Giles

Giles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: April 19, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B0007YXPVA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,050 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr., frontman for the revolutionary metalcore outfit BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, decided to channel some of his creative energy into another project while preparing to hit the studio with BTBAM. This project is called GILES, and it is an amalgamation of Tommy’s love for electronic music and desire to do something creatively chaotic like BTBAM but in another musical space. GILES can be described as a combination of electroclash and industrial music written with a metal mentality. The writing process for GILES was a bit different for Tommy than writing BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME songs, as it was his first attempt at programming his ideas into a keyboard. GILES sounds like a mix between FISCHERSPOONER meets ADULT meets MIKE PATTON and was written and produced solely by Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr. and recorded and mixed by Jamie King (also known for his work with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME). Always into electronic music, Tommy's desire to write his own is coming full circle with GILES.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, November 4, 2007

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Giles (Audio CD)

If you understand that there is a world of music outside of metal, and have a open eyed approach when it comes to music then this is a must have album. Tommy rogers has given a shot at electronica/minimal tech/D&B and has done so extremely well. No its not something you'd expect to hear in a club, and no don't take it too seriously because thats the point! the lyrics are random and silly, the structuring is strange and the general nature of the album is just Tommy having a good time, and i have a good time listening to it.

it has some phat beats, awsome bass, nice synth textures and keyboard work...

BTBAM are amazing! but there is talent outside of them aswell!

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the negative, November 2, 2009

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Ryan Riot "Actually, I Am" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Giles (Audio CD)

because the negative reviewers all seem to think, "this isn't BTBAM!" when quite frankly, THAT'S THE FREAKIN' POINT!! Giles is Thomas' side project to release some of his creative energy in a different way than metal. If you seriously buy this thinking that you are going to here metal, than you, sir, are an idiot. This is a very good electronic/techno release and to be perfectly honest (this statement is gonna p*** off a lot of people), I like this better than BTBAM! It is more original and I find myself listening to this far more than I ever listen to BTBAM. Buy this album expecting a fun electronic listen, not another metal band, and you will love it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why?, June 2, 2005

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Chris Conlan (BreakingCustom.com) (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Giles (Audio CD)

Review by Cory Rennison:

When lead singer Thomas Giles Rogers Jr. of Between The Buried and Me fame makes a side project, it has to be something amazing, right? Wrong. Right after popping this CD in, I questioned, "What the hell is this?" Part way through the first track, I started thinking, "This will probably get a lot better and this is probably just an intro song." Well, the thing is, it never got any better.

Thomas's aptly titled project Giles has been advertised as something for fans of Nine Inch Nails or an underground version of Radiohead. One might question what's wrong with something like that. There wouldn't be any problem with having influences of those two awesome bands, if there was actually any influence of those bands at all in Giles. The entire album consists of cheap sounding techno beats that could have been made in a half hour on FruityLoops and the vocals sound like a bunch of nu-metal ramblings and are comparable to Jonathon Davis of Korn, which we all know he has some great vocal skills. With lyrics like "Little kitty it's time to be naughty, hop skotch to the closet of raunchy...shake your ass!" it appears that even Thomas himself thinks his project is a joke. I also have to question whether Victory Records actually saw something in this project or if they put out the album simply because Thomas is already in a band that is signed to Victory.

Nobody should expect to hear another Between The Buried and Me within the depths of this CD, but at the same time nobody should expect to hear a good album. This album gets a 2 for a rating only because the artwork is badass. However, the bottom line is, this album is the epitome of weird and you'll either "get it" or you won't; for me it was the latter. A final word of advice to Thomas Rogers Jr.: stick with your good band.