''Infidel Art'' is the second studio album by the Japanese black metal band

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. Considered a maturation of their overall sound the songs on this album are longer and more atmospheric than those on Sigh's previous effort '' Scorn Defeat''; five of the album's six songs exceed the eight-minute mark.

Track listing

Reissue

On June 17, 2013, the album was reissued by Canadian label Virus Production on cassette as part of a boxed set that also included three cassettes of live recordings from early 1990s Sigh shows. ;Tape I – Infidel Art #"Izuna" – 8:16 #"The Zombie Terror" – 9:43 #"Desolation" – 8:03 #"The Last Elegy" – 10:30 #"Suicidogenic" – 4:46 #"Beyond Centuries" – 9:38 ;Tape II – Nishi-ogikubo Turning, Tokyo November 28, 1990 #"Weakness Within" #"Evil Dead" #"Desolation of My Mind" #"Sigh" #"Psycho" #"Mentally Numb" #"Death Throes" #"Schizo" #"Desolation of My Mind" #"Sigh" ;Tape III – Live at Harajuku Los Angeles, Tokyo August 26, 1991 #"The Knell" #"Death Throes" #"Mentally Numb" #"Desolation of My Mind" #"Weakness Within" ;Tape IV – Music Farm, Nagoya Oct 2nd '94 #"Intro – Black Metal" #"Seven Gates of Hell" #"Suicidogenic" #"Schizo" #"Taste Defeat" #"Poison" #"Witching Hour"

Personnel

*Mirai Kawashima – bass, keyboard, synthesizer, vocals *Shinichi Ishikawa – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Satoshi Fujinami – drums, percussion

Notes and references

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