WEIRD ALBUMS SERIES ENTRY TWENTY-FOUR
‘Imaginary Sonicscape’ Is Not Strange – It’s an Experience
Psychedelic to the core
Death metal flourished in the 1980s. Bands like Carcass, Death, and Napalm Death became popular and expanded from the seedy, grimy venues where they were formed. However, the scene frustrated a few death metal bands. They wanted to try something new and experiment with other genres.
Thus, avant-garde metal was born.
Pioneers like Gorguts, Boris, Maudlin Of The Well, and Today Is The Day (an entry in the Weird Albums Series) paved the way. These bands evolved worldwide, but Los Angeles, Oslo, and Tokyo became the central hubs of avant-garde metal.
This month, the Weird Albums Series takes us to Sigh from Tokyo, a master of black and avant-garde metal.
Welcome to the twenty-fourth entry in the Weird Albums Series. Today’s album is Sigh’s 2001 LP, Imaginary Sonicscape.
In the Weird Albums Series, I discuss albums beyond typical music structures. In each installment, I explain the album’s background, my thoughts, and the legacy. Then, I rate the album using the Beefheartian scale.
Experimental music enthusiasts invented this rating system to describe albums resembling…
