Years active 1999–present Role Musician | Name Tommy Rogers, | |
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Birth name Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. Born December 24, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-12-24 ) Origin Morganton, North Carolina, United States Instruments Vocals, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin Associated acts Between the Buried and Me, Giles, Prayer for Cleansing, From Here On, Undying Music groups Between the Buried and Me (Since 2000), Prayer for Cleansing Genres Progressive metal, Progressive rock, Metalcore Albums Pulse, Colors, The Great Misdirect, The Parallax II: Future Se, The Silent Circus Profiles |
Tommy Giles Rogers (born December 24, 1980 in Morganton, North Carolina) is an American musician, most notable for being the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and founding member of the American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. His vocal style combines death growls and screams with peaceful clean singing melodies, sometimes including falsetto.
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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 progressive 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 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 Project album Deconstruction.

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

Songs
Selkies: The Endless Obsession
White Walls
Swim to the Moon
Sun of Nothing
Prequel to the Sequel
Camilla Rhodes
Backwards Marathon
Obfuscation
Ants of the Sky
All Bodies
Alaska
Disease - Injury - Madness
Extremophile Elite
A Dozen Black Roses
Fossil Genera - A Feed From Cloud Mountain
Astral Body
Lay Your Ghosts to Rest
Silent Flight Parliament
Mordecai
Specular Reflection
Informal Gluttony
Desert of Song
Melting City
Lunar Wilderness
The Primer
The Need for Repetition
Sleep Shake
Goodbye to Everything Reprise
When the Sun Kisses the Morning
Breathe In - Breathe Out
The Coma Machine