mythsofmetal

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to PM me your reply as long as it pertains at least a bit to the topic/thread that you're replying to me in, which your reply did pertain to.

Yeah, I also think some of Sigh's stuff would be widely enjoyed by many people if they were even better known, but there are some people that do dislike them like Black Metal Purists (people who can't stand other genres mixed with Black Metal or avant-garde experimentation in Black Metal) as well as people who will disregard any band with harsh vocals or won't even give Metal a try. Though Gallows Gallery doesn't have any harsh vocals on the main album, (I think one or two bonus tracks do have harsh vocals,) but the vocals on Gallows Gallery aren't exactly standard Rock/Metal style vocals so there's always a chance someone would find them off-putting, but I personally love every single one of Sigh's albums.

Here're some more recommendations. Also, if possible, it might help me get an idea on what to recommend to you next if you provide feedback on what bands/albums that I've recommended to you that you've enjoyed the most.


Melechesh is a good Blackened Thrash Metal band with Sumerian/Mesopotamian/Middle-eastern Folk influences, try out their albums Sphynx, and Emissaries.

Absu is also pretty similar in style to Melechesh in them being Blackened Thrash Metal with Folk influences, but they also have some Celtic Folk influenced albums along with Mesopotamian and other folk influences. They deem themselves "Mythological Occult Metal." A few albums of their's worth checking out is Abzu; which is a very fast intense album of theirs, Absu; which is pretty atmospheric and a little more varied, but still with a Blackened Thrash Metal sound, and Tara; their probably most critically acclaimed album. The Third Storm of Cythraul is a good album if you're in for a kinda low-fi Blackened Thrash Metal mood as its production brings a good/raw atmosphere. All of Absu's albums are worth checking out, though.


Also check out the band Gire, they're an interesting Avant-garde Death Metal band that only released one LP in 2007 that's self-titled. They add interesting electronic and folk music to their Extreme Metal sound in a way that's very tactfully executed. The keyboardist in the band is also the leader/head of the band Thy Catafalque which also makes some good Avant-garde Extreme Metal/Black Metal. The three Thy Catafalque albums I'd recommend the most are Microcosmos, Sublunary Tragedies, Tuno Ido Tarlat.


Also, I'm a little bit confused by your mention of Blind Guardian's albums' titles sort of in a mashed together way, because they have one album titled Somewhere Far Beyond that was released in 1992, and Imaginations From the Other Side that was released in 1995, so I'm just a little confused on if you listened to both those albums, just one of them, or something else. No worries though, I'm just glad you're enjoying them.