SikTh
| SikTh | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Progressive Metal , Mathcore |
| founding | 2000, 2013 |
| resolution | 2008 |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/sikth |
| Current occupation | |
| Mikee W. Goodman | |
singing |
Joe Rosser |
| Dan Weller | |
guitar |
Pin code. |
| James Leach | |
| Dan 'Loord' Foord | |
| former members | |
singing |
Justin Hill |
SikTh is a band from Hertfordshire / England that was founded in January 2000. Most SikTh are assigned to Progressive Metal and Mathcore . The band was most recently under contract with the indie label Bieler Bros. Records .
Band history
The band was formed in January 2000. The line-up only solidified in March 2001, consisting of singers Mikee Goodman and Justin Hill, as well as guitarists Dan Weller and Graham Pinney, bassist James Leach and drummer Dan Foord. A year later, the first EP, Let the Transmitting Begin , followed, which was available both as a normal and a limited version on BBC Radio 1 . In the same year the band signed a record deal with Gut Records , through which they released their second EP How May I Help You? published.
On August 18, 2003, the debut album The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild was also released under Gut Records. This was followed by participation in the Download Festival 2003. Then the band toured as support for Anthrax and Killswitch Engage through Japan , where they played shortly afterwards at the Fuji Rock Festival .
After moving to Bieler Bros. Records, the band released their second album, Death of a Dead Day . This was followed by another participation in the Download Festival 2006, followed by the release of another EP, limited to 1500 copies, under the name Flogging the Horses , on which the songs of Death of a Dead Day and a new version of the song Where Do We Fall are ? found.
In May 2007, the band announced that singers Mikee Goodman and Justin Hill would be leaving the band after the upcoming The Black Summer Starts Here tour. Since no replacement could be found for the time being, the band broke up in May 2008. In December 2013 the band announced that they would play a reunion concert at the Download Festival 2014 and as headliner at the Euroblast 2014 in Cologne. In December 2015 the EP Opacities was released in the original line-up. In June 2016, the band announced the departure of singer Justin Hill, who was replaced by Joe Rosser.
At the beginning of June 2017, after three pre-singles with The Future in Whose Eyes? a new studio album by the band. The band's third album received mostly positive reviews. The band played at the Brutal Assault Festival in the Czech Republic and was confirmed as headliner for the Complexity Fest in Haarlem.
style
The music style of SikTh is very individual, technical and combines several genres such as hardcore , jazz , metal and rock . The band works with two singers who accompany the songs with their growls , screams and vocals. Goodman's voice is often used as aggressive and hysterical screaming. Hill can be recognized by his wild and dynamic singing. The voices often vary between a low and a very high pitch. Dan Weller names bands like Metallica , Pantera , Extreme , Sepultura , Botch and Meshuggah as the band's greatest influences.
Discography
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Albums
- 2003: The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out… Wait for Something Wild
- 2006: Death of a Dead Day
- 2017: The Future in Whose Eyes?
Singles
- 2003: Scent of the Obscene
- 2003: Peep Show
- 2017: No Wishbones
- 2017: Vivid
- 2017: Golden Cufflinks
- 2017: Cracks Of Light (featuring Spencer Sotelo from Periphery )
Demos and EPs
- 2000: Pussyfoot / Suffice (demo)
- 2001: Hold My Finger / Such the Fool (Demo)
- 2002: Let the Transmitting Begin (EP)
- 2002: How May I Help You? (EP)
- 2003: Pussyfoot (demo)
- 2006: Flogging the Horses (EP, limited to 1500 copies)
- 2015: Opacities (EP)
Web links
- Official profile on MySpace
- SikTh at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sikth Seeks New Vocalists . ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. roadrunnerrecords.com; Retrieved November 14, 2010
- ↑ SIKTH Calls It Quits . ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. roadrunnerrecords.com; Retrieved November 14, 2010
- ↑ Rodney Fuchs: A Complex Interview With Dan Weller Of SikTh - It Djents. Retrieved March 20, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Sikth in the British charts
