Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.

"Thomas Giles" redirects here. For other uses, see Thomas Giles (disambiguation).

Tommy Giles Rogers
Rogers after a performance in Louisville, KY in 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.
Born	(1980-12-24) December 24, 1980
Origin	North Carolina, USA
Genres	Progressive metal, metalcore, thrash metal, technical death metal, death metal, deathcore, electronica, industrial, alternative rock, progressive rock
Instruments	Vocals, keyboard, guitar, drums
Years active	1999–present
Associated acts	Between the Buried and Me, Giles, Prayer for Cleansing, From Here On, Undying

Tommy Giles Rogers (born December 24, 1980) is an American musician, most notable for being the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and founding member of the American heavy metal band Between the Buried and Me. His vocal style combines death growls and screams with peaceful, sometimes falsetto singing melodies.

Musical career

Rogers started his musical career in 1999 by being a guitarist for the metalcore band, Prayer for Cleansing, when they disbanded; Rogers founded the heavy metal band, Between the Buried and Me in 2001; after acquiring a full-lineup they released their three-song demo and then their self-titled debut album in 2002. In 2004 Rogers released a self-titled debut album for his electronica side project, named Giles. Rogers was one of the vocalists for the metal band From Here On and has appeared in numerous other musical projects including the influential metal band, Undying. He is a part of a clothing line and a small musical duo project with Jacob Troth that is known as Jacob Rogers.

He has made a few vocal guest appearances since the success of Between the Buried and Me, such as his featuring in the August Burns Red song "Indonesia" and on the Devin Townsend solo album Deconstruction.

Rogers recorded a solo album under the name of Thomas Giles, entitled "Pulse", which was released February 1, 2011.

Rogers in 2006.

Discography

With Between the Buried and Me

• Between the Buried and Me - Lifeforce (2002)
• The Silent Circus - Victory (2003)
• Alaska - Victory (2005)
• The Anatomy Of - Victory (2006)
• Colors - Victory (2007)
• Colors Live - Victory (2008)
• The Great Misdirect - Victory (2009)
• The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues - Metal Blade (2011)

As Giles

• Giles - Victory (2004)

As Thomas Giles

• Pulse - Metal Blade (2011)

With Prayer For Cleansing

• The Tragedy - Southern Empire (2004)

With From Here On

• Hope for a Bleeding Sky - Tribunal (1999, 2005)

As guest

• August Burns Red - Constellations - Guest vocals on "Indonesia" (2009)
• The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction - Guest vocals on "Planet of The Apes" (2011)
• Intensus - Intensus - Vocals on "Outlast Robinsum" and "I'm A Wisdom" (2011)
• Johnny Booth - Connections - Guest vocals on "Ink and Sky" (2011)

External links

• Interview with Tommy Giles Rogers (Italian)
• "Slumber Party" by Giles