When it turns out that Martians have been existing among metalheads, I'll nominate SikTh as Exhibit A. The melodic "Where Do We Fall" even indicates at future radio success, if GOJIRA covering QUEENSRYCHE ever had a chance on your FM dial. The haunting "In This Light" sounds like it crawled off of a side of TOOL's Ænima, and the spoken interlude "Mermaid Slur" sports the band's NICK CAVE influence almost as much as their "Tupelo" cover on their first album, The Trees are Dead & Dried Out…Wait for Something Wild. This is the kind of band that makes you inadvertently headbang and pump your fist. Perhaps that's because Death of a Dead Day never sounds like it's imitating anything elseĭespite all its compositional and stylistic shifts, Death of a Dead Day never stops being catchy. For such an aggressive band, SikTh are never overwhelming, and even moments like the blaring "Another Sinking Ship and the almost unimaginable "Summer Rain" sound organic. Guitarists PIN and DAN WELLER verge on beating the lives out of their instruments, but that's only apparent after multiple listens–there's too much to dissect on Death of a Dead Day for concern over how it was made. Opening with the frantic one-two punch of "Bland Street Bloom" and "Flogging the Horses," instant riffs contort under relentless drumming and yelping vocal spasms. But SikTh's defining moment arrived on the otherwise uneventful 6/6/06, when they treated the masses to Death of a Dead Day. This for me stands up with the best.After several EPs and a full-length on Gut Records, SikTh enjoyed an appearance at Download, a Japan tour with ANTHRAX, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and sold-out U.K. Compare this selection to what is released this year and see if it stands up. If you are looking for great in your face metal from 10 years back, then this is it. Just what were they thinking taking a five year break from 2008 and depriving us of their musical talents. Part Of The Friction and Where Do We Fall? are perhaps the standout songs from the album and prove both musically and lyrically SikTh are a quality outfit. It does lead nicely into When The Moment’s Gone which has quite a cool feel to it. Mermaid Slur at 47 seconds is fairly abstract, completely off the wall and more than likely requires analysis by a psychiatrist to figure out what is going on. Immediately after we get In This Light and we are chilled out again but only for a short time. I would put this in the speed funk category. We get a song that surely cannot have any more notes fitted into it. The musicianship really come to the fore in the form of the 4th song Summer Rain. The overall musicianship is excellent and with the two singers Mikee Goodman and Joe Rosser we get a tennis match play off style of delivery as we pass from one to another effortlessly. This constant change of topic continues throughout accompanied by all those aforementioned metal styles.
It all starts with the manic thrash metal like song Bland Street Bloom which deals with, of all things, the state of the English High Street and then with Flogging The Horses moves onto the topic of war mongering. You can hear their musical influence in most places although you would be hard pressed to find a band with such a diverse lyrical content. As you go through each song it is clear SikTh have had a significant influence on what has come after them. All of it doesn’t really matter, what does matter is that the Watford based SikTh produced back in 2006 a selection of songs with such differing styles and originality that they deserve to see the light of day again.Īt over an hour we have 12 songs with a further three demo versions on top. Metal, rock, hardcore, metalcore, progressive metal etc.
If you were to trust in Wikipedia, you would no doubt see all old clichés dragged out about what metal styles SikTh fall into. They are as fresh, appealing and as relevant as any new release you will hear this year. So how do you review a 10 year old selection of songs that have already had an audience and make it relevant for 2016? The songs themselves make it easy for you. To mark this significant milestone, Peaceville Records chose to re-release the album in September 2016. Happy 10th anniversary to SikTh‘s Death Of A Dead Day which was originally released back in the distanct past of June 2006.
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