''In Somniphobia'' is the ninth studio album released by
Japan
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ese
extreme metal
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band
Sigh
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. It was released on 13 March 2012 under the independent record label
Candlelight Records
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.
Track listing
''All music and lyrics by Mirai Kawashima except where noted.''
Personnel
Sigh
* Mirai Kawashima – vocals, piano, Minimoog, Prophet-5, Clavinet D-6, organ, Roland RE-201, vocoder, ring modulator, recorder, sitar, tabla, tampura, shortwave radio, jaw harp, glockenspiel
* Dr. Mikannibal – alto saxophone, vocals
* Satoshi Fujinami – bass
* Shinichi Ishikawa – guitar
* Junichi Harashima – drums
Guest musicians
*
Metatron – vocals and narration on tracks 3 and 8
*
Kam Lee
Barney Kamalani "Kam" Lee is an American death metal vocalist. He is best known for his vocal contributions to an early incarnation of Death (called Mantas) from 1983 to 1984, and later joined Massacre in 1985.
Career
Massacre recorded two de ...
– vocals on track 7
* Barmanu – sarangi
* Adam Matlock – clarinet on tracks 6 and 11, accordion on track 8
* Jonathan Fisher – trumpet on tracks 8 and 11
Other personnel
* Takamichi Osada – engineering
* Tim Turan – mastering
*
Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor (born 13 September 1984) is a Berlin-based artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for metal bands such as Testament, Soulfly, Helloween and My Dying Bride. He created the artwork used on various releases issu ...
– artwork
* Tenkotsu Kawaho – photos
References
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2012 albums
Sigh (band) albums
Candlelight Records albums
Albums with cover art by Eliran Kantor