Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever. The band’s second album will be reissued on September 30 via Peaceville on CD and vinyl. SIKTH Death Of A Dead Day music review by Lezaza has always (since 2002) relied on banners ads to cover web hosting fees and all. Im not normally partial towards metal with -core or djent flavourings.
Those who know me may think that this album is quite an unusual pick for me. Rumblings of a possible studio reunion began to swirl as well, and in early 2015 the bandmembers announced that they would be releasing a crowd-funded EP, Opacities. Sikth have announced that they’ll re-release their 2006 album Death Of A Dead Day to mark its 10th anniversary. Album: Death of a Dead Day (cover art) Released: June 6, 2006.
The ensuing years saw Sikth's reputation in the underground metal community grow exponentially, and in 2013 they announced that they would be re-forming and headlining the Red Bull Stage at the following year's Download Festival. In 2007 Goodman and Hill announced that they would be leaving the group to pursue other projects, and in 2008 the band ceased operations. International support slots for Anthrax and Killswitch Engage followed, as did high-profile appearances at festivals like Download and Fuse Leeds, and in 2006, Sikth released their sophomore full-length outing, Death of a Dead Day. When the UKs SikTh released Death of a Dead Day back in 2006, even they couldnt have predicted the massive impact it would have on modern metal.If Meshuggah are the godfathers of the djent. Sikth issued a pair of well-received EPs, Let the Transmitting Begin and How May I Help You?, before releasing their debut studio long-player, The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild, in 2003. An EP titled Flogging the Horses was released in October 2006, featuring demo versions from Death of a Dead Day tracks, as well as a remix version of 'Where Do We Fall'. Cited as one of the more influential bands in the djent branch of the progressive metal movement, versatile English rockers Sikth formed in 1999 in Watford, Hertfordshire, but didn't settle on the core lineup of dual vocalists Mikee Goodman and Justin Paul Hill, Dan Weller (guitar, piano), James Leach (bass), and Dan Foord (drums, percussion) until 2001. In support of the album, SikTh performed at Download Festival 2006 prior to its release, as well as an extensive UK tour afterwards.