Between The Buried And Me - Between The Buried And Me

Album: Colors
Genre: Progressive Metal/Mathcore
Year: 2002
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1. More Of Myself To Kill
2. Arsonist
3. Aspirations
4. What We Have Become
5. Fire For A Dry Mouth
6. Naked By The Computer
7. Use Of A Weapon
8. Shevanel Cut A Flip

This is Between The Buried And Me's self-titled debut album. This is the only album you can hear more of a Metalcore sound in their playing, but it's still so experimental and progressive (especially for the year it came out, when most bands weren't doing this) and shows you that these guys were playing original music from the very start. This is a really cool and heavy album and I love listening to it and seeing how much these guys have advanced and progressed as a band. They remind me of Pink Floyd, only in the sense that all of their albums sound sort of different, but in a way they still keep that Between The Buried And Me sound.

Between The Buried And Me - Colors

Album: Colors
Genre: Progressive Metal/Mathcore
Year: 2007
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1. Foam Born (A) The Backtrack
2. Foam Born (B) The Decade of Statues
3. Informal Gluttony
4. Sun of Nothing
5. Ants of the Sky
6. Prequel to the Sequel
7. Viridian
8. White Walls

There are really no words to describe my love for this damn album... that's how great it is. Between The Buried And Me's fourth studio release, Colors, is a fucking masterpiece of musicianship. I am beyond privileged to have seen these guys live three times... but no show could ever compare to their headlining tour in 2007, when I saw them in New York City, Blender Theater, on Halloween (with supporting acts Animosity and HORSE The Band). They played this entire album, straight through (and Selkies: The Endless Obsession as an encore) without missing a fucking note. Let's just say I was speechless when it was over (literally, I lost my voice from screaming every word) and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. These guys have taken so many different styles of music and masterfully fused them together, everything from metal and hardcore, to jazz, rock, and even a little country. This album is Between The Buried And Me at their best and the peak of their progressive development. I worship them and you should too.

Between The Buried And Me - Alaska

Album: Alaska
Genre: Progressive Metal/Mathcore
Year: 2005
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1. All Bodies
2. Alaska
3. Croakies And Boatshoes
4. Selkies: The Endless Obsession
5. Breathe In, Breathe Out
6. Roboturner
7. Backwards Marathon
8. Medicine Wheel
9. The Primer
10. Autodidact
11. Laser Speed

Alaska is one of the greatest metal albums I've ever heard (although some might beg to differ, but this blog is for my opinions, not yours). Between The Buried And Me continues to develop their sound on this, their third studio album. This is the first album that their solid line-up was established, entering in three new members since The Silent Circus (Dustie Waring on guitar and Blake Richardson on drums (both of Glass Casket) as well as amazing bassist, Dan Briggs). From the opening track, All Bodies, you already know that this album is going to knock you on your ass. And who could forget their infamous song Selkies: The Endless Obsession (which they're actually tired of playing all the time). Alaska is full of beautiful melodies, skillful drumming, poetic lyrics, and deranged harsh vocals as well as beautiful clean singing buy the amazing Tommy Rogers.

Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus

Album: The Silent Circus
Genre: Progressive Metal/Mathcore
Year: 2003
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1. Lost Perfection a) Coulrophobia
2. Lost Perfection b) Anablephobia
3. Camilla Rhodes
4. Mordecai
5. Reaction
6. Shevanel Take 2
7. Ad A Dglgmut
8. Destructo Spin
9. Aesthetic
10. The Need for Repetition

Between The Buried And Me is one of my top, most favourite bands ever... and The Silent Circus is one of my top albums. This is their second album, and boy is it fucking awesome. To those who call these guys Metalcore, you're musically ignorant... this is Progressive Metal, there's far too much skill and interchangeability for this to simply be called Metalcore. Anyway, this album was before they had their current solid line-up and features Mark Castillo (who now plays for Bury Your Dead) on drums. Every song is outstanding (especially Mordecai) the lyrics are brilliant, the drumming is intense, and the riffs and solos are technical and skillful. Highly recommended album.