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Sikth - "Death of a Dead Day"

Home Page- www.sikth.com
Label - Bieler Bros. Records
Reviewed by: Kevin Cloe
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: England
Language: English
Length: 53:52
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Band Members: Mikee W. Goodman - Vocals, Lyrics, Synths Justin Hill - Vocals
  Dan Weller - Guitar, Piano Pin - Guitar
  James Leach - Bass Dan 'Loord' Foord - Drums/Percussion
 
Track Listing: 1.)- Bland Street Bloom (5:40) 8.)-When The Moment's Gone (5:59)
  2.)- Flogging The Horses (3:32) 9.)- Part Of The Friction (5:13)
  3.)- Way Beyond The Fond Old River (5:02) 10.)-Where Do We Fall? (4:40)
  4.)-Summer Rain (3:35) 11.)-Another Sinking Ship (4:02)
  5.)- In This Light (4:24) 12.)-As The Earth Spins Round (6:36)
  6.)-Sanguine Seas Of Bigotry (4:17)  
  7.)-Mermaid Slur (:42)
     
The Review

INSANITY.

These guys are SICK (no wordplay intended). I heard this described as "intense" and "difficult", but that does not begin to describe these guys. I will attempt. Imagine a tech-death band with clean vocals mixed with the death on speed, coupled with insane instrumental virtuosity like Spiral Architect, mix in some bizarre vocal antics ala Mike Patton, some downtuned guitars, and then imagine it all with a prog element and no set pattern to any song. Scary.

This album is NOT for the faint of heart. If you don't like melodic death metal with a prog tint (Dark Tranquility as an example) don't even approach. If you can stomach the death vocals, then make sure you don't require a nice, catchy, melodic song. You won't find any here. Only crazy skill and mind dropping time changes. These guys are ruthless. The death vocals tend to be more in the "screamy" variety as opposed to the deep rumble of Opeth. The clean vocals are nice when they occur (albeit weird sometimes). Keyboards are present, but do not stand out.

So what is prog about these guys? I suppose the time signature changes - and the lack of any set pattern to the songs. They also tend to shift genres between and sometimes in each song. This one is a challenge - but worth it if you have the time and the guts. Don't ever play it in front of your wife (believe me, I know from experience).

Rating: 3.5 stars

 

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