To me, BTBAM is like a heavier Dream Theater I never knew I wanted. All the good, heavy bits of metalcore with the sheer variety and instrumental skill brought in from progressive metal.
Sebastian Ramirez The vocals are easily one of the best parts of Parallax, its a whole story, you can read all about it here, phenomenal story www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2012/07/24/prognotes-between-the-buried-and-mes-the-parallax-part-i-introduction/
When I first got into progressive music, Dream Theater was my favorite. They completely redefined music for me. Unfortunately as I grew a bit older, they seemed to lose a bit (especially since their best days are past). Then when a friend recommended Parallax II shortly after it came out, music completely fucking changed for me. I had never been exposed to harsh vocals or anything like it. I probably would have said I wouldn't like them. But I started the album and couldn't think of anything else until it ended. I was in a fucking trance, my girlfriend was talking to me but I was so absorbed in the album that I didn't notice anything. I had no idea what was happening at the time but I was listening to music that was perfection. BTBAM shattered what I knew about music and made me curious again. I didn't know it was possible to love music so much before, but now I can say I am obsessed with progressive metal or anything remotely similar. I actively try to find music that will strike me more than BTBAM, but I don't think I will. Until they release their next album.
I just found Native Construct a few days ago and I love them! Was absolutely blown away by Quiet World and with great timing, I believe they're working on album #2 right now. :)
Armand Medinger it is definitely not a glockenspiel. Glockenspiels are high-pitched instruments with small, metal bars, and a piercing, ringing tone. The mallet instrument used here is a marimba, played with hard rubber mallets to give it a sharper sound more similar to the sound of a xylophone (marimbas are most commonly played with yarn mallets of various hardnesses, resulting in a slightly warmer, fuller sound than what you hear in this song)
I got to watch them play Alaska all the way through just before colors came out then saw them play colors all the way through the next year and they never disappoint
@@kmacdizzle I was lucky enough to see Parallax II live. Most amazing shit I've ever seen in my life. On top of that, the venue they were playing at was literally shutting down for good after their show. That place was fucking insane.
Yeah, buddy its all like this, since the album colors they have gotten a bit more melodic, and put some more wild and fun little parts in their songs. The first few albums were a little more grind metal style, and when they'd switch tempo it was nearly neck breaking, but the band has always been perfectionists and have always pushed to make the most they can out of their music, this video you just watched was only one song from a live version of the album Parallax 2 that clocks in at around 74 minutes long, and the whole performance is that on point
TruantReacts react to between the buried and me "coma machine" and "astral body" music videos. Ive seen them live 10 times AND the contortionist opened up for them a few times when I saw them.
What always amazes me is how perfect Blake always is. I've never heard him fuck up. Not once. He's always spot on with every one of the five bazillion notes he plays in their songs.
The only downside to this being your first taste of BTBAM is the parallax is a concept album you jumped part way into. But to further answer your question, yes their music is exactly like this through their whole career. I'd like to see a reaction to Meshuggah. Any song really. I love watching people talk about the beautiful insanity that makes them who they are.
They are incredible live, so this was a great pick for a first impression of BTBAM. I also love their live video of "Turn on the Darkness" from their latest album. Another suggestion: "Shaping a Single Grain of Sand" by Textures, please? The drumming is insane to say the least.
I genuinely love seeing you get so into this song haha. Same with Hevy Devy, Leprous and Gojira. I remember having all the same reactions when I first heard them and it's great to see someone else experience it and dig it. Keep it up son \m/
You just discovered my favorite band of all time. "Beautiful mess" is absolutely right. Its a thrilling fucking rollercoaster for sure! Id go back to an older album if I were you. "White Walls" is the closing track to their breakthrough album "Colors". Absolutely recommend it. But yes, most all of their stuff is crazy like this one!
So cool that you got into the groove of things on your first listen dude. First time i heard these guys i didnt want anything to do with it lol just cowered away from my television and listened to some more SlipKnoT.
A profound and inspiring show of musicianship... BTBAM is one of my very favorite bands... I was really happy to see your reaction... they are every bit this good live at a show... Ive been!!
I’m from NC, saw them progress over the years from their very beginnings. Saw them at maybe their 3rd show. Probably the most astonishing thing I’ve witnessed as far as bands go.
That's awesome. Earliest I saw them was when they opened for Mastodon on their Crack The Skye tour (which was sick btw, they played the whole album start to finish)
"this is a journey... holy shit" Having been a fan of the band since 2002, and seeing them live many times; "Journey" is the perfect word to describe it! - Arguably the greatest band ever.
dude I love love love love FUCKING LOVE!! your vids tbh cuz u react to some AMAZING BANDS!!! and some I haven't heard of yet =) and ive been a metal head since 10 =) I'm now going to be 30 this year but u always saying move your head like we don't know =D hahah get me every time you say it =) keep it up bub oh and u have a new sub from me that's for sure =) much love =D keep them double bass/blast beasts and them just down right filthy beats and vocals coming =) love from Minnesota =D
p.s that try not to headbang challenge (expert) was funny as hell and when u lost it on bleed by messugha dude I all most caught the headbang from ya =D (I believe it was that one =-) fucking gold u are (or at least I feel that way =D )
What I need from you, is to just sit down and listen to everything they have done from colors until present. All of it is truly the best music Ive ever heard and may ever hear and I cant bear to see live the rest of your life not knowing btbam. Seriously though, React to anything from those albums and ill be watching!
So... I think to really streamline the evolution of BTBAM... You should check out a several of the highlights of all their albums as well as the bands the members that make the current roster (of now more than 13 years together) came from. Paul Waggoner (lead guitar) and Tommy Rogers (singer/keyboardist) both played guitar in a band called Prayer For Cleansing prior to starting BTBAM. Tommy was originally singing in a band named From Here On, on the same label as PFC, and became the permanent replacement for the other guitarist for PFC. In 2000, after an accident totaled their new touring van and equipment trailer, the group disbanded. Paul and Tommy, as well as the drummer and bassist formed BTBAM, while PFC vocalist Dave Anthem moved on from music. BTBAM released two albums prior to the current lineup, their self titled debut and The Silent Circus. Blake Richardson (drums) and Dustie Waring (guitar) are also members of the band Glass Casket, playing the same instruments. Blake, Dustie, and the bassist Dan Briggs, all joined the lineup and toured prior to recording the album Alaska and that has been the lineup ever since. For Prayer For Cleansing; check out Sonnet, Feinbhas A Ghabhail, Bael Na Mblath, and The Closet. For Glass Casket I recommend: Pencil Lead Syringe, In Between the Sheets, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Phenomenon/Too Scared to Live, and Post Traumatic Death. BTBAM: Self Titled: Aspirations, Naked by the Computer, Shevenal Cut A Flip, and More of Myself to Kill The Silent Circus: Lost Perfection ( Whole song is split into the first two tracks on the album), Mordecai, Ad A Dglgmut, and Aesthetic. Alaska: All Bodies, Alaska, Selkies- The Endless Obsession, Backwards Marathon, and Autodidact. The Anatomy Of is a collection of covers of the bands that influenced them: Geek USA (Smashing Pumpkins), The Day I Tried to Live (Soundgarden), Change (Blind Melon), Us and Them (Pink Floyd), and Bicycle Race (Queen) are my favorites. Colors was their watershed moment and first concept album. Just take an hour and 5 minutes and listen to the album straight through... Informal Gluttony, Ants of the Sky and Viridian are my favorite tracks... but the whole album merits a listen. The Great Misdirect... such a great album. Obfuscation, Fossil Genera (A Feed from Could Mountain); Disease, Injury, Madness; and my overall BTBAM fave... Swim to the Moon... another epic journey of a song. Parallax I and II... they are a concept album split into an EP (I) and a full length (II). My favorites are Augment of Rebirth, Lunar Wilderness, Lay Your Ghosts to Rest, Telos, Bloom, Melting City, and Silent Flight Parliament. Coma Ecliptic, again a concept album. The Coma Machine, The Ectopic Stroll, King Redeem/Queen Serene, Memory Palace, and Life in Velvet are my favorites. Their newest album Automata I, as you might have guessed, is the first half of a concept double album. Condemned to the Gallows, Yellow Eyes, Millions, and Blot are my favorites.
Yeah man, this probably one of the best BTBAM songs ever, and it's even more intense in this live version. I heard some of the earlier stuff but didn't get into the band's sounds. Until I heard this song and the album it is on. And thats when it "clicked" inside my brain. That song was the portal to my love for this band.
Subscribed as soon as I heard u say "This is a beautiful mess" I think the band would love that description. BtBaM is one of my all-time favorite bands and I love seeing ppl experience them for the 1st time. U need to listen to the whole thing, now. The Parallax: Hypersleep dialogues EP and The Parallax: Future Sequence LP. Both together comprise ONE complete concept album, and tell one story between them. "Extremophile Elite" is just one small part of a much larger story. Should read along with the lyrics, as well.
When you have the time, I would suggest watching that whole performance. They play the whole album all the way through. Also they played the album Colors all the way through live. I would check that out for sure as well.
actually BTBAM is a mix of dream theater, yes, rush, a little dash of Kansas and a flash of Opeth with many humorous bits thrown in as well. Maybe even a bit of Oingo Boingo with the humorous bits. Phenomenal fucking band. Always pushing the limits. And dude has a serious set of pipes.
I've had the pleasure to see BTBAM live three times. Every single concert was fkn amazing as well. Listen to their album Colors, masterpiece from beginning to end.
Definitely check out "White Walls" or "Selkies"! Although, the album "Colors" was written as a whole piece of music so I definitely recommend listening to the whole album from beginning to end. Much love from North Carolina 🤘🖤
I had this shitty food service job one summer to make some money for university. After I got done every night, I would drive around the lake it was on, get blazed, and listen to Colors live. The last day I worked there, I ended up listening to White Walls on repeat until 4 in the morning. It just never got old.
Love your humility bro! This band has been in my top 3 for quite some time next to August burns red and periphery and they never cease to amaze! Please do some more by them - I recommend kicking it back to 2005 with Selkies: The Endless Obsession. #carpetthestar #betweenthetoes
This has probably been suggested numerous times already, but check out the entire Colors album. 68(ish) minutes of non-stop music. They released a live DVD/CD as well if you'd rather check out the live version. Probably their best album, IMO.
Get the Colors Live Disc and catch the tour that they are on right now for that album (if its not already sold out) an enjoy. Also listen to the The Silent Circus, Alaska, albums, they're such a diverse band!
BTBAM is like if Rush first started playing music during the beginning of the metalcore/post-hardcore scene. If you want to check out their first big hit listen to "Alaska", it's much different. They became more of this progressive experiment during the album Colors and it's very hard to recommend a single song because the album is designed to listen all the way through. It's pretty amazing but to get the best sense of that album probably check out "Ants in the Sky" and then "White Walls".
Aw, man! And that Killer Be Killed song, you see it in the videos to watch next [with the nuclear blast logo]. It's not the MOST complex/progressive shit, but fuuuuck it's catchy as hell and just super fun!
i love how open-minded this dude is. btbam has been my favorite band of all-time (since 2009), but i hated them for years after i saw them live and refused to accept how genius their arrangements truly are. kudos to truant reacting so well to the complexities.
Dude ! please do: Twelve Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing! - Prog metal from Australia which mix comedy and like "12" music genres ! Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic (official video) - Post Metal from Poland with amazing female vocals Animals and Leaders - any song is a masterpiece as the band consist instrumental geniuses my favorite is the one from brutal assault festival #live ruclips.net/video/DWfg5BhYL5I/видео.html
That fuckin clean second verse in the riff gets me every fucking time. Even though i dont know what the fuck they said in that middle part. CARVE ONE SKIN OUT OF AERIN SOIL, SENDS CHILLS THROUGHOUT, MY BODYYYYY!
Bruh, read the lyrics in your CD jacket. Or just check your original comment for your own typo or misinterpretation of the lyrics. Whichever way you want to cut it, you are incorrect.
Very soon after listening to the full album on youtube, I had to go buy it. Coma Ecliptic is also really good. BUT OMFG COLORS IS INCREDIBLE. You HAVE to check out Ants of the Sky.
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Favorite band of all time, watching you react to them made me feel like I was listening to them for the first time again! Cheers from Canada.
Also, if you're into these guys you should check out Native Construct - Mute. Their whole Quiet World cd is amazing and it's the single!
WillVol fuck yesssssss
WillVol these guys are Canadians right?
WillVol are you me? That's literally what I've been telling everyone I know who likes BTBAM and I'm Canadian!
Leaf reporting in. Also my fav band :D
To me, BTBAM is like a heavier Dream Theater I never knew I wanted. All the good, heavy bits of metalcore with the sheer variety and instrumental skill brought in from progressive metal.
I am like you the band that i never thought i wanted but i heavily dislike the Dream Theater vocals and BTBAM is PERFECT for me
Sebastian Ramirez The vocals are easily one of the best parts of Parallax, its a whole story, you can read all about it here, phenomenal story www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2012/07/24/prognotes-between-the-buried-and-mes-the-parallax-part-i-introduction/
When I first got into progressive music, Dream Theater was my favorite. They completely redefined music for me. Unfortunately as I grew a bit older, they seemed to lose a bit (especially since their best days are past).
Then when a friend recommended Parallax II shortly after it came out, music completely fucking changed for me. I had never been exposed to harsh vocals or anything like it. I probably would have said I wouldn't like them. But I started the album and couldn't think of anything else until it ended. I was in a fucking trance, my girlfriend was talking to me but I was so absorbed in the album that I didn't notice anything.
I had no idea what was happening at the time but I was listening to music that was perfection. BTBAM shattered what I knew about music and made me curious again. I didn't know it was possible to love music so much before, but now I can say I am obsessed with progressive metal or anything remotely similar. I actively try to find music that will strike me more than BTBAM, but I don't think I will.
Until they release their next album.
Sebastian Ramirez all amazing bands I try to listen to a lot haha!
I just found Native Construct a few days ago and I love them! Was absolutely blown away by Quiet World and with great timing, I believe they're working on album #2 right now. :)
"So, so many things going on...I'm overwhelmed"
-Welcome to the amazingly fucked up world of BTBAM
6:00 "wheres this gonna go next"
-> proceeds to play xylophones :)
it's actually glockenspiel !!
that was quite good timing hahaha
That's actually a marimba, but he's playing it with hard rubber mallets, so it has the timbre of a xylophone.
Armand Medinger it is definitely not a glockenspiel. Glockenspiels are high-pitched instruments with small, metal bars, and a piercing, ringing tone. The mallet instrument used here is a marimba, played with hard rubber mallets to give it a sharper sound more similar to the sound of a xylophone (marimbas are most commonly played with yarn mallets of various hardnesses, resulting in a slightly warmer, fuller sound than what you hear in this song)
Its actually a 60 string guitar with wood strings played with a long rubber pick
best thing about BTBAM is their live show. you would think something like this would be impossible to pull off live, but they nail it.
Colours
I got to watch them play Alaska all the way through just before colors came out then saw them play colors all the way through the next year and they never disappoint
@@kmacdizzle I was lucky enough to see Parallax II live. Most amazing shit I've ever seen in my life. On top of that, the venue they were playing at was literally shutting down for good after their show. That place was fucking insane.
Totally agree. Saw them over 10 years ago and it is still in my top 5 performances I've ever seen.
Yeah, buddy its all like this, since the album colors they have gotten a bit more melodic, and put some more wild and fun little parts in their songs. The first few albums were a little more grind metal style, and when they'd switch tempo it was nearly neck breaking, but the band has always been perfectionists and have always pushed to make the most they can out of their music, this video you just watched was only one song from a live version of the album Parallax 2 that clocks in at around 74 minutes long, and the whole performance is that on point
paralax 2 is my fave album. i also got into them since colors which brought back my faith in modern musicianship
Their albums never fail me.
These guys have been my favorite band for the past decade, seen them live 8 times, and truly got me into Progressive Metal. BTBAM!!!
fuck yea! Same here
I feel like your exact comment applies to so many of us. ✋
One of a kind. Outrageous. Musicianship above and beyond any other.
Check "Silent Flight Parliament" from this same live next :D
Ramon Cardinali de Fernandes yes!!! Amazing as well.
I Second this . I think the album should be played as a whole though
yea dude, that song is brutal
Silent flight parliament is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard
Hell yeah!!!!!! You listened to my request!
fantastic request, this shit blew my mind!
TruantReacts react to between the buried and me "coma machine" and "astral body" music videos. Ive seen them live 10 times AND the contortionist opened up for them a few times when I saw them.
such jealousy, i want to see them so bad
I agree with coma machine also Selkies is a classic by them
requested about 12 times as well :D you got a good taste, sir :)
Also BTBAM- White Walls (live concert from Colors album), short (4min) solo are amazing.
Delf Ant I second this
My favorite album of BTBAM was colors. I think vocally it was an eargasm
BTBAM is basically what would happen if Dream Theater was better and had an actual good vocalist.
You said it... A beautiful mess!
I LIKE THESE GUYS ALOT !!!! love the breakdowns and micro changes, and the multitude of variance PLZ bring them back Bro
check out "Lay Your Ghost To Rest" by the BTBAM. It is insane!
I fucking love that song to death...
Fuck, BTBAM's best chorus, for sure.
I’m so happy to see you watching this! BTBAM is one of my all time favorite bands of all time!
thank you anyone that submitted this, im in love!
Blake fucking Richardson
Enzo Piatti yeaahh, true beast
What always amazes me is how perfect Blake always is. I've never heard him fuck up. Not once. He's always spot on with every one of the five bazillion notes he plays in their songs.
Watch them play their album colors in its entirety... life changing
Check out the song white walls from the 'colors' live dvd. Easily this bands best work
Awesome classic!
One of the best reactions of any song I've seen! Love the orchestral reaction hahaha
this song is like the christmas gift that just keeps on givin'!
The only downside to this being your first taste of BTBAM is the parallax is a concept album you jumped part way into. But to further answer your question, yes their music is exactly like this through their whole career.
I'd like to see a reaction to Meshuggah. Any song really. I love watching people talk about the beautiful insanity that makes them who they are.
New BTBAM came out today. Condemned to the Gallows. You should definitely check it out!
They are incredible live, so this was a great pick for a first impression of BTBAM. I also love their live video of "Turn on the Darkness" from their latest album.
Another suggestion: "Shaping a Single Grain of Sand" by Textures, please? The drumming is insane to say the least.
Hail, check out Astral Body. Other song from Between the buried and me.
Jorge Antonio de Oliveira Pinto I agree
telos and lay your ghosts to rest are personally my favorite. The parallax 2 is one of the best metal albums I've ever listened to.
Thanks a lot for reacting! All the best from Germany :))))
I love BTBAM because like you said, every song is a journey. I listen to their albums at work and every cd is like an odyssey into the wonderful.
I genuinely love seeing you get so into this song haha. Same with Hevy Devy, Leprous and Gojira. I remember having all the same reactions when I first heard them and it's great to see someone else experience it and dig it. Keep it up son \m/
You just discovered my favorite band of all time. "Beautiful mess" is absolutely right. Its a thrilling fucking rollercoaster for sure!
Id go back to an older album if I were you. "White Walls" is the closing track to their breakthrough album "Colors". Absolutely recommend it.
But yes, most all of their stuff is crazy like this one!
Fossil Genera or Turn On The Darkness by BTBAM
GarageBand Covers oh god i LOVE FOSSIL
such a badass son on my Fav BTBAM album
So cool that you got into the groove of things on your first listen dude. First time i heard these guys i didnt want anything to do with it lol just cowered away from my television and listened to some more SlipKnoT.
A profound and inspiring show of musicianship... BTBAM is one of my very favorite bands... I was really happy to see your reaction... they are every bit this good live at a show... Ive been!!
I’m from NC, saw them progress over the years from their very beginnings. Saw them at maybe their 3rd show. Probably the most astonishing thing I’ve witnessed as far as bands go.
That's awesome. Earliest I saw them was when they opened for Mastodon on their Crack The Skye tour (which was sick btw, they played the whole album start to finish)
"this is a journey... holy shit"
Having been a fan of the band since 2002, and seeing them live many times;
"Journey" is the perfect word to describe it! - Arguably the greatest band ever.
BTBAM - Coma Machine! It's a kick ass song with a killer music video!
Gotta love the first time someone gets their mind blown by btbam. Can't wait to see them March 2nd in Chicago
dude I love love love love FUCKING LOVE!! your vids tbh cuz u react to some AMAZING BANDS!!! and some I haven't heard of yet =) and ive been a metal head since 10 =) I'm now going to be 30 this year but u always saying move your head like we don't know =D hahah get me every time you say it =) keep it up bub oh and u have a new sub from me that's for sure =) much love =D keep them double bass/blast beasts and them just down right filthy beats and vocals coming =) love from Minnesota =D
p.s that try not to headbang challenge (expert) was funny as hell and when u lost it on bleed by messugha dude I all most caught the headbang from ya =D (I believe it was that one =-) fucking gold u are (or at least I feel that way =D )
Telos by between the buried and me that song gives me chills especially the breakdown.
Haha nice. Welcome to BTBAM. Hold on tight:)
"where is this gonna go next?" percussion ensemble ensues hahaha.
love the vids mate.
What I need from you, is to just sit down and listen to everything they have done from colors until present. All of it is truly the best music Ive ever heard and may ever hear and I cant bear to see live the rest of your life not knowing btbam. Seriously though, React to anything from those albums and ill be watching!
Between the Buried and Me loves to hit every single emotion in every song.
So... I think to really streamline the evolution of BTBAM... You should check out a several of the highlights of all their albums as well as the bands the members that make the current roster (of now more than 13 years together) came from.
Paul Waggoner (lead guitar) and Tommy Rogers (singer/keyboardist) both played guitar in a band called Prayer For Cleansing prior to starting BTBAM. Tommy was originally singing in a band named From Here On, on the same label as PFC, and became the permanent replacement for the other guitarist for PFC. In 2000, after an accident totaled their new touring van and equipment trailer, the group disbanded. Paul and Tommy, as well as the drummer and bassist formed BTBAM, while PFC vocalist Dave Anthem moved on from music. BTBAM released two albums prior to the current lineup, their self titled debut and The Silent Circus. Blake Richardson (drums) and Dustie Waring (guitar) are also members of the band Glass Casket, playing the same instruments. Blake, Dustie, and the bassist Dan Briggs, all joined the lineup and toured prior to recording the album Alaska and that has been the lineup ever since.
For Prayer For Cleansing; check out Sonnet, Feinbhas A Ghabhail, Bael Na Mblath, and The Closet.
For Glass Casket I recommend: Pencil Lead Syringe, In Between the Sheets, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Phenomenon/Too Scared to Live, and Post Traumatic Death.
BTBAM:
Self Titled: Aspirations, Naked by the Computer, Shevenal Cut A Flip, and More of Myself to Kill
The Silent Circus: Lost Perfection ( Whole song is split into the first two tracks on the album), Mordecai, Ad A Dglgmut, and Aesthetic.
Alaska: All Bodies, Alaska, Selkies- The Endless Obsession, Backwards Marathon, and Autodidact.
The Anatomy Of is a collection of covers of the bands that influenced them: Geek USA (Smashing Pumpkins), The Day I Tried to Live (Soundgarden), Change (Blind Melon), Us and Them (Pink Floyd), and Bicycle Race (Queen) are my favorites.
Colors was their watershed moment and first concept album. Just take an hour and 5 minutes and listen to the album straight through... Informal Gluttony, Ants of the Sky and Viridian are my favorite tracks... but the whole album merits a listen.
The Great Misdirect... such a great album. Obfuscation, Fossil Genera (A Feed from Could Mountain); Disease, Injury, Madness; and my overall BTBAM fave... Swim to the Moon... another epic journey of a song.
Parallax I and II... they are a concept album split into an EP (I) and a full length (II). My favorites are Augment of Rebirth, Lunar Wilderness, Lay Your Ghosts to Rest, Telos, Bloom, Melting City, and Silent Flight Parliament.
Coma Ecliptic, again a concept album. The Coma Machine, The Ectopic Stroll, King Redeem/Queen Serene, Memory Palace, and Life in Velvet are my favorites.
Their newest album Automata I, as you might have guessed, is the first half of a concept double album. Condemned to the Gallows, Yellow Eyes, Millions, and Blot are my favorites.
MickeyKraut419 dude you are spot on with your track selections
I like the way you took a moment to appreciate the carpet.
Yeah man, this probably one of the best BTBAM songs ever, and it's even more intense in this live version. I heard some of the earlier stuff but didn't get into the band's sounds. Until I heard this song and the album it is on. And thats when it "clicked" inside my brain. That song was the portal to my love for this band.
Subscribed as soon as I heard u say "This is a beautiful mess" I think the band would love that description. BtBaM is one of my all-time favorite bands and I love seeing ppl experience them for the 1st time. U need to listen to the whole thing, now. The Parallax: Hypersleep dialogues EP and The Parallax: Future Sequence LP. Both together comprise ONE complete concept album, and tell one story between them. "Extremophile Elite" is just one small part of a much larger story. Should read along with the lyrics, as well.
Recommend checking out Bloom, The Coma Machine or Lay Your Ghosts to Rest
Lay Your Ghosts To Rest. Yes.
Yes. This. Lay your Ghosts to Rest is one of my all time favourite song. Together with Ants of the Sky the bands best song.
my favorite band since i first heard Alaska,8th grade.. 2005
I'd like to recommend you "protest the hero". they music is fun, heavy and complex too (I don't know how to describe them....)
When you have the time, I would suggest watching that whole performance. They play the whole album all the way through. Also they played the album Colors all the way through live. I would check that out for sure as well.
actually BTBAM is a mix of dream theater, yes, rush, a little dash of Kansas and a flash of Opeth with many humorous bits thrown in as well. Maybe even a bit of Oingo Boingo with the humorous bits. Phenomenal fucking band. Always pushing the limits. And dude has a serious set of pipes.
Yes, it is all like this, and they are amazing. Listen to their Colors album from start to finish. You will not be disappointed.
My request: The Safety Fire - Huge Hammers ... enjoy! :)
That song got me into TSF, so good. It's really too bad they split up :(
Indeed, sir. Miss them heaps!
Such a great song.
I've had the pleasure to see BTBAM live three times. Every single concert was fkn amazing as well. Listen to their album Colors, masterpiece from beginning to end.
I personally like Parallax better but Colors is still fantastic.
Ryan Sadauskis Same. The Parallax 2 was hands down their trippiest album.
Should check out Telos. Fucking INTENSE song.
They just gods! Every song is a hard job
Yesss! It'd be awesome to hear something from colors. Just got tickets for the colors anniversary tour
The band that changed my life. Long live Colors.
This is a pretty damn good some to begin your BTBAM journey with!
Silent Flight Parliament (from the same live DVD) is killer too.
Definitely check out "White Walls" or "Selkies"! Although, the album "Colors" was written as a whole piece of music so I definitely recommend listening to the whole album from beginning to end. Much love from North Carolina 🤘🖤
My favorite band of all time :)
check out Between the buried and me's live performance of White Walls
WHITE WALLS SAVED MY LIFE!
Giovanni to me it's still one of their best songs.....cut my teeth on that and Alaska back in high school
I had this shitty food service job one summer to make some money for university. After I got done every night, I would drive around the lake it was on, get blazed, and listen to Colors live. The last day I worked there, I ended up listening to White Walls on repeat until 4 in the morning. It just never got old.
This is such a fantastic reaction to an amazing track, smashed that subscribe button!
This has the best fucking reactions!! "this drummer is a fuckin tank" "this is a fuckin journey this, holy shit" XD
One of the best bands in the genre. Musically/ drummer wise masterful shit. and crazy/ sparatic ha.
Crazy thing is, they just finished an American tour for this album AND Tommy, (the singer) was sick during this recording!
Love your humility bro! This band has been in my top 3 for quite some time next to August burns red and periphery and they never cease to amaze! Please do some more by them - I recommend kicking it back to 2005 with Selkies: The Endless Obsession. #carpetthestar #betweenthetoes
This has probably been suggested numerous times already, but check out the entire Colors album. 68(ish) minutes of non-stop music. They released a live DVD/CD as well if you'd rather check out the live version. Probably their best album, IMO.
BTBAM is like being in alternate dimensions of audio visual reality!
saw these dudes at Tremont music hall with Norma Jean, .hopesfall, Zao back in 2002. The pit was nuts
My favorite song of all time......
So fucking good gives me chills.
You should check out Alaska by these guys same line up and everything and the sound of the band is way different has more of a Tech death sound.
Get the Colors Live Disc and catch the tour that they are on right now for that album (if its not already sold out) an enjoy. Also listen to the The Silent Circus, Alaska, albums, they're such a diverse band!
one of the best bands on earth
You should check out their live performance of their album Colors. It will blow your mind.
Where’s this gonna go next?! HAHA Wtf? my reaction first time too 😂 BTBAM IS so awesome
You definetily should react to Ayreon - The Day When The World Breaks Down. Hope you`ll enjoy it, a masterpiece.
you did my request as well if looks like, fuck yeah! great song! Silent Flight Parliament at Fidelitorium next!
favorite metal band since 06’
Love your videos, BTBAM is my favorite band. EVERY band member is AMAZING. Try "Blot" from the new album. Greetings from Long Island NY
BTBAM is like if Rush first started playing music during the beginning of the metalcore/post-hardcore scene. If you want to check out their first big hit listen to "Alaska", it's much different. They became more of this progressive experiment during the album Colors and it's very hard to recommend a single song because the album is designed to listen all the way through. It's pretty amazing but to get the best sense of that album probably check out "Ants in the Sky" and then "White Walls".
Probably your best reaction ever...what could be next?
Hey man, if you liked this songs combination of instruments and styles you should check out Diablo Swing Orchestra's sruff!
Aw, man! And that Killer Be Killed song, you see it in the videos to watch next [with the nuclear blast logo]. It's not the MOST complex/progressive shit, but fuuuuck it's catchy as hell and just super fun!
i love how open-minded this dude is. btbam has been my favorite band of all-time (since 2009), but i hated them for years after i saw them live and refused to accept how genius their arrangements truly are. kudos to truant reacting so well to the complexities.
This is pure gold. Please do more BTBAM
You gatta see the colors live dvd in its entirety
check out anything from the great misdirect. Amazing album.
I fucking love between the buried
Would genuinely love to see what you make of Ne Obliviscaris - Painters of the Tempest (part 2)
4:03 ‘this is a beautiful mess’ a perfect description for prog metal 🤘🏻
Dude ! please do:
Twelve Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing! - Prog metal from Australia which mix comedy and like "12" music genres !
Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic (official video) - Post Metal from Poland with amazing female vocals
Animals and Leaders - any song is a masterpiece as the band consist instrumental geniuses my favorite is the one from brutal assault festival #live ruclips.net/video/DWfg5BhYL5I/видео.html
That fuckin clean second verse in the riff gets me every fucking time. Even though i dont know what the fuck they said in that middle part.
CARVE ONE SKIN OUT OF AERIN SOIL, SENDS CHILLS THROUGHOUT, MY BODYYYYY!
*Carve one's skin out of their own soil...
See the above, ellipsis-using prick.
Bruh, read the lyrics in your CD jacket. Or just check your original comment for your own typo or misinterpretation of the lyrics. Whichever way you want to cut it, you are incorrect.
Allow me to re-elaborate my previous statement; I. Do. Not. CARE.
yes all their music is varied like this ! Try Mirrors/Obfuscation!
Very soon after listening to the full album on youtube, I had to go buy it. Coma Ecliptic is also really good. BUT OMFG COLORS IS INCREDIBLE.
You HAVE to check out Ants of the Sky.
Telos was the first song I heard from them.
You absolutely have to react to the live version of "turn on the darkness" by BTBAM. It will blow your friggin socks off
Check out their "the anatomy of" album. It's all tributes to bands they have been influenced by.
You should react to their song Voice of Trespass. It's off their new album, and it's a banger (also a bopper)