British progressive metal faction SikTh have revisited their sophomore album “Death Of A Dead Day” in celebration of its 20th anniversary. The group had Periphery‘s Adam “Nolly” Getgood give the album a new mix for the occasion, with this sonically updated version of the record having been christened “Death Of A Dead Day MMXXVI“. A December 04th release date on Cooking Vinyl has been set for it.
Taking the time to look back on the album, the band’s guitarist Dan Weller stated:
“I can’t quite believe it’s been 20 years since ‘Death Of A Dead Day‘. It’s an album that we’re still incredibly proud of, and it means a huge amount to us.
We’re really excited for people to hear the 2026 version, with Nolly bringing his fresh take to the mix. I think it’s turned out great. It’s also pretty crazy to think that Nolly was one of the first people to start making SIKTH guitar covers on YouTube when the album was originally released. In a way, that makes him the perfect person to revisit it — there aren’t many people who know ‘Death Of A Dead Day‘ as intimately as he does.”
Getgood also spoke on getting the call to work on the record:
“It’s hard to overstate just how impactful ‘Death Of A Dead Day‘ was on me, and on so many of the people in my circle. Giving the album a sonic freshen-up has been an absolute joy and left me even more in awe of what the band created 20 years ago.
When I started the remixing project, I wondered if peering behind the curtain would take away some of the magic, but the opposite was true: the songs are more majestic, heavier and more deeply layered than I ever realized, and the performances are so incredibly bold and characterful. As a body of work it’s still so fresh, perhaps even more relevant than before with all that has happened in the progressive metal space in the interim.
I hope this remix brings it all back again for OG fans, and blows away new listeners the same way it did for us back in 2006!”
Getgood‘s newly overhauled mix of “Flogging The Horses” leads the proverbial charge from this record, with it being the first song to stream from it below. Staying true to the associated nostalgia, that song was also the lead single to be released from that record back in 2006. You can pre-order this new mix of the album now via sikth.lnk.to/MMXXVI.
