''Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien'' is the seventh studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band

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. It is their first album for

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. Audio samples on The End website suggest Sigh have kept their

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style as shown on their previous album as well as returned to a

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-styled vocalization. Their 2007 song "Inked in Blood" from the album ''Hangman's Hymn'' was named number 31 on

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's list of the Top 21st Century Metal Songs.

Track listing

Personnel

*Mirai Kawasima - Vocal, orchestrations, piano *Satoshi Fujinami - Bass *Shinichi Ishikawa - Guitar *Junichi Harashima - Drums *Rob Urbinati (

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) - Guitar solo on #4 *Mike "Gunface" McKenzie (

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) - Guitar solo on #7 *Chuck Keller (

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) - Guitar solo on #5 *Aurielle Gregory (

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) - 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 –

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* James Murphy –

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References

External links

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