Scorn Defeat is the first full-length album by the Japanese black metal band Sigh. It is their most traditionally black metal album released. The album takes its title from a line in the title track from the 1981 album Welcome to Hell, by Venom.
The very first Scorn Defeat pressing by DSP has a black/white drawing on the cover. The second pressing of DSP has a bandpicture of Shinichi on the cover. Both are equally rare, as both were published on DSP after the death of Euronymous, and so had poor distribution. Additionally, DSP split the album into two sides: Side Revenge, which contained the first 4 songs, and Side Violence, which contained the last 3 songs.
Reissued in 2000 by Psychic Scream with a bonus track, "The Seven Gates of Hell," which is a Venom cover, and completely new artwork.
A vinyl version was also released by Vinyl Collectors (limited to 500 copies) including a cover of Mayhem's "Carnage."
Reissued again in 2009 by Enucleation (once again with new artwork), this version includes the Requiem for Fools EP (1992), which allowed them to sign to DSP, and their split 7" EP with Kawir (1994), neither of which have ever been available on CD before. "The Seven Gates of Hell", however, is not included on this release.
In 2011 Deepsend Records reissued the album once again. This double CD release includes all the tracks from the 2009 reissue on CD 1 and other unreleased tracks, demo and cover songs on CD 2.
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Famous quotes containing the words scorn and/or defeat:
“Oh for some honest lover’s ghost,
Some kind unbodied post
Sent from the shades below!
I strangely long to know
Whether the nobler chaplets wear
Those that their mistress’ scorn did bear,
Or those that were used kindly.”
—Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
“We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)