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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Hangman's Hymn
| name = Hangman's Hymn
| Type = Album
| type = Album
| Artist = [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]
| artist = [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]
| Cover = Hangman's Hymn.png
| cover = Hangman's Hymn.png
| Released = May 23, 2007 ([[Japan]])<br />June 12, 2007
| alt =
| released = May 23, 2007 ([[Japan]])<br />June 12, 2007
| Recorded = Studio Moopies/Studio Sarasvati Jan.-Nov. 2006
| recorded = Studio Moopies/Studio Sarasvati Jan.-Nov. 2006
| venue =
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| Genre = [[Symphonic black metal]], [[avant-garde metal]], [[melodic death metal]]
| Length = 44:17
| studio =
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| genre = [[Black metal]], [[avant-garde metal]]
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| Label = [[Osmose Productions|Osmose]] <br /> [[The End Records|The End]]<br />Soundholic (Japan)
| Producer = Sigh
| length = 44:17
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| label = [[Osmose Productions|Osmose]] <br /> [[The End Records|The End]]<br />Soundholic (Japan)
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| Last album = ''[[Gallows Gallery]]'' <br /> (2005)
| producer = Sigh
| This album = '''''Hangman's Hymn'''''<br /> (2007)
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| prev_title = [[Gallows Gallery]]
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| Next album = ''[[Scenes from Hell]]''<br /> (2010)
| prev_year = 2005
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| next_title = [[Scenes from Hell]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1068876|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1068876|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
}}
}}


'''''Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien''''' is an album by the Japanese [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]. It is their first album for [[The End Records]]. Audio samples on The End website suggest Sigh have kept their [[clean vocals]] style as shown on their previous album as well as returned to a [[black metal]]-styled vocalization.
'''''Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien''''' is the seventh studio album by the Japanese [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]. It is their first album for [[The End Records]]. Audio samples on The End website suggest Sigh have kept their clean vocals style as shown on their previous album as well as returned to a [[black metal]]-styled vocalization.


Their 2007 song "Inked in Blood" from the album ''Hangman's Hymn'' was named number 31 on [[Loudwire]]'s list of the Top 21st Century Metal Songs.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/sigh-inked-in-blood-top-21st-century-metal-songs/|title=No. 31: Sigh, 'Inked in Blood' – Top 21st Century Metal Songs|date=2012-09-04|website=Loudwire.com|access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref>
Sigh's lead singer Mirai Kawashima has described the style of the music as a "German [[Thrash metal|thrash-metal]]-meets-[[Symphony|symphonies]]" style. The album sounds more akin to black metal than the band's previous two releases, with far more added symphonic elements.

In June 2006, a message from Kawashima was posted on the [http://www.sighjapan.com/ Slaughter Garden], asking for vocal help with two parts of the album; he wanted volunteers singing lyrics in [[Latin language|Latin]] to send him [[audio files]] so he could build up an epic chorus.

Some tracks of the Album is named after various parts from the [[Requiem mass]]. It also holds some progressions and melodies from [[Mozart]]'s [[Requiem in D-minor]]

Samples from the track "Me-Devil" are featured on the ''[[Global Metal]]'' trailer.

''Hangman's Hymn'' also features some of the shortest songs in the Sigh discography.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing

===Act I===
|headline = Act I
#"Introitus/Kyrie" – 4:30
|title1 = Introitus/Kyrie
|length1 = 4:30
#"Inked in Blood" – 3:21
|title2 = Inked in Blood
#"Me-Devil" – 3:17
|length2 = 3:21

|title3 = Me-Devil
===Act II===
|length3 = 3:17
<ol start="4">
}}
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<li>"Dies Iræ/The Master Malice" – 5:45</li>
{{Track listing
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<li>"The Memories as a Sinner" – 3:32</li>
|headline = Act II
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<li>"Death with Dishonor" – 3:04</li>
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|title4 = Dies Iræ/The Master Malice
<li>"In Devil's Arms" – 4:33</li>
|length4 = 5:45
</ol>
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|title5 = The Memories as a Sinner

|length5 = 3:32
===Act III===
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|title6 = Death with Dishonor
<ol start="8">
|length6 = 3:04
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<li>"Overture/Rex Tremendæ/I Saw the World's End" – 6:06</li>
|title7 = In Devil's Arms
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<li>"Salvation in Flame/Confutatis" – 5:08</li>
|length7 = 4:33
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<li>"Hangman's Hymn/In Paradisum/Das Ende" – 5:11</li>
}}
</ol>
{{Track listing
|headline = Act III
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|title8 = Overture/Rex Tremendæ/I Saw the World's End
|length8 = 6:06
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|title9 = Salvation in Flame/Confutatis
|length9 = 5:08
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|title10 = Hangman's Hymn/In Paradisum/Das Ende
|length10 = 5:11
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Tim Conroy - Trumpet on #1, #4, #10
*Tim Conroy - Trumpet on #1, #4, #10
*Steven Sagala ([[Enforsaken]]) - Requiem choir
*Steven Sagala ([[Enforsaken]]) - Requiem choir
*Void ([[Samas]]) - Requiem choir
*Void ([[Samas (band)|Samas]]) - Requiem choir
*Glendalis Gonzalez - Requiem choir
*Glendalis Gonzalez - Requiem choir
*Claire Joseph - Requiem choir
*Claire Joseph - Requiem choir
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*T. Osada – [[Audio engineering]]
*T. Osada – [[Audio engineering]]
*[[James Murphy (metal guitarist)|James Murphy]] – [[Mastering engineer]]
*[[James Murphy (metal guitarist)|James Murphy]] – [[Mastering engineer]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.theendrecords.com/releases/74-sigh/829-sigh-hangmans-hymn Hangman's Hymn] at [[The End Records]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090413065055/http://www.theendrecords.com/releases/74-sigh/829-sigh-hangmans-hymn Hangman's Hymn] at [[The End Records]]
*[http://sigh.gospel-virus.net/newspage.htm Mirai's post] at The Slaughter Garden website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060906162748/http://sigh.gospel-virus.net/newspage.htm Mirai's post] at The Slaughter Garden website


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Latest revision as of 18:14, 5 June 2024

Hangman's Hymn
Studio album by
Sigh
ReleasedMay 23, 2007 (Japan)
June 12, 2007
RecordedStudio Moopies/Studio Sarasvati Jan.-Nov. 2006
GenreBlack metal, avant-garde metal
Length44:17
LabelOsmose
The End
Soundholic (Japan)
ProducerSigh
Sigh chronology
Gallows Gallery
(2005) 		Hangman's Hymn
(2007) 		Scenes from Hell
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien is the seventh studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Sigh. It is their first album for The End Records. Audio samples on The End website suggest Sigh have kept their clean vocals style as shown on their previous album as well as returned to a black metal-styled vocalization.

Their 2007 song "Inked in Blood" from the album Hangman's Hymn was named number 31 on Loudwire's list of the Top 21st Century Metal Songs.[1]

Track listing

[edit]
Act I
No.TitleLength
1."Introitus/Kyrie"4:30
2."Inked in Blood"3:21
3."Me-Devil"3:17
Act II
No.TitleLength
4."Dies Iræ/The Master Malice"5:45
5."The Memories as a Sinner"3:32
6."Death with Dishonor"3:04
7."In Devil's Arms"4:33
Act III
No.TitleLength
8."Overture/Rex Tremendæ/I Saw the World's End"6:06
9."Salvation in Flame/Confutatis"5:08
10."Hangman's Hymn/In Paradisum/Das Ende"5:11

Personnel

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  • Mirai Kawasima - Vocal, orchestrations, piano
  • Satoshi Fujinami - Bass
  • Shinichi Ishikawa - Guitar
  • Junichi Harashima - Drums
  • Rob Urbinati (Sacrifice) - Guitar solo on #4
  • Mike "Gunface" McKenzie (The Red Chord) - Guitar solo on #7
  • Chuck Keller (Ares Kingdom) - Guitar solo on #5
  • Aurielle Gregory (Giant Squid) - Female vocal on #4
  • Tim Conroy - Trumpet on #1, #4, #10
  • Steven Sagala (Enforsaken) - Requiem choir
  • Void (Samas) - Requiem choir
  • Glendalis Gonzalez - Requiem choir
  • Claire Joseph - Requiem choir
  • Zack Bissell - Requiem choir
  • Grant Taylor - Requiem choir
  • T. Osada – Audio engineering
  • James Murphy – Mastering engineer

References

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  1. ^ "No. 31: Sigh, 'Inked in Blood' – Top 21st Century Metal Songs". Loudwire.com. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
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