Your thoughts on Between the Buried and Me?

Avantgardehead wrote: They seem to me like a metalcore band that throws-in random, zany stuff to try and be "progressive" and different. Their experimentation doesn't feel genuine and the novelty is lost on me...

The Metalcore element is no longer really apparent in their music. It's here and there, but the metal side of it is now really drawing a lot from death and thrash metal and not really metalcore anymore.
A band like BtBaM really do set out to express themselves, and I never felt anything they did was anything other than genuine.

They seem to me like a metalcore band that throws-in random, zany stuff to try and be "progressive" and different. Their experimentation doesn't feel genuine and the novelty is lost on me...

They're going into the studio pretty soon, after another North American tour . Also they're recording Colors live at a show in Nashville and releasing it as a DVD...tickets are only $6, they're playing 2 sets: 1 is all colors, and the 2nd is old favorites  I can't wait for the release.

I saw them live a month ago opening for DT and these totally blew me away, they sounded very professional, especially the vocalist and the drummer.

I like them alright, though I used to love them. One of my phases I suppose.

Colors was good, but not quite on the highest level I think the band could reach. I think now that, with Colors, they have ceased being a metalcore band with progressive metal tenancies, and more a progressive metal band with metalcore tenancies, and I think this is a style they can begin perfecting now that Colors is over and done with. and they are touring with so many prog metal bands as opposed to metalcore bands.

their image is changing, and I think the music will too, and it'll all get better than it already is.

Good band, but I think their future is brighter than their past.


Also, I thought I'd add my two cents: live, supposedly they are very good. My friend has seen them 3 times, liked them all 3 times, and based on some youtube videos they seem technically capable and adept live, although their stage presence is a bit lacking.

heyitsthatguy wrote: The T wrote: Plankowner wrote: Saw them last night in Orlando with the Progressive Nation 2008 tour.  When they took the stage the first thing that struck me is how young they were.     The break down parts in the prequel to a sequel wasn't nearly as clean as on their album colours.   They only had a half hour so it was pretty much just Selkies, Prequel to the sequel, Viridian and White Walls.   Only thing I took away from them was they had some very intense bass lines:)   Now 3 on the other hand just blew me away.       I agree. I saw them the day before in Miami (review in the live lounge) and the ones that really blew me away were THREE. BTBAM lacks stage presence, and the sound was horrible. The music is so much better on record than live... and they look... kind of weird for such an extreme band, not that it matters anyway but when they took thew stage I was ready for some emo really... Great band on record, so-so life. that's odd, my friend who saw them in New York said their vocalist had insane stage presence

Plankowner wrote: Saw them last night in Orlando with the Progressive Nation 2008 tour.  When they took the stage the first thing that struck me is how young they were.     The break down parts in the prequel to a sequel wasn't nearly as clean as on their album colours.   They only had a half hour so it was pretty much just Selkies, Prequel to the sequel, Viridian and White Walls.   Only thing I took away from them was they had some very intense bass lines:)   Now 3 on the other hand just blew me away.

heyitsthatguy wrote: Toaster Mantis wrote: Never heard them, but their name and general presentation strikes me as sickeningly pretentious. sorry but their name strikes me more as something "core" than anything else, which is what they were when they were starting out...not really pretentious

I don't mind death metal vocals, but I can't stand the more hardcore/throaty kind of death vocals (especially from the BTBAM guy). His pitch and tone are nails on the chalkboard for me.

I love them a lot. I had been getting bored with the general state of metal, but BtBaM is one of those bands that have made it exciting for me again. Colors is just a phenomenal album IMO and if they ever come to Melbourne, I'll definitely see them live.