Death of a Dead Day

Death of a Dead Day is the second studio album by British progressive metal band Sikth, as well as the last released before their 2008–2013 hiatus. It was released on 6 June 2006 (06/06/06) in the United States and 26 June in the United Kingdom; the first 4000 copies came with hand autographed fold out posters. It was released on vinyl by Basick Records as part of Record Store Day 2014.

A music video was released for opening track "Bland Street Bloom" while "Flogging the Horses" was released as an EP single.

Lyrical themes
In a 2016 track-by-track guide with Louder Sound, vocalist and primary lyricist Mikee Goodman stated that Death of a Dead Day was the hardest album he made lyrically. The album's lyrical themes range from topics such as war ("Flogging the Horses"), anti-hate ("Sanguine Seas of Bigotry"), and the music industry ("Part of the Friction"), along with other topics and themes.

Personnel

 * Sikth
 * Mikee Goodman – vocals
 * Justin Hill – vocals
 * Dan Weller – guitars
 * Graham "Pin" Pinney – guitars
 * James Leach – bass
 * Dan "Loord" Foord – drums, percussion


 * Production
 * Produced by Sikth
 * Mixed and engineered by Matt Laplant
 * Additional mixing on "Mermaid Slur" by Simon Hanhart at Spare Room Studios
 * Post-production by Weller and Hill
 * Mastered by Mike Fuller at Fullersound Miami, Florida
 * Artwork & design by Tim Fox
 * Photography by Matthew Swig