’90s Metal Band Announces New Album 37 Years After Forming

Sigh, the Japanese metal pioneers, are marking another major milestone amid the band’s European and North American tour.

Thirty-seven years after their formation, the avant-garde black metal band announced the upcoming release of its new album.

In an Instagram update shared by British independent record label Peaceville Records, Sigh, fronted by Mirai Kawashima and featuring bandmates Dr. Mikannibal, guitarist Nozomu Wakai, Frédéric Leclercq of Kreator and DragonForce on bass and Mike Heller, the renowned U.S. drummer known for his work with Raven and Fear Factory.

“Main-man Mirai Kawashima notes this 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,” the caption reads.

Fans can expect a powerful, technically impressive sound and an epic addition to the band’s catalog as the theme highlights the physical and spiritual effects caused by karmic consequences.

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Scheduled to be released on Sept. 4, Goh-ka features 11 tracks, including:

1. Kuso-shi 1, 2, and 3 (09:11)
2. Jigoku-Zoshi 1: Unkamusho (03:55)
3. Anzenshokon (06:24)
4. Kuso-shi 4, 5, and 6 (07:21)
5. Shoso (00:56)
6. Unputenpu (05:41)
7. Jinmenjushin (06:14)
8. Jigoku-Zoshi 2: Tokatsujigoku (03:06)
9. Kushukankyo (01:47)
10. Kuso-shi 7 (01:56)
11. Kuso-shi 8 and 9 / Mettaijakujo (11:23)

The upcoming album will also feature a special guest guitar solo on “Unputenpu” by Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth.

The band’s major announcement comes after kicking off its massive tour this year.

Sigh is currently on a two-part tour across North America and Europe and is joined by Denver’s Dreadnought and Devil Master on selected dates.

The 2026 tour is also special for the band as it marks its first U.S. dates in 20 years.

Sigh’s North American and European Tour Schedule:

Jul. 23: Blackfeet Nation MT Fire in the Mountains

Jul. 24: Blackfeet Nation MT Fire in the Mountains

Jul. 25: Blackfeet Nation MT Fire in the Mountains

Jul. 26: Blackfeet Nation MT Fire in the Mountains

Jul. 28: Seattle WA El Corazon

Jul. 29: Portland OR Star Theater

Jul. 30: Sacramento CA Cafe Colonial

Jul. 31: Berkeley CA Cornerstone

Aug. 1: Los Angeles CA 1720

Sept. 3: Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland (Summer Dying Loud)

Sept. 4: Krakow, Poland (Klub Zaścianek)

Sept. 5: Ostrava, Czech Republic (Metal Festival)

Sept. 7: Munich, Germany (Hansa 39)

Sept. 8: Leipzig, Germany (Moritzbastei)

Sept. 9: Berlin, Germany (Badehaus)

Sept. 10: Copenhagen, Denmark (Beta)

Sept. 11: Hamburg, Germany (Betty Br. @ Amager Bio)

Sept. 12: Oberhausen, Germany (Death & Damnation Fest)

Sept. 13: Leeuwarden, Netherlands (Neushoorn)

Sept. 14: Utrecht, Netherlands (DB’s)

Sept. 15: Paris, France (Backstage By The Mill)

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