About
SikTh emerged from the UK at the turn of the millennium and went on to exert a huge influence on modern progressive metal. Their sound brought together intricate rhythms, interlocking guitars, contrasting dual vocals and sudden shifts between heaviness, melody and spoken word. Across The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild (2003) and Death of a Dead Day (2006), they forged an unmistakable style that helped pave the way for a new generation of bands.
After years apart, the original six-piece line-up of Mikee Goodman, Justin Hill, Dan Weller, Graham “Pin” Pinney, James Leach and Dan “Loord” Foord is back together. Twenty years on from Death of a Dead Day, SikTh are celebrating the music that changed the scene while setting their sights firmly on the future.
Members
Vocals
Mikee Goodman
Founding vocalist (1999–2007, 2013–present) and originator of the band's rapid-fire “scatcore” delivery. He wrote and directed the animated video for “How May I Help You?” and has worked outside SikTh in Primal Rock Rebellion (with Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith) and the electronic/rock project Outpatients.
Vocals
Justin Hill
Co-vocalist (2001–2007, 2013–2016, 2022–present), whose harsh-to-clean range is the counterweight to Goodman's delivery. He left in 2007, returned for the reunion, stepped back from touring in 2016 to focus on production, and rejoined in 2022 for the band's anniversary shows.
Guitar, piano
Dan Weller
Founding guitarist (1999–2008, 2013–present) behind much of the band's angular guitar writing and its piano-led passages. Away from SikTh he is a sought-after producer, having worked on records for Enter Shikari and Young Guns, and plays in In Colour with TesseracT's Daniel Tompkins.
Guitar
Graham “Pin” Pinney
Founding guitarist (1999–2008, 2013–2018, 2022–present), one half of the band's twin-guitar interplay. He also leads the Basick Records band Aliases.
Bass
James Leach
Bassist (2001–2008, 2013–present), anchoring a rhythm section built for both groove and extreme precision. His other work includes the supergroup Krokodil and Gold Key, and bass on Devin Townsend's Lightwork.
Drums, percussion
Dan “Loord” Foord
Drummer and percussionist (2001–2008, 2013–present). Beyond SikTh he has played with Primal Rock Rebellion, Sol Invicto and The HAARP Machine, and teaches music at West Herts College.
Past members
Vocals
Joe Rosser
Co-vocalist (2016–2021), who replaced Justin Hill and features on The Future in Whose Eyes? (2017). He also performs alongside Pin in Aliases.
Vocals
Tristan Lucey
Early co-vocalist (1999–2000), part of the band's pre-consolidation lineup before Justin Hill joined.
Bass
Jamie Hunter
Early-lineup bassist (1999–2000), before James Leach joined the band.
Timeline
1999
SikTh form in Watford
The band comes together in Watford, Hertfordshire, out of the UK's early-2000s post-hardcore underground, with an unstable early lineup.
2001
The classic six-piece consolidates
By March 2001 the lineup settles: Goodman, Hill, Weller, Pinney, Leach and Foord.
2002
Debut EPs and a #1 video
Let the Transmitting Begin and How May I Help You? arrive; the animated “How May I Help You?” video hits #1 on MTV UK.
2003
The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild
The debut album lands on 18 August 2003 and the band plays Download at Donington.
2004
Japan and Fuji Rock
Touring Japan with Anthrax and Killswitch Engage, then Fuji Rock alongside Lou Reed, PJ Harvey and Primus.
2006
Death of a Dead Day
The second album, recorded in Florida for Bieler Bros., charts in the UK; the Flogging the Horses EP follows in October.
2007
Goodman and Hill depart
The two vocalists leave after the summer tour; their final show together is at Carling Academy Islington on 14 September.
2008
The band splits
SikTh announce they are splitting, unable to replace Goodman and Hill. Their influence on the emerging djent scene keeps growing while they are inactive.
2013
A surprise reunion
On 16 December 2013 the band announce their return.
2014
Download reunion show
SikTh headline the Red Bull Stage at Download 2014 — their first show since 2007 — and headline Euroblast in Cologne.
2015
Opacities
The crowdfunded mini-album arrives on 4 December — their first new music in nearly a decade — with festival dates in Nepal and India.
2016
Hill steps back, Rosser joins
Justin Hill retires from touring to focus on production; Joe Rosser replaces him. The band supports Slipknot on their UK tour.
2017
The Future in Whose Eyes?
The third album — their first in eleven years and first with Rosser — reaches #3 on the UK Rock Chart.
2018
Riddles of Humanity tour
The band tours with Loathe, then signals an indefinite pause.
2022
Justin Hill rejoins
Hill returns for a run of 20th-anniversary shows, reuniting the classic six-piece.
2026
Death of a Dead Day: 20 years
Two anniversary shows — Manchester Academy 2 and London's O2 Forum Kentish Town, with Heriot — mark the first time Justin Hill performs the album live in full.
