Sikth

Sikth se formó a finales de 1999, pero consolidó su formación en marzo de 2001. ^{[ 1 ]} Esa formación estaba compuesta por los vocalistas Mikee Goodman y Justin Hill, los guitarristas Dan Weller y Graham Pinney, el bajista James Leach y el baterista/percusionista Dan Foord.

Su primer lanzamiento oficial fue un EP titulado Let the Transmitting Begin . Publicado en 2002, incluía tres temas, así como un CD en directo de edición limitada con las grabaciones de las mismas canciones para BBC Radio 1 .

El primer lanzamiento de la banda para Gut Records ^{[ 2 ]} fue un EP titulado How May I Help You? Publicado en 2002, incluía tres canciones, dos de las cuales estaban en el álbum debut de la banda. También contenía un video para la canción "(If You Weren't So) Perfect". La canción "How May I Help You?" contenía una historia sobre una persona llamada Rodney. La canción se convirtió en un video animado, que fue escrito, dirigido y producido por Mikee Goodman. Ganó el premio al mejor video en The Big Cheese Magazine, además de alcanzar el número 1 en MTV UK y ser un video de la lista A en MTV Asia .

Sikth's debut album The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild was released on 18 August 2003 through Gut Records. The album was produced by the band themselves, along with Andrew Scarth. Mixing duties were handled by Colin Richardson. Two singles were released from the album in "Scent of the Obscene" (October) and "Peep Show" (December). The album has sold approximately 30,000 copies in the UK, Japan and Australia.

In support of the album, Sikth performed at Download Festival at Donington Park in 2003. The band subsequently travelled to Japan in 2004, firstly supporting Anthrax and Killswitch Engage, then playing at the Fuji Rock Festival in August with Lou Reed, PJ Harvey and Primus. Also in 2004, the band made an appearance at the debut Fuse Leeds festival of cross-disciplinary New Music, at the personal invitation of festival curator Django Bates (they played a support slot to Bates' own jazz ensemble on the closing night of the festival).

The band returned in 2006 with their second full-length album Death of a Dead Day. It was released in the UK on 26 June 2006 on their new label Bieler Bros. Records. It was earlier released in the US on 6 June. The album entered the UK album charts at number 94. The album was once again produced by the band themselves, with mixing duties handled by Matt Plant.

In support of the album, Sikth performed a show at The White Horse in High Wycombe, the venue of their first ever gig, on 6 June 2006 and at the Download Festival 2006 four days later, as well as short UK tour.

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?". The track "Each Other and Ourselves" was also included, which was a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album. The EP was limited to just 1,500 copies.

On 8 May 2007, it was announced that vocalists Mikee Goodman and Justin Hill would be leaving the band at the conclusion of the July 2007 "The Black Summer Starts Here" UK tour set, due to their ongoing projects and producing careers.^[3] Goodman's and Hill's final performance in SikTh was at the Carling Academy, Islington, London on 14 September 2007 (this was a rescheduled show).

On 27 May 2008, Sikth announced that the band had decided to split due to numerous factors. The main reasons cited for their break-up was the inability to find a replacement for Mikee and Justin, as well as commitment to other projects.^[4]

On 15 January 2012, an official Sikth Facebook Page was created by the band in order to reissue and sell Sikth merchandise.^[5] The band also stated that when they do reform, it will not be "for the wrong reasons" and that "we owe it to our fans to produce something very special when we return."^[6]

On 16 December 2013 it was revealed in a surprise announcement that Sikth were to be playing a reunion set at Download Festival 2014,^[7] headlining the Red Bull stage.^[8] This was the band's first live performance since 2007 and their first appearance at Download Festival since 2006. On 25 March, they were also announced to be headlining October's Euroblast festival in Cologne, Germany.^[9] On 13 June 2014, Sikth announced a full autumn UK tour via their Facebook page running through October and November.^[10] Sikth also played at UK Tech-Metal Festival as the main headliner on 14 June 2014. This was followed by a couple of dates in Asia, headlining Silence Festival V in Nepal 17–18 October 2014 - sharing the same stage where Enigmatik, Vader, Textures and Behemoth had headlined before. And headlining BIG69 metal festival in Mumbai, India, 17 - 18 January 2015, alongside Carcass, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Hacktivist.^[11]

On 27 April 2015 Sikth announced via their Facebook page^[12] that they are planning to release new music in the form of a crowd funded EP with a tour to follow. Fans who pre-ordered the EP were able to visit the pledgemusic page^[13] and gain access to exclusive updates, content and merchandise for the duration of the funding campaign. The six track EP, titled Opacities, was released on 4 December 2015. Sikth were also the opening act for Slipknot on their 2016 U.K tour in February alongside Suicidal Tendencies. They were announced to be performing the Arctangent Festival in August 2016, but later pulled out. They appeared in 2017.^[14]

On 3 June 2016 Justin Hill announced his retirement in order to focus on his production career. Joe Rosser from Pin's second band Aliases was announced as his replacement.^[15]

The band embarked on the "Riddles of Humanity" tour with Loathe as their support act in September 2018.^[16] Their final show of the year was at Festivile on 20 October 2018; it was also at this show where frontman Mikee Goodman said that "This will be the last show we'll do for a while". He also stated he is unsure if they will return soon and if new music will be made.

Sometime between 2019 and 2021, Joe Rosser departed the band to pursue other musical endeavours. In late 2022, the band announced that Justin Hill would rejoin the band for a set of anniversary shows in November 2022. At the Manchester date of the show the band brought out Joe Rosser for the songs "Sanguine Seas of Bigotry" and "Bland Street Bloom" as a thank you to his tenure in the band when Justin departed.

• Mikee Goodman – voz (1999–2007, 2013–presente)
• Dan Weller - guitarra , piano (1999-2008, 2013-presente)
• Graham "Pin" Pinney – guitarra (1999–2008, 2013–2018, 2022–presente)
• Dan "Loord" Foord – batería , percusión (2001–2008, 2013–presente)
• James Leach – bajo (2001–2008, 2013–presente)
• Justin Hill – voz (2001–2007, 2013–2016, 2022–presente)

• Tristan Lucey - voz (1999–2000)
• Jamie Hunter - bajo (1999–2000)
• [nombre desconocido] - desconocido (1999–2001)
• Joe Rosser – voz (2016–2021)

• Mikee Goodman – voz

Además de producir y dar clases de canto, Goodman es miembro de Primal Rock Rebellion , banda que incluye al guitarrista de Iron Maiden, Adrian Smith , y al baterista de Sikth, Dan Foord. El primer proyecto de Mikee después de Sikth fue The Painted Smiles y apareció en los temas 'Dark Matter' de This Is Menace y 'Sleep Street' de Cyclamen. También canta/grita en la cuarta pista del EP de Deathembers , '' A Thousand Flatlines '', ''The Linear Act'' . Su último proyecto musical es la banda Outpatients (más tarde rebautizada como Outside the Coma), una banda experimental de electrónica/rock/metal con voces mixtas masculinas y femeninas. ^{[ 21 ]}

• Dan Weller – guitarra , piano

Weller es actualmente el guitarrista de In Colour, banda que cuenta con el vocalista de TesseracT , Daniel Tompkins . Weller produjo el tercer álbum de Enter Shikari , A Flash Flood of Colour , y colaboró ​​en la producción de su segundo álbum, Common Dreads . También ha producido dos álbumes de la banda Young Guns . Dan compuso la música junto con el coautor Ciaran Cahill (quien toca los teclados con él en In Colour) para Transmission Impossible con Ed & Oucho en la BBC. ^{[ 22 ]}

• James Leach – bajo

James da clases de bajo y es el técnico de batería de Gallows . Es miembro de los supergrupos Krokodil y Gold Key, y supuestamente forma parte del grupo de hardcore punk The Hell. James también tocó el bajo en los conciertos de Pure Love durante su gira de despedida de 2014. Devin Townsend confirmó en Twitch que James toca el bajo en su próxima producción, Lightwork. También se rumorea que James es el bajista de la banda anónima President .

• Dan "Loord" Foord – batería , percusión

Loord ha colaborado como músico de sesión con las bandas Primal Rock Rebellion , Sol Invicto y The HAARP Machine. Actualmente trabaja como profesor de música en el West Herts College .

• Justin Hill – voz

Justin colaboró ​​en el tema Predisposed del álbum No End in Sight de 2006 , y luego devolvió el favor en Return The Favour del álbum The Scene Is Dead de 2007 de This Is Menace , Dreams Without Courage del álbum Entities de 2007 de Malefice y Distance del álbum Severance de 2013 de Heart of a Coward. Justin también trabaja como productor.

• Graham "Pin" Pinney – guitarra

Pin es actualmente miembro de la banda de metal progresivo Aliases, que tiene contrato con Basick Records . Han lanzado un EP, Safer Than Reality , y actualmente están trabajando en un álbum de larga duración. También es profesor de guitarra.

• Joe Rosser – voz

Rosser fue anunciado como el reemplazo de Justin Hill tras la partida de este último para centrarse en la producción. Joe Rosser también es miembro de la otra banda del guitarrista Pin, Aliases. Rosser debutó en el sencillo de Aliases, 'Exasperated', y posteriormente apareció en el segundo lanzamiento de Aliases, Derangeable. Rosser debutó como covocalista junto a Mikee Goodman en el disco de Sikth de 2017, The Future In Whose Eyes?

No se sabe mucho sobre la formación de la banda antes de 2001, excepto que el otro vocalista, además de Goodman, era Tristan Lucey en lugar de Hill, y que había otros dos miembros, uno de ellos llamado Jamie Hunter.

• Pussyfoot/Basta (2000)
• Sujétame el dedo/Qué tonto (2001)
• Pussyfoot (2003)