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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #770 on: January 17, 2018, 02:16:05 PM »
I dont really spin Coma Ecplitic. But I enjoy it a lot when I do. So I consider it good.
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #771 on: January 17, 2018, 02:34:01 PM »
So pumped for a new album.  This band just doesn't disappoint.

Well I'd argue that Coma Ecliptic was a disappointment. That might just be me though.

I'll definitely be giving the new one a spin though, bring it.

I was lukewarm with it at first, but it's grown into one of my favs.
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« Reply #772 on: January 17, 2018, 03:44:09 PM »
Well I'd argue that Coma Ecliptic was a disappointment. That might just be me though.

I'll definitely be giving the new one a spin though, bring it.

I was lukewarm with it at first, but it's grown into one of my favs.

Same here. Nowadays I listen to it more often than Great Misdirect and Parallax.

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« Reply #773 on: January 17, 2018, 04:25:19 PM »
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #774 on: January 17, 2018, 06:39:35 PM »
Well I'd argue that Coma Ecliptic was a disappointment. That might just be me though.

I'll definitely be giving the new one a spin though, bring it.

I was lukewarm with it at first, but it's grown into one of my favs.

Same here. Nowadays I listen to it more often than Great Misdirect and Parallax.

Colors, Parallax 2 and Coma are the three I rotate a lot more than the rest.
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #775 on: January 17, 2018, 07:20:43 PM »
Of the 4 latest albums, TGM is by far the most underrated.

That being said, Parallax II is my favorite album (if only it had TGM’s production)


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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #777 on: January 17, 2018, 07:59:26 PM »
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #778 on: January 18, 2018, 08:19:19 AM »
So I have to say I don't love the idea of splitting the album into two releases. Seems like a cash grab to me.

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« Reply #779 on: January 18, 2018, 08:29:09 AM »
So I have to say I don't love the idea of splitting the album into two releases. Seems like a cash grab to me.

Agreed. They’re also catering to people with short attention span

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #780 on: January 18, 2018, 09:02:50 AM »
The snippet from the upcoming single makes it sound like a blend between The Great Misdirect and Alaska kind of, if that were the case I would be reaally excited.

Same sentiments about that double album idea. Looking at the track lengths, the first part totals about 35 minutes (don't know if the tracklist for the 2nd album has already been revealed?).

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Condemned to Gallows seems to be the single they're releasing tomorrow.
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #781 on: January 18, 2018, 09:33:15 AM »
If the first part is only 35 minutes, assuming the other one is equal in length.. just put it out as a normal album? Their other albums are ~60-70 minutes anyways.

When a band like BTBAM says they're putting out two twin albums, you expect both to be at least 45-50 minutes.

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« Reply #782 on: January 18, 2018, 09:36:04 AM »
35 minutes is a little short but honestly I find most modern album lengths to be exhausting so I'm fairly happy with it. It would be nice if it was a little cheaper though.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #783 on: January 18, 2018, 10:26:18 AM »
So I have to say I don't love the idea of splitting the album into two releases. Seems like a cash grab to me.

Can't please everyone right.


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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #784 on: January 18, 2018, 12:59:13 PM »
You'd expect part 2 to be longer, ala Parallax 1 and 2, hopefully.
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #785 on: January 18, 2018, 01:02:04 PM »
Of the 4 latest albums, TGM is by far the most underrated.

That being said, Parallax II is my favorite album (if only it had TGM’s production)

Is it really though? I feel like Coma Ecliptic gets the least love out of the last 4 by a wide margin and most of the fans on board with prog-BTBAM (there's still the purist fanboys who only like up to Alaska) seem to like TGM a lot.

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« Reply #786 on: January 18, 2018, 01:37:34 PM »
I find like 75% or more of the music they've written/released since The Great Misdirect has had far too much extended/long-winded sections that don't go anywhere for me.

Whereas Silent Circus-Colors really has very little to none of that.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #787 on: January 18, 2018, 05:46:18 PM »
I haven't even heard the first two albums because it has been my understanding that Alaska was a dramatic shift in a more progressive direction and that SC was a bit more straight forward death metal.     I used to be big into death metal, but I actually find it fairly one-dimensional (in most cases...not all).   I only got into BTBAM because they were so dramatically different.   In fact, while I do *LOVE* Alaska and Colors, I find myself liking them more with each album because they've grown to where they have 10 different styles in a blender instead of just 4 or 5.   I heard someone describe Coma Ecliptic as "Between the Buried and Queen Theater" and I think that's pretty accurate.   I feel they are becoming even more diverse than they ever have been, and it's amazing.   

So....is SC a pretty much straight forward hard core album?  Or does it have the same "chaos with melody in a blender" qualities that Alaska does?
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #788 on: January 18, 2018, 08:09:36 PM »
If you like Alaska you'll like SC.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #790 on: January 18, 2018, 10:50:45 PM »
If you like Alaska you'll like SC.

Incorrect. Alaska is one of my favorites and Silent Circus is bottom of the heap, I think it's garbage. I do like the debut though

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #791 on: January 18, 2018, 10:52:12 PM »
my opinion on the new song:

yeah, it's ok

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #792 on: January 18, 2018, 11:34:02 PM »
After the first listen, I dig it a lot! Kinda continues the style of CE, only a bit heavier.

I also like how they broke the tradition of the last 3 albums of opening the album with a short, soft track.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #793 on: January 19, 2018, 12:26:55 AM »
The new track has everything I love about BtBaM in one track. If the rest of the album is like this, I'm pretty sure it will be another album of the year contender. Perhaps I'm just incapable of disliking anything they have done since Alaska...
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #794 on: January 19, 2018, 04:42:34 AM »
Not much to say about the new song, but yeah, it's BTBAM.  But I fucking love this band so much everything they do IMO is insane.
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #795 on: January 19, 2018, 07:19:27 AM »
Just downloaded the new song. Will give it a listen soon.

Has anyone else surprised by BTBAM's fan base? Every concert of theirs I've been too the people there are mostly comprised of hipsters. Never seen more plaid shirted, long bearded men, drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon than I have at a BTBAM show.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #796 on: January 19, 2018, 07:36:41 AM »
Just downloaded the new song. Will give it a listen soon.

Has anyone else surprised by BTBAM's fan base? Every concert of theirs I've been too the people there are mostly comprised of hipsters. Never seen more plaid shirted, long bearded men, drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon than I have at a BTBAM show.

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest, actually. I've never even been to one of their concerts, and I already guessed that it would be half-'n-half metalheads and hipsters. For the most part, that's pretty much the demographics of the people I know irl who like BTBAM.

Honestly, that song is kind of boring imo. It feels a little bit like vanilla prog a lot of the time and doesn't really feel like it's saying anything new. The lead guitar parts are really cool tho, probably the highlight of the song for me.

Also, don't know if it's been mentioned in either thread, but The Dear Hunter and Between the Buried and Me are apparently doing an exclusive split 7" vinyl EP where TDH covers "Rapid Calm" and Between the Buried and Me covers "The Tank". It'll be available exlusively to those who purchase The Tour Upgrade Bundle at the merch table before the show. Said bundle includes Act V, Automata 1, and a poster signed by both bands. You'll then get the EP mailed to you and a digital copy e-mailed to you. Then, to actually listen to the EP, you have to travel across Hyrule to reunite the Three Pieces of Triforce, rescue Princess Peach from her castle, defeat The Elite Four, Mark Ishtar, and Sephiroth, and then catch all 807 Pokemon. Weird way of doing things, but who am I to judge?

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #797 on: January 19, 2018, 07:45:54 AM »
I liked the song, but with out hearing the rest of the album to put it in context it's hard to judge. Honestly, BTBAM is one of the few bands that I find I have to listen to the whole album, not just a song here and there to really enjoy. This is one reason why I don't love the idea of splitting the album.

The idea of two touring bands covering each other is pretty cool. I'd say BTBAM and TDH are two of my top 10 bands now and to seem them at the same show would be amazing. Not sure I'm going to be able to pull it off though.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #798 on: January 19, 2018, 10:40:06 AM »
New song is solid.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #799 on: January 19, 2018, 10:46:47 AM »
New song is solid.

Solid indeed. Didn't blow me away, but I dig it.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #800 on: January 20, 2018, 08:49:36 PM »
Sounds awesome but different  :metal


Last album didn't really cut the mustard (perhaps how it followed up one of the greatest prog concept albums ever written?)


The song name is REALLY cliche though  :-\  :millahhhh
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« Reply #801 on: January 20, 2018, 09:48:14 PM »

The song name is REALLY cliche though  :-\  :millahhhh
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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #802 on: January 21, 2018, 09:08:49 AM »
I'm going to attempt something difficult with these releases.  I really don't like this model of releasing two 30 minute chunks VS a full album experience, so I'm going to try to wait until the full thing is released and listen to it in sequence, Automata 1+2. 

New song is okay. It seem's like theyre intentionally trying to write short songs these days. I like their music better when they just didnt give a damn and did whatever they wanted for 10 minutes at a time. It seems so forced now, imo. But I'm sure they got tired of having a 60 minute set and only getting to play 5 songs for their live show.


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« Reply #803 on: January 21, 2018, 04:01:44 PM »
Love it. Hits all the points that I like to hear in a BTBAM song. It won't be my favorite but it did get my excited to hear what they have to offer for the album itself and definitely for Part II.

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Re: Between the Buried and Me
« Reply #804 on: January 24, 2018, 10:29:44 AM »
35 minutes is a little short but honestly I find most modern album lengths to be exhausting so I'm fairly happy with it. It would be nice if it was a little cheaper though.

I guess you mean prog albums, because in the rest of the styles the average length it's no much longer than 35 minutes..

Can't please everyone right.


Anyways I'm excites for the albums. It all depends on how it sounds.

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