Tommy Giles Rogers Jr.

Tommy Giles Rogers (born December 30, 1980[1]) is an American musician, most notable for being the lead vocalist, keyboardist and lyricist of the progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me, which he co-founded in 2000.

His vocal style combines death growls and screams with peaceful clean singing melodies, sometimes including falsetto.

[2] Rogers grew up playing guitar but he sang for a hardcore punk band named Soul Integrity in high school.

[12] Since high school, one of his biggest inspirations has been electronic music; some of these artists include Adult, Funker Vogt, Air and Dieselboy.

[10] He has a long-standing fascination with the Scandinavian black metal scene, admiring its experimentation around the turn of the millennium and bands like Ulver and Leprous.