![]() Though their trademark abstract melodies, frequent time and genre changes are still more than apparent in songs like ‘Sanguine Seas of Bigotry’, there is a definite shift with this record towards a more straightforward experi-metal style. ![]() The artistic, experimental, near self-indulgent style of their debut was a massive feature and is thankfully slightly subdued here, as the sextet seems to attempt a more commercial, or at least more accessible, attempt. This feature is noticeable immediately as the two vocalists, so different in style, screech and stutter then yell and croon over and through each other alongside disgustingly complicated guitar lines in opening track ‘Bland Street Bloom’. Many bands struggle with two singers but Mikee Goodman and Justin Hill have always been deployed equally and have complemented and duelled with each other so perfectly over the past few years. While *SikTh *have returned with the same, often overbearing technical proficiency, with _Death Of A Dead Day _they have created an album that you might actually feel comfortable listening to. Following 2003’s magical display of mathcore complexity, The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild, was always going to be tough.
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