In Somniphobia

In Somniphobia is the ninth studio album released by Japanese extreme metal band Sigh. It was released on 13 March 2012 under the independent record label Candlelight Records.

In Somniphobia
Studio album by Sigh
Released	13 March 2012
Recorded	2010–2011, at Studio Moopies and Electric Space Studio
Genre	Black metal, avant-garde metal
Length	64:39
Label	Candlelight
Producer	Sigh
Sigh chronology
Scenes from Hell (2010) In Somniphobia (2012) Graveward (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Exclaim!	Favorable[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	[3]
Revolver Magazine	[4]
Thrash Hits	[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Purgatorium"		4:48
2.	"The Transfiguration Fear"		4:51
3.	"Opening Theme: Lucid Nightmare"		1:58
4.	"Somniphobia"		7:34
5.	"L'Excommunication à Minuit"		5:38
6.	"Amnesia"		8:10
7.	"Far Beneath the In-Between"	Kam Lee	7:10
8.	"Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils"	Metatron	9:31
9.	"Ending Theme: Continuum"		1:42
10.	"Fall to the Thrall"		5:17
11.	"Equale" "Prelude" "Fugato" "Coda"		8:00
Total length:			64:39

All tracks are written 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 – 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 – artwork
• Tenkotsu Kawaho – photos