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Infobox musical artist | name = Between the Buried and Me| image =Between the Buried and Me at Porto-Rio.jpg| caption = Between the Buried and Me performing in 2010 in Puerto Rico .| image_size = 240| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh , North Carolina , USA| genre = Progressive metal , metalcore , death metal | years_active = 2000–present| label = Lifeforce Records|Lifeforce , Victory Records|Victory , Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade | website =| associated_acts = Glass Casket , Prayer for Cleansing | current_members = Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.|Tommy Giles Rogers Paul Waggoner Dustie Waring Dan Briggs (musician)|Dan Briggs Blake Richardson | past_members = Will Goodyear Nicholas Shawn Fletcher Jason Schofield King Mark Edward Castillo Kevin Falk Shane Blay Jason Roe Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal music|heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh , North Carolina . They have released a total of five studio albums, as well as a cover album, an EP and a live DVD/CD. A majority of the group's releases were made through Victory Records , until their shift to Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade in 2011 where they released their first EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues through the label on April 12, 2011.
Biography
Between the Buried and Me was founded in 2000 in Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh , North Carolina by vocalist Thomas Giles Rogers Jr., guitarist Paul Waggoner, drummer Will Goodyear, guitarist Nick Fletcher (formerly of Empire Falls), and bassist Jason King. The band's name is derived from a section of lyrics in the Counting Crows song, "Ghost Train;" "Took the cannonball down to the ocean/Across the desert from the sea to shining sea/I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation/Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me ."cite web |url= http://www.bandrescue.com/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=113& Itemid=1 |title=Between The Buried & Me - "Colors" Our World |date=2007-10-20| work=Band Rescue
Between the Buried and Me's first release was a three-song demo, containing the tracks "Use of a Weapon", "What We Have Become", and "More of Myself to Kill". These three tracks were re-recorded for the band's Between the Buried and Me (album)|self-titled debut album , released through Lifeforce Records in 2002. The album includes the track "Arsonist", a protest against the beliefs and practices of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka , Kansas . The song "Aspirations" became the band's first music video. At the time, the release was not widely known, but did manage to catch the attention of Victory Records , to which they later signed. Victory reissued the album in 2004 as an enhanced CD . Today, songs from the album are rarely played live.
In 2003, the band released their second studio album, The Silent Circus , featuring the singles "Mordecai", "Aesthetic", and "Camilla Rhodes".cite web|url= http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/92440/What-The-Hell-Happened-To...12.15.08:-Between-The-Buried-And-Me---The-Silent-Circus.htm |title=Music - What The Hell Happened To...12.15.08: Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus |publisher=411mania.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 "Mordecai" was produced as their second music video. The album was re-released in 2006 with a live DVD of the band's performance at The Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill , North Carolina on July 17, 2005. Mark Castillo played drums on The Silent Circus , replacing Will Goodyear, though for the live DVD Blake Richardson, Dustie Waring, and Dan Briggs had already joined the band, and recording for the third Between the Buried and Me album, Alaska , was already finished.
After the release of The Silent Circus , the band went through numerous members before the current lineup was assembled for Alaska . On drums, Mark Castillo was replaced by Jason Roe, and later by Blake Richardson. On guitar, Nick Fletcher was replaced by Shane Blay, and later by Dustie Waring. And on bass, Jason King (not to be confused with their engineer/producer Jamie King) was replaced by Kevin Falk , and later by Dan Briggs. This remains the current lineup.
In the summer of 2005, Between the Buried and Me released their third studio album, Alaska (album)|Alaska . The title track "Alaska" became their third music video. The album released the songs "Selkies: The Endless Obsession", "The Primer", and "Backwards Marathon" as singles. Then in the following year, the band released The Anatomy Of , a collection of covers of bands that influenced Between the Buried and Me, including Metallica , King Crimson , Pantera , Queen (band)|Queen , Pink Floyd , Earth Crisis , Counting Crows , and Soundgarden .
In September 2007, the band released their fourth studio album, Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)|Colors . Band members have said that "it's a 65 minute opus of non stop pummeling beautiful music... we have described this release as ' New Wave music|new wave polka grunge '."cite web |url= http://betweentheburiedandme.com/alaska/ |title=Between the Buried and Me quote |date=2007-06-13 The band has also described the album as " adult contemporary music|adult contemporary progressive death metal ".cite web|author=12:32 AM |url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=26849 |title=Between the Buried and Me Post Studio Update - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04
On November 6, 2008 the song "Prequel to the Sequel" was made available as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band 2 , for free download to users who redeemed a one-time use code in new copies of the game.cite web |url= http://www.rockband.com/songs/prequeltothesequel |title=Track on the Rock Band website |work=RockBand |publisher=Harmonix Music, Inc. |accessdate=2010-08-05 Since then, the tracks "Mordecai", "Obfuscation", "Alaska" and "Selkies: The Endless Obsession" have also been made available via the Rock Band Network .
On May 31, 2009, the group went into the studio to record their fifth original album, The Great Misdirect . They have described one song as having "a noisy Coalesce (band)|Coalesce breakdown, 3/4 Mastodon (band)|Mastodon groove, 9/8 The Mars Volta , Queen chromatic build up, and Megadeth chorus".cite web |url= http://btbamofficial.blogspot.com/ |title=week 1 |first=Dan |last=Briggs |coauthors=Between the Buried and Me |date=2008-12-13 |work=BTBAM WRITING SESSION: WINTER '08-'09 |publisher=Blogger |location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina |quote=Some adjectives thrown around while writing it were "noisy Coalesce breakdown", "3/4 Mastodon groove", "9/8 Mars Volta", "Queen chromatic build up", "Megadeth chorus", and a whole lot more. Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.|Tommy Giles Rogers had stated that they planned to "out do Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)|Colors ".cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=4LK9p7AaqhY |title=?BTBAM speak out on their new live DVD!!?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04
In early fall 2010, the group confirmed that they were recording an extended play|EP , which was cited as being a possible precursor for their next full-length album.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GIwLbMRi3nU |title=?Between the Buried and Me *Interview with PunkWorldViews.com* (Dan Briggs)?? |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-08-01 |accessdate=2011-07-04 In October 2010, they put up a video on their YouTube account with the band in the studio.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=DIrjTLiC218 |title=?Soon?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 January 18 a second teaser with them in the studio was posted.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ktSpVJ6nrnU |title=?Soon 2?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04
On February 21, 2011, Between the Buried and Me stated their move from Victory to Metal Blade Records , on which they released their EP entitled, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues on April 12, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.metalblade.com/english/news.php#btbam |title=Metal Blade News |publisher=Metalblade.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 In May, Victory Records announced the release of a greatest hits album as a three-disc set.cite web|url= http://www.victoryrecords.com/merch/packages/18094/Between_The_Buried_And_Me_The_Best_Of_Deluxe_Package_Deal |title=Between The Buried And Me: The Best Of Deluxe Package Deal |publisher=Victory Records |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 On January 16, 2012, Between the Buried and Me revealed that work on the part two to The Parallax has begun and it will be a full-length album rather than an EP.cite web|last=Neilstein|first=Vince|title=BTBAM ARE WORKING ON PARALLAX PART II|url= http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/16/btbam-are-working-on-parallax-part-ii/|publisher= MetalSucks |accessdate=25 January 2012
Touring
Cleanup-rewrite|This is simply an unverified list of tour dates.|article or section|date=May 2009In early 2006, Between the Buried and Me was on tour supporting Bleeding Through along with Every Time I Die and Haste the Day . They were also on the Ozzfest 2006 Second Stage.cite web |url= http://www.live-metal.net/concertreports_ozzfest2006.html |title=Tour report on Live Metal Net |work=LiveMetalNet |accessdate=2010-10-03 In late 2006, they were on the Radio Rebellion Tour headlined by Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean .cite web |url= http://www.smnnews.com/2006/07/25/radio-rebellion-tour-2006-feat-norma-jean-between-the-buried-and-me-fbtmof-misery-signals-nd-more |title=Tour info on SMN News |work=SMN News |accessdate=2010-10-03
In September 2007, after the release of Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)|Colors , the band went on tour with Animosity (band)|Animosity and Horse the Band . Giant (now known as BraveYoung) also supported their shows in the USA. The run concluded with their November 4 appearance at the Saints and Sinners Fest in Asbury Park, New Jersey. In December 2007, they again embarked on a headlining tour, supported by August Burns Red and Behold... The Arctopus . The band were also the main support on The Dillinger Escape Plan 's 2008 U.K. tour. Between the Buried and Me were one of the acts that took part at "Progressive Nation '08", the first in what became an annual Progressive rock|progressive music festival, also featuring Dream Theater , Opeth , and 3 (band)|3 .
Starting in summer 2008 and continuing in the fall, they performed as a supporting act for Children of Bodom 's US headlining tour, alongside The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder . In early December 2008, they went on a short 4-show tour around the Carolinas and Georgia (US) with other Carolina-based bands, such as He Is Legend , Advent (band)|Advent , and Nightbear. Between the Buried and Me finished a month-long tour of Australia on January 9 with headliners Bleeding Through , As Blood Runs Black , In Trenches and The Abandonment . In September 2009, Between the Buried and Me performed a Canadian Tour with Killswitch Engage and In Flames co-headlining, along with the support of Protest the Hero .cite web |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=122289 |title=Tour dates on Blabbermouth |work=Blabbermouth |accessdate=2010-05-08
In early 2010, Between the Buried and Me toured across North America with Cynic (band)|Cynic , Devin Townsend , and Scale the Summit .cite web |url= http://music.msn.com/superfans/heavy-metal/blog/between-the-buried-and-me-announce-2010-tour |title=Article announcing early 2010 tour dates |first=Phil |last=Freeman |date=2009-10-28 |work=MSN Superfans |publisher=MSN |quote=Progressive metal band Between The Buried And Me, whose latest album, The Great Misdirect, hit stores yesterday, will be launching another one of those tours where the openers kick the headliner's ass night after night in early 2010. Afterwards, they traveled to Europe supporting Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God , along with Job for a Cowboy and August Burns Red .
In February 2010, Between the Buried and Me supported Mastodon along with Baroness on their US headlining tour. During the summer of 2010, they were on the Cool Tour with As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying , Underoath , War of Ages , The Acacia Strain , Architects (British band)|Architects , Cancer Bats and Blessthefall .cite web |url= http://www.cooltour10.com/lineup.html |title=Cool Tour 2010 lineup |work=Cool Tour |accessdate=2010-05-08
In February 2011, Between the Buried and Me were confirmed to play at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival on Saturday, April 16 in Worcester, MA. They will be main support for Hatebreed . In April and May 2011 they will headline a tour featuring Job for a Cowboy, The Ocean Collective|The Ocean and on select dates Cephalic Carnage .
Between the Buried and Me also announced a headline European tour beginning in Paris , France on 02 Sept 2011 and continuing throughout the mainland and into the UK, ending up in Moscow , Russia on September 30. The tour was be supported by Animals as Leaders .
In July 2011, Between the Buried and Me announced their headlining North American tour, "Saints& Sinners Tour" playing throughout November and December with Animals as Leaders and Tesseract (band)|Tesseract . The band created a few medleys just for this tour, and performed songs that they hadn't played in years.
They are confirmed to play on the 2012 Summer Slaughter tour with bands like Cannibal Corpse , Periphery (band)|Periphery , and Job For A Cowboy .
Musical style and influence
Between the Buried and Me's general musical style has been stated by critics to be primarily a blend of metalcore , progressive metal and death metal ,cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry |title=Between the Buried and Me |url= http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/north+carolina/raleigh/between+the+buried+and+me |publisher= MusicMight |accessdate=2009-07-21cite web |author=Morris, Kurt |title= The Silent Circus review |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r662288|pure_url=yes |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Company |accessdate=2009-07-21cite web |author=Donnelly, Dave |title= Colors review |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r1206379|pure_url=yes |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Company |accessdate=2009-07-21 along with various musical styles: "One minute the band may be playing thrash metal and the next they're flowing into death growl|death metal growls and thick guitar riffs... the metal take on things can seemingly change in a flash as lead singer Tommy Rogers flashes out his vocals and utilizes the keyboards to create something that sounds more like it should be on a The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkins album".cite web |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r662288|pure_url=yes |title=Review of The Silent Circus |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Company |accessdate=2007-05-21
On the band's cover album, The Anatomy Of , the band pays tribute to many of their diverse influences, including Metallica , Queen (band)|Queen , King Crimson , Soundgarden , Pantera , Pink Floyd , Earth Crisis , and The Smashing Pumpkins.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p529701|pure_url=yes |title=Between the Buried and Me Biography |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Company |accessdate=2007-05-21
Band members
col-begincol-2;Current
Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.|Tommy Giles Rogers – lead vocalist|lead vocals , keyboard instrument|keyboards (2000–present)
Paul Waggoner – lead guitar , backing vocalist|backing vocals (2000–present)
Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)|Colors (2007, Victory)
The Great Misdirect (2009, Victory)
Other projects
Tommy Giles Rogers has an electronica side project named Giles. A music video for the song "Slumber Party" is featured on the DVD that is included on the re-release for Between the Buried and Me's second album The Silent Circus . Rogers also released a solo album on February 1, 2011, entitled Pulse (Thomas Giles album)| Pulse . The album is credited under the name Thomas Giles.
Dustie Waring and Blake Richardson are members of the deathcore band Glass Casket .
Rogers and Jacob Troth run a clothing line named Jacob Rogers.
Dan Briggs and members of Fear Before and Abigail Williams (band)|Abigail Williams are members of an experimental Supergroup (music)|supergroup named Orbs (band)|Orbs .
Will Goodyear is now the drumline instructor for the East Carolina University Marching Pirates.cite web|url= http://www.ecu.edu/band/drumline/staff.htm |title=ECU Marching Pirates Drumline |publisher=Ecu.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04
Shane Blay is now in the Christian metalcore band Oh, Sleeper .
References
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External links
Official website| http://www.btbammerch.com
Facebook|BTBAMofficial
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