Miles Dimitri Baker

Miles Dimitri Baker — American guitarist — is part of Ice Nine Kills in the current line-up. He comes from a technical circuit quite distinct from the band's: he built a reputation in American progressive metal, a scene of complex structures, irregular metres and extremely demanding execution, and is known in the field for his own instrumental work prior to any link with metalcore. That training has direct use in Ice Nine Kills. The group's tracks adapt specific horror films and change character repeatedly within the same piece — orchestral opening, heavy riff, breakdown, melodic chorus, spoken passage. Performing those transitions requires reading structure, not merely execution technique, and that is where a musician of progressive training stands out. His entry comes with Ice Nine Kills already established as a phenomenon with a broad audience, after the two records of The Silver Scream series — which means taking on an extensive repertoire, technically exact and performed within a timed theatrical staging.