| Opacities | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | SikTh |
| Cover: | Opacities_(EP).jpg |
| Released: | 4 December 2015 |
| Recorded: | Summer 2015 |
| Genre: | Progressive metal, mathcore, avant-garde metal |
| Length: | 27:04 |
| Label: | Independent |
| Producer: | Forrester Savell |
| Prev Title: | Death of a Dead Day |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | The Future in Whose Eyes? |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Opacities is the fourth EP by British progressive metal band SikTh. The EP is the band's first release since reforming in 2014. Opacities was self–released by the band on 4 December 2015.
SikTh reformed in 2014 and played at Download Festival followed by a UK tour.[1] The band announced they would begin recording a new album in summer 2015 with a release scheduled sometime in November/December. The album was crowd funded via PledgeMusic and was recorded without the assistance of a record label.[2]
In promotion of Opacities a music video for the song "Philistine Philosophies" was released on 2 November 2015.[3] The album became available for streaming via The Independent a month later on 2 December.[1] [4] Opacities was released on 4 December. SikTh played five shows with Slipknot in support of the EP.[5]