Gallows Gallery is the debut album for the Harashima, and it is the heaviest album ever by SIGH. It also has various guest musicians like:
Gus G. (FIREWIND, ex-DREAM EVIL): Guitar Solo
Niklas Sundin (DARK TRANQUILITY): Guitar Solo
Killjoy (NECROPHAGIA): Voices, Narration
Gunface (THE RED CHORD): Guitar Solo
Bruce Lamont (YAKUZA): Saxophones
Metatron (MEADS OF ASPHODEL): Narration
Paul Groundwell (THINE): Guitar Solo
This album definitely has the good old heavy metal vibe from the 80s along with various musical influences from classical music, jazz, to sonic weapon experimentation! You are now warned that this album could do harm to your health. Kawashima had strange dizziness, migraine headache, and extreme ghastly pale tone while working on the Gallows Gallery and had to be hospitalized. That's one of the reasons why it took this album so long to be released.
Review
The music is fantastically energetic, psychedelic and exotic, and certainly grows on you once the ear adapts. - Chronicles of Chaos 4/5