Style: Avant-garde black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: a culmination of everything the band has done in the past
Thoughts: Sigh has always done their own thing. I mean, who else would release a porn music influenced black metal song? It seems like this time though they kind of ran out of ideas and went with what they have done in the past instead.
Heir to Despair seems like a victory lap for the band. Everything here the band has done in the past, including the wacky keyboards, the weird saxophone interludes, the dual vocal approach... it's all been done before, just maybe not in these combinations.
It's not that Heir to Despair is a bad album, quite the opposite. It's fun and it's quirky like all the other albums the band has produced. It just doesn't feel as off the wall or as innovative as some of the other ones. This feels like Hangman's Hymn going into Scenes from Hell, two albums back to back doing the same style. Good albums, but knowing the band's history a bit of a letdown.
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