Author Topic: Between the Buried and Me (Read 131693 times)

ariich · « **Reply #630 on:** August 11, 2015, 07:36:29 AM »

Quote from: mikemangioy on August 11, 2015, 06:54:45 AM

Quote from: Dan Briggs
Spilled the beans on my new band in Buffalo today- Nova Collective featuring myself and Richard Henshall from HAKEN..more info soon!

Woot, it's finally public! I've known about this project for a little while now.

I won't say anything more about it though, until its been more fully announced.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #631 on:** August 11, 2015, 08:33:30 AM »

Well, THAT is fucking exciting.

XB0BX · « **Reply #632 on:** August 16, 2015, 07:46:16 PM »

I kind of dislike Colors, and here's why.

The heavy sections are focused on the vocals and not on the riffs. A heavy album like Death's Human (for example) has sections with just guitar riffing over bass and drums. This gives the songs room to breathe, and in good death metal, the guitar riffs are often the most catchy and memorable parts of the album.

I know nothing about metalcore. Colors is possibly the first metalcore album I've ever listened to. My guess is that metalcore is nonstop breakdowns and vocals over riffs, no sections with nothing but instrumentals. Because of this, none of the songs on Colors breathe. I love the melodic parts, but the heavy parts are monotonous and repetitive. I can't think of too many extended sections with just bass/drums/guitars, which is very different from the death meal I'm used to. Is this a characteristic of metalcore? Regardless, I'm not in love with this album (yet). Any insight you can give me would be appreciated.

For the record, all the melodic parts of the album are gorgeous. The opening sections, "informal gluttony, "spaceman" and others. A good album, but GOD DAMN I could use some variety in the heavy sections.

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #633 on:** August 16, 2015, 07:55:19 PM »

The funny thing is, I don't disagree with you. And yet it's still one of my favorite albums of all time. On paper Colors should not be as good as it is, I guess the stars must have aligned when they were recording it or something and it just somehow ended up being amazing.

Give it some more time; aside from White Walls I didn't really think it was anything special at first either.

XB0BX · « **Reply #634 on:** August 16, 2015, 08:17:10 PM »

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on August 16, 2015, 07:55:19 PM

The funny thing is, I don't disagree with you. And yet it's still one of my favorite albums of all time. On paper Colors should not be as good as it is, I guess the stars must have aligned when they were recording it or something and it just somehow ended up being amazing.

Give it some more time; aside from White Walls I didn't really think it was anything special at first either.

Coincidentally, White Walls is also my initial favorite and (I feel) the only song that features extended sections of heavy riffing.

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #635 on:** August 18, 2015, 12:42:52 PM »

We are excited to announce the Coma Ecliptic Tour III featuring Enslaved, Intronaut, and Native Construct!

VIP Bundles are available now at: showstubs.com/btbam
GA tickets on sale this Friday at 10am

"This is a package that we handpicked each band, which doesn't always happen. It shows off the diversity of the progressive music universe and we couldn't be more excited to have a young band like Native Construct, Intronaut who are great friends of ours already, and the legends in Enslaved along with us." - Dan

11/18 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
11/19 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
11/20 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
11/21 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
11/23 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater
11/24 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater
11/25 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
11/27 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
11/28 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
11/29 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
12/01 - Scottsdale, AZ - Livewire
12/02 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
12/03 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
12/04 - Lubbock, TX - Lonestar Pavilion
12/05 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre
12/06 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
12/08 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
12/10 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
12/11 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
12/12 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
12/13 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts
12/15 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
12/16 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
12/17 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore

Just saw this on Facebook....

Hell yeah, So excited they're coming just two days after Tesseract.

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #636 on:** August 18, 2015, 01:13:59 PM »

Good, I'll be able to catch them in Boston this time after they completely skipped over Massachusetts last tour for whatever reason.

pain of occupation · « **Reply #637 on:** August 18, 2015, 03:20:02 PM »

Great, I only gotta travel over 1000 miles (one way) to the nearest show!

...I just might have to do it with Native Construct getting that opportunity...good on BTBAM \m/

Randaran · « **Reply #638 on:** August 18, 2015, 03:55:06 PM »

Crap, the last show is the day before my college's winter break begins.

XB0BX · « **Reply #639 on:** August 18, 2015, 07:12:39 PM »

Is it controversial to like the debut album more than Colors?

After one listen to the debut I surprisingly REALLY enjoyed it. I thought it was an incredibly melodic and catchy album, I don't really understand where the hate is coming from.

I think my biggest problem with Colors is that I can't decipher any melodies during the heavy parts. Those sections are so vocal driven and the guitars are just kind of background noise that add to the heaviness. This compounded with the fact that these heavy vocal-driven sections go on for ever and ever and ever with few breaks.

I found BTBAM was waaaayyyyyy more groovy than Colors, and that the album breathed a lot more. There's definitely a visible difference in styles, BTBAM has many more sections focused on the guitar riffs and I can actually detect melody there.

I will say that the vocals on Colors are far better than the vocals on BTBAM. The Color songs are written in a way that the vocals are a little hard to decipher words from, and they do get a little monotone and samey, but they sound GOOD to my ears. BTBAM's vocals sound like a pig dying and I don't enjoy it at all.

Tommy is an incredibly talented singer (as of 2007 at least). His harsh and cleans both sound great. I do wish he had more variety in his harshes and I honestly can't decipher any of his lyrics.

jammindude · « **Reply #640 on:** August 19, 2015, 06:24:33 AM »

I haven't heard much of BTBAM's debut, but from what I've read, the consensus is that it was good stuff, but not really ground breaking. Starting with Alaska, and then going even further with Colors, BTBAM explored new approaches to "metal core"... (not that familiar with the genre outside of BTBAM, so I might be speaking out of turn here)

TioJorge · « **Reply #641 on:** August 19, 2015, 01:13:27 PM »

Who in the everloving fuck goes to LUBBOCK, Texas after the garage phase!? These guys are fucking awesome.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #642 on:** August 19, 2015, 04:49:13 PM »

Happy that they're hitting the road with Intronaut again.....I fucking love those guys! I'll be at the Chicago show for sure!

wolfking · « **Reply #643 on:** August 19, 2015, 04:55:57 PM »

Still spinning the new album regulary, it's fabulous.

XB0BX · « **Reply #644 on:** August 19, 2015, 06:51:28 PM »

Watching old BTBAM interviews, what are they talking about when they mention how bad the Ozzfest 2006 tour was? Were they not received well by the fans?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HE1nZC6Dg

PROGdrummer · « **Reply #645 on:** August 19, 2015, 08:05:22 PM »

Quote from: XB0BX on August 19, 2015, 06:51:28 PM

Watching old BTBAM interviews, what are they talking about when they mention how bad the Ozzfest 2006 tour was? Were they not received well by the fans?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HE1nZC6Dg

I'm pretty sure they just got the short end of the stick with alot of the shows and lineups when they played Ozzfest, their music didnt go over well with any of the crowds, the got lost in the shadows of other "flashier", more popular bands like Dragonforce and shit. The lyrics of White Walls are reflective of this and kinda represent the negative experience of Ozzfest. That tour supposedly is what made the band go "yeah, fuck this. Who cares about attracting these crowds, lets write 10 minute songs and have animal noises and fucking polka breakdowns".

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #646 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:09:44 AM »

In that case, god bless Ozzfest.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #647 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:13:30 AM »

Quick googling found this gem: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/between-the-buried-and-me-why-they-hated-ozzfest/

Quote

ChartAttack: It seems Ozzfest is broken into two categories: The headlining bands that draw large crowds and the lesser-known bands there to showcase themselves to those people.

Dan Briggs: Yeah, it was nice to get it over with.

Dan seems like a bro.

Heretic · « **Reply #648 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:56:10 PM »

Saw these guys last Friday, haven't been online to post about it, but they were absolutely amazing. Ants of the Sky into Prequel to the Sequel was the highlight for me, being the Colors fanboy that I am, but the CE songs were really well done and Selkies of course was beautiful. I also wasn't too hyped about Bohemian Rhapsody but in a live setting it works so much better than you'd expect!

Surprisingly nothing from TGM was played-- which was disappointing, I would've liked to have had something from that album represented since it was pretty diverse setlist otherwise.

pain of occupation · « **Reply #649 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:57:36 PM »

ya man, thank gawd for Ozzfest

Onno · « **Reply #650 on:** August 21, 2015, 04:19:05 PM »

I never really got into BTBAM before. I mean, I liked Colors and TDM, but somehow I only listened to those albums for a short period and then never really got back to them. However, I just completed my first full listen of Coma Ecliptic, and holy shit, that was good. This may prove to be the spark for me becoming a fan.

TioJorge · « **Reply #651 on:** August 21, 2015, 10:10:57 PM »

That is the best news I've heard from receiving this album. That is awesome dude, definitely expand your horizons! But CE is their best effort in a long while. This coming from a guy whose favorite song is from their second record (Mordecai).

Onno · « **Reply #652 on:** August 22, 2015, 02:44:01 AM »

mikemangioy · « **Reply #653 on:** August 22, 2015, 05:49:37 AM »

Good god, please someone make Tommy explain well the story in CE. My head is spinning from analyizing the lyrics and spitting out theories

With that said, he truly did a great job in keeping everything vague.

PROGdrummer · « **Reply #654 on:** August 22, 2015, 08:50:11 AM »

Quote from: Onno on August 21, 2015, 04:19:05 PM

I never really got into BTBAM before. I mean, I liked Colors and TDM, but somehow I only listened to those albums for a short period and then never really got back to them. However, I just completed my first full listen of Coma Ecliptic, and holy shit, that was good. This may prove to be the spark for me becoming a fan.

Dont forget to check out The Parallax!

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #655 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:01:28 PM »

The Parallax is the best of them

Scorpion · « **Reply #656 on:** August 22, 2015, 03:47:04 PM »

Coma Ecliptic has now solidly taken its rightful spot atop my BTBAM rankings, and shows no sign of slipping in the near future.

Album of the year for me so far.

XB0BX · « **Reply #657 on:** August 22, 2015, 05:41:10 PM »

rank the btabm albums/eps guys

do it

do it for the people

The Cat Of Tuscany · « **Reply #658 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:15:39 PM »

The Great Misdirect
The Parallax II: Future Sequence
The Silent Circus
Coma Ecliptic
Colors
Alaska
The Parallax I: Hypersleep Dialogues
Between The Buried And Me

And The Anatomy of is also amazing

XB0BX · « **Reply #659 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:53:11 PM »

Quote from: The Cat Of Tuscany on August 22, 2015, 06:15:39 PM

The Great Misdirect
The Parallax II: Future Sequence
The Silent Circus
Coma Ecliptic
Colors
Alaska
The Parallax I: Hypersleep Dialogues
Between The Buried And Me

And The Anatomy of is also amazing

I too like Silent Circus a lot, I don't know why the pre-Colours albums get a bad rep. They all have moments of incredibly melodic ear candy.

Scorpion · « **Reply #660 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:56:10 PM »

1. Coma Ecliptic
2. Colors
3. The Great Misdirect
= Alaska
5. The Silent Circus
6. Parallax II
7. Parallax I
8. Between the Buried and Me

Zantera · « **Reply #661 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:57:42 PM »

I thought we did album rankings just a page ago?

1. Colors
2. Coma Ecliptic
3. The Great Misdirect
4. Parallax II
5. The Silent Circus
6. Alaska
7. BTBAM

Parallax I would be somewhere around TSC and Alaska

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #662 on:** August 22, 2015, 07:20:48 PM »

Yeah but, you know how it is..

1. The Parallax ( I + II )
2. Colors
3. Coma Ecliptic
4. The Great Misdirect
5. Alaska
6. The Silent Circus
7. BTBAM

TioJorge · « **Reply #663 on:** August 22, 2015, 09:58:36 PM »

Ohhhh DTF, you sillies.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #664 on:** August 23, 2015, 09:18:17 PM »

1. The Parallax II
2. Coma Ecliptic
3. The Great Misdirect
4. Colors
5. Alaska
6. The Silent Circus
7. S/T

1 and 2 have the potential to swap for sure

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

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