliss. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSigh\u003c\/strong\u003e returns with\u003cstrong\u003e Goh-ka\u003c\/strong\u003e, a career highlight awash with atmosphere, technical mastery, and meticulously arranged epics of metallic grandeur.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJoining \u003cstrong\u003eMirai Kawashima\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDr Mikannibal\u003c\/strong\u003e, along with guitarist\u003cstrong\u003e Nozomu Wakai\u003c\/strong\u003e, are \u003cstrong\u003eFrédéric Leclercq\u003c\/strong\u003e (Kreator) on bass, plus renowned US drummer \u003cstrong\u003eMike Heller\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAmong the additional contributors to the album, \u003cstrong\u003eMikael Åkerfeldt\u003c\/strong\u003e of Opeth notably delivers a special guest guitar solo on the track, ‘Unputenpu’.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD studios in Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003elimited blue double vinyl edition\u003c\/strong\u003e is presented in a gatefold sleeve, including different label designs, and features an alternate version of ‘Unputenpu’. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e---------\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJapanese metal pioneers Sigh formed in 1989\/1990. Their genre-classic Black Metal debut ‘Scorn Defeat’ arrived in 1993, and with a subsequent journey through the strange and the psychedelic, incorporating a whole eclectic mix of genre styles \u0026amp; ideas throughout their career, Sigh has remained a vital creative force in the avantgarde field whilst maintaining their old school roots, as witnessed on the 2022 album (and first for Peaceville Records), ‘Shiki’. This was followed by the remaking of their ‘Hangman’s Hymn’ album as part of the band’s 35th anniversary celebrations, in the shape of ‘I Saw the World’s End: Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV’ (2025).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMain-man Mirai Kawashima notes Goh-ka as being as equally personal an album as ‘Shiki’, both musically and lyrically. From a musical perspective, if you were to place the main ingredients of Celtic Frost, Voivod, Black Sabbath, horror movies and Japan into a cauldron and stir it, you will get ‘Goh-ka’. Numerous additional spices such as psychedelic rock, prog rock and classical music are also evident over the album’s close to one-hour duration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe album title ‘Goh-ka’ has a triple meaning, being: 業火 infernal fire scorching sinners, 劫火 a huge fire that burns down the world at the end of time, and 業果 karma.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe primary theme permeating the album is Kuso-zu; a series of Buddhist paintings or illustrations depicting the nine stages of a human body's decomposition after death, created to encourage meditation on the impermanence of life, the inevitability of death, and the detachment from physical beauty and worldly attachment. It openly shows the harsh reality that no matter how beautiful you are, you’ll be dead and rot sooner or later. And Kuso-shi is a poem based on these paintings. The artworks on the cover and in the booklet of Goh-ka are therefore Kuso-zu themselves.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1c8i8e2R9qdxr0JznsHi2q?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;si=305787692ef04fe2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sigh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56247194091825,"sku":null,"price":73.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2122\/9361\/files\/20260911_vilelp1417_sigh_lp_lg_1200x1200_crop_center_1.webp?v=1789397585","url":"https:\/\/blastbeatsvinyl.com\/en-ca\/products\/sigh-goh-ka-2lp-blue-combo-vinyl-dlp","provider":"Blastbeats Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}