This week’s flashback features the exact song that sparked my interest in more aggressive music. I was wandering around in middle school with a friend and he told me that I had to listen to a song that he had heard because “They start with synth, and then follow it with guitar, and it’s awesome.” With just that unbelievably vague description, and only because my friend recommended it as “awesome”, I went home to listen to this very song. After I listened to the song I listened to the rest of the album “Alaska”. Then I listened to their older stuff, and then to “Alaska” again. From there I’ve followed the bands every move over the years.
It’s hard to describe how important this band is to me. I know it sounds weird and dramatic when people say that. But it’s absolutely the case. This band is really important to me. It’s not a secret to anyone that Between the Buried and Me absolutely oozes talent. But they are a band with an awesome arch of development. When I started listening to them, they were definitely good, but not quite at the level they are currently. Now they span all genres in their song writing, making concept albums and telling vast stories in songs that sometimes break fifteen minutes. I just fucking love these guys. I would be real pissed off if I had lived my life up to this point having never heard of Between the Buried and Me. It’s a good thing that a 13-year-old kid looks into almost anything that’s recommended by a friend as being “awesome”. Between the Buried and Me most recently released “The Parallax II: Future Sequence” via Metal Blade.
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