Agreed. This set doesn’t get a lot of attention in the btbam community for the most part, but my go to more often than anything other than great misdirect and colors
I don't know man they have a lot of great albums. It is hard for me to pick the best album because most of there albums I like them for different reasons.
@@BearInThaWoods It's crazy because I was so about Parallax I and when II dropped I thought the band lost everything that made them great and made their distinct qualities worse (especially tommy's vocals and all the terrible choruses / gimmicky "polka/avant-garde" sections)
One of the things I've noticed about this band is that they play everything live exactly like it sounds on the album. They are absolute pure music perfectionists.
Every track in this EP is perfect. No filler, all meat, and super unique compositions. The two parallax albums for me are my favourite, a style no other band has replicated. The first few times i listened to this album, i was literally dripping with sweat, just from imagining this being played
I wish this ep got more attention both from within the band and without. It's just so tight, there isn't any filler here, not a single second. I also resonate deeply with the themes and feelings this explores, a dark, cold place that these dudes don't go very often. It also fucking shreds! Where did these riffs come from? Insane
Blake's snare on great misdirect fucking super sweet. hypersleep is my most favourable of their entire discography. and I think the production is quite good. I wish Alaska and even colors production had more clarity in guitar work as misdirect and hypersleep. There's far too much high end on guitar with most metal. takes willingness to eq your stereos to bring out a full sound that gives it the credit it deserves
This band's music is so technical and complex, it's hard to stray from perfection when they play live. They are so tight as a 5 piece and it's uncannily mesmerizing as they magically transport you inside one of their albums. 🤟🔥
The more I listen to this EP, the more I believe it is purely a showcase for Blakes insane skill. Watching him play all 3 tracks without Tommy's vocals is something else. Fantastic
I pre-ordered this CD, obviously years ago and I just listened again here and still mind blown after all these years. It's been years since I've listened. Parallax 2 is still my favorite of all time but, this is, um, idk, just awesome. I feel like it was ahead of it's time in retrospect.
Hamilton I would argue that their self titled is their worst. Obviously it was crucial to their development, but some stretches in that original album made me cringe. But it was cool they made a song about anti-gay pastor Fred Phelps and their nutty cult in my birth town.
i swear, the composer puts those electronic space station sound waves to give the instrumentalists a break from the insanity of muscle spasms they have to endure to play such epicness
Colors, tgm, parallax ii, coma and automata are all 10/10. I have no complaints in a single song on any of those albums. Yet this 30 min ep stands on top of the rest for me. It's just that fucking good. This is an 11/10. Some of the closest we will ever come to pure perfection in the genre.
+Justin Yu bro when i heard this ep by btbam that was when i decided i was going to get serious about playing guitar! I still have a long way to go but im on my way! good luck to u man!
LYRICS 1) Specular Reflection [Prospect #1] [Verse 1] A twisted crash... vibrations forming my personal currency A lifeline... a sweatbox, the linear mind as one Who would have thought? This distant face... Distant life... never before seen Deep sleep in deep sea Nerves are torn from their ends Distant life... never before seen Deep sleep in deep sea Nerves are torn from their ends [Verse 2] It has been three nights and still the puzzle is cut by a shaky hand Carved out of improper materials... imperfect directions A crushing sound soon awakes Where am I? The taste of sand wipes away the grime of my past life... A crushing sound soon awakes Where am I? The taste of sand wipes away the grime of my past life... The life I fled... the grip I loosened It has all caused an even pressure. The kind they show us on our screens I've become what I've force-fed my entire life... a drifter's dream... a loner's mind Wanting what they have... their perfect smiles and heartless lusts [Verse 3] On night four, they come back Awakening a new life Over and over... like I've been there before Living and breathing, but still choking A mirror stares back. I contort like the wheels in my head... On night four, they come back Awakening a new life Over and over... like I've been there before Living and breathing, but still choking A mirror stares back Still nothing happens. Please wake up [Prospect #2] [Verse 4] I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin The soft touch of your hair Your breath I breathe in I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin The soft touch of your hair Your breath I breathe in I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin The soft touch of your hair Your breath I breathe in, breathe in [Verse 5] The reality chases and catches up on actual alertness I'm awake... a daydream... alone. Silence This is the last few years rolled into one instance I need something new [Verse 6] I jerk back in and out of a daydream self A backwards day... water surrounds A cool breeze wrapping its smell around my skin I jerk back in and out of a daydream self A backwards day... water surrounds A cool breeze wrapping its smell around my skin The midday siren awakes what was a false idea of sleep Daydream society. Walking past what we used to see [Verse 7] Beginning again Beginning again Walking into a certain state of... Walking into a certain state of suffocation Walking into a certain state of suffocation Walking into... Confusion surrounds... day after day The questions I face... the dealings I deal Do I complete me? Do I complete humanity? This day will determine it all [Prospects #1 and #2] [Chorus] Mirror stares back again. I contort like the wheels in my head... Still nothing ever happens. Please wake up Mirror stares back again I contort like the wheels in my head... Still nothing ever happens Please wake up 2)Agument of Rebirth [Prospect #2] Moving forward Moving forward Memories left behind. A new life, a new journey. I've built anew For mankind... for my kind For mankind... for my kind The vessel stares back at me. From every angle, the menacing smile latches on Talking walls speak and spell my life story My past life The vessel sleeps beside me... the comfort breath Morning skin of machine, of humanity's beginnings Am I God? I've been called worse... drift in and out The vessel brings me sleep Morning skin of machine, of humanity's beginnings Drift in and out The vessel brings me sleep Hyper Sleep [Prospect #1] Mind bending strategy game. Running through obstacles on a land never ventured Every night. Every wake Alone but not for long Alone but not for long The signals worked. Did I want this? I must go back and explain my reasonings Worse things have happened: Worse things will happen The signals worked Did I want this? I must go back and explain my reasonings Worse things have happened Worse things will happen The old atlas is found. No matter what I do it's been done... it's been worse This is not reassuring Imperfect. Improper. Extinct They have found me This is not reassuring Imperfect Improper Extinct They have found me A new journey [Prospect #2] They have found me A new journey They have found me A new journey They have found me I approach unfamiliar ground Left standing with the air swirling silently A creepy siren, the siren of loneliness Twisting, falling, and screaming I approach unfamiliar ground. Left standing with the air swirling silently A creepy siren, the siren of loneliness Twisting, falling, and screaming Please break out The crumbling starts. Inch by inch the ground takes over The wretched clench of my insides Unspeakable anguish... this fucking contortion Awake, mime standing Air swirling around me... silent Siren of loneliness. This is real isn't it? Can't tell these days, the longest fucking days Why the anger I wonder? To create To recreate To create To recreate Have I become a God? I have been called much worse Secretly that title makes me feel comfortable In my place It's been a while This God-like complex does bring me a smile To create To recreate To create To recreate Down to the last seed, I stand with a dark stare Still silent, still frighteningly silent Down to the last seed, I stand with a dark stare Still silent, still frighteningly silent I must leave myself That's what all of this has gotten me... infinite life? Conquering of death The seed is planted Time to move on. What have I become?... I'll make my own life seem new Face all of my mistakes and grow I'll make my own life seem new Face all of my mistakes and grow Must grow, grow, grow 3) Lunar Wilderness [Prospect #1] Many days and fewer nights... so I'm told I've lost my time years ago... so I'm told The explaining. The whispered words This will be the hardest part... so I'm told I wish my mind would work... unfold The explaining. The whispered words The front door opened to the look of death. Will this make sense? Will this be comforting at all? The questions dive in day and night. Nothing we can do. Nothing I can do Twists and turns must be answered I hit land... so it seems The dirt chokes up my legs... strong air then shoots down my throat Sensory overload in an instant of sense Charting through old water that I pushed away to drown Into another To find and be found This is what I've set out to do. Where is this door? [Prospect #2] The constant movement of my eyes. I can feel, but I can't open the lids. The back of my skin is scarred, torn and broken A reflection of what I've seen. (What have I become?) They let these people recreate. Maybe I should have ended it all Too, too late? Too, too late? Moving forward is a must Dig deep Commence sleep Dig deep Commence sleep inside sleep Dig deep Commence sleep inside sleep Silence (An out of focus picture brings up a familiar scenario: Three people fill the room. There seems to be a fourth, but very small. We are speaking about some sort of mission. My mouth won't stop moving... talking way too much. Even through the blur I can feel their stares. This one sided discussion seems to be about what I am preventing. Is this a sign? Too late... I've said it before. The people then disappear. I look about and the western sky seems to be red... alone. I can smell burning flesh... scorched life. I turn around and the face of death stares so grim that the lids finally open...) I come to I'm close... Very close. But something isn't right A horrifying realization is swept over me Home The empty space of home All I've known is gone All I've loved is lost Silence Home The empty space of home All I've known is gone All I've loved is lost Silence Home The empty space of home All I've known is gone All I've loved is lost Silence
After both Automatas, I can safely say they decided to make Coma Ecliptic a little softer to give themselves a little break, and also to show that they can write good stuff even when they're not going in their usual style.
This EP is the best BTBAM has even been and likely ever will be, I'm not wrong, you're wrong if you disagree. Everything flows so seamlessly and Tommy's vocals were never stronger period.
That's youtube's doing, not the uploader's. And any money that google doesn't keep goes to the record company, not the uploader, because they are the copyright owner.
The last time Tommy had true harsh vocal chops, last album where they actually kept their metal core to their sound that made the softer elements and blatant prof worship more of a compliment to their sound rather than a more fragile core, but bands can’t stay the same forever. Silent Circus up until this EP was a killer run that most bands would die to claim, greater bands have broken up before they got to the point in their career BTBAM did by 2012, but their massive stylistic shift is extremely evident by the difference in the fans from there on “they used to be a Metalcore band, now they’re pure progressive metal :)” I find it perplexing to believe fans of this band haven’t seen their cohesive fusion of progressive rock, extreme metal, and Metalcore along with anything else they feel inspired by, as if they became greater by dropping their riff-based structure, just seems like a slap to the face to anyone that recognizes the mastery of Alaska and Colors honestly.
Btbam didn't stop here. Automata is some of their best work. Having them evolving their sound is exactly why they're great. Their first 3 albums are to be blunt, poor in comparison to colors. Coma ecliptic is easily one of the key releases in modern metal, ushering is into the new age production style. They're owning it. They molded it. They are quite literally the forerunners of music imo. And maybe that's why you don't like the new stuff. They're moving so damn fast. I think parallax I is the best piece they ever did. It's the densest they've ever been. And that's the key right there. They have an album for every single style of the genre. They've got squeaky clean coma ecliptic and the old recorded in a stone cellar silent circus. If you're only listening to a single one of those extremes you're gonna have a bad time.
@@Claidheambmor Great Misdirect had its moments but I definitely agree their songwriting (besides on Hypersleep) has just taken a sharp decline ever since the colors tour ended, I remember feeling deeply let down by Great Misdirect more than any other band has, and that feeling was 10x worse with Parallax II what an awful album. Coma Ecliptic was a step in a good direction, but I genuinely can't get into anything they've done past Hypersleep. I'll keep trying and hope I feel the energy they're clearly feeling.
Mom´s Children its the difference between hitting a pot road in a smooth cruise to heaven compared to finding a rose in hell. if it sounded nice the whole time the heavy parts would be heavier, but by being heavy a lot the nice parts are that much better. i feel like a lot of the best art in general has high contrast but thats just my opinion.
This album is a direct sequel to Swim to the Moon. That was their intention. Listen to the end of swim to the moon, it literally swims into the beginning of this EP
coma ecliptic already was merely passable and a sign of things to come. parallax 2 was their peak, coma eclipting lacking any heaviness and automata lacking any structure or flow to boot (that's really the worst thing about automata, there is ZERO FLOW. second worst is how Paul Waggoner's role of soloing constantly was radically diminished). going by this trend, next album the band will be in shambles and won't even be playing metal anymore, going in a opeth direction instead
Specular Reflection is easily one of the best in their discography. This EP overall is some of their best work.
Truth overall I’ve always found it their most rounded, it perfectly precedes parallax 2 and just the right amount of what we loved from colours
Agreed. This set doesn’t get a lot of attention in the btbam community for the most part, but my go to more often than anything other than great misdirect and colors
I don't know man they have a lot of great albums. It is hard for me to pick the best album because most of there albums I like them for different reasons.
Its really a shame the band doesnt like this EP. To me the two Parallax albums are their best work. I actually like Parallax 1 more than 2 as a whole.
@@BearInThaWoods It's crazy because I was so about Parallax I and when II dropped I thought the band lost everything that made them great and made their distinct qualities worse (especially tommy's vocals and all the terrible choruses / gimmicky "polka/avant-garde" sections)
Probably some one of the best song compositions they have ever done.
Agreed. 100%.
I agree and I'm a fan of every album. Even the early stuff.
rgaud8 And they were rushed to make this EP. They wanted to make an impression after signing with Metal Blade Records for this.
One of the things I've noticed about this band is that they play everything live exactly like it sounds on the album. They are absolute pure music perfectionists.
Lunar Wilderness is one of the most insane songs I've ever heard and I love it.
+Cynn's old channel their best imo
+Cynn's old channel the best guitar riff ever, ever in any song.
Amazing how you can come back 9 years later and still get chills like its the first time hearing the album. Forever the greatest metal group!
I used to skip this out of obsession with parallax 2, but now it's grown on me enormously. Augment of Rebirth is maybe in my top 10 songs by them
Every track in this EP is perfect. No filler, all meat, and super unique compositions. The two parallax albums for me are my favourite, a style no other band has replicated. The first few times i listened to this album, i was literally dripping with sweat, just from imagining this being played
This was recommended to me by my dentist.
He has impeccable taste!
I wish this ep got more attention both from within the band and without. It's just so tight, there isn't any filler here, not a single second. I also resonate deeply with the themes and feelings this explores, a dark, cold place that these dudes don't go very often.
It also fucking shreds! Where did these riffs come from? Insane
I love that section at 14:03 and then they just lay it the fuck down at 14:36. Has to be one of my favorite riffs in their discography.
Ahh man I'm all about the waltz that follows it. Blake just blasting over it is sublime.
Genius. The composition, the instrumentation, the vocals, the story...BTBAM never stop making music, whatever type of music that may be.
damn, didn't know Extremophile Elite referenced the riff at 8:57
yup!
They do that a lot, and I love it ❤️
Blake's snare on great misdirect fucking super sweet. hypersleep is my most favourable of their entire discography. and I think the production is quite good. I wish Alaska and even colors production had more clarity in guitar work as misdirect and hypersleep. There's far too much high end on guitar with most metal. takes willingness to eq your stereos to bring out a full sound that gives it the credit it deserves
This band's music is so technical and complex, it's hard to stray from perfection when they play live. They are so tight as a 5 piece and it's uncannily mesmerizing as they magically transport you inside one of their albums. 🤟🔥
That drop at 16:20 is just too perfect for this sinful world.
The more I listen to this EP, the more I believe it is purely a showcase for Blakes insane skill. Watching him play all 3 tracks without Tommy's vocals is something else.
Fantastic
1- spectacular reflection
2- augment of rebirthday
3- lunar wildebeest
😂
I pre-ordered this CD, obviously years ago and I just listened again here and still mind blown after all these years. It's been years since I've listened. Parallax 2 is still my favorite of all time but, this is, um, idk, just awesome. I feel like it was ahead of it's time in retrospect.
production gets better every time. These are masterpieces.
And that SNARE !!!!! love that snare tone
This is their best work to date.
their worst dumbass
Hamilton I would argue that their self titled is their worst. Obviously it was crucial to their development, but some stretches in that original album made me cringe. But it was cool they made a song about anti-gay pastor Fred Phelps and their nutty cult in my birth town.
+GSHdesign Colors tho
+wtftelex Colors is a 9.8/10. Easily one of the best things ever made. THIS EP however is in my opinion, BETTER.
The Great Misdirect is 10/10. Even better than Colors. But this EP is really good too.
Love this album! Found it at Walmart.
You guys need to come back to Canada. London specifically.
second favorite to colors!!!!
Haven't listened to this in too long. A massive smile came across my face as soon as it started :)
Best band/composition I've ever heard.
Mirror stares back again
It's hard to pick favourite moments, but that riff at 5:09 onwards really gets me in the mood for what's ahead.
I still come back to this after all these years, untouchable
24:58 makes me smile
these sounds are loud and sexy. how only 137 views? c'mon
The previous one got taken down for copyright.
Bout to see Parallax 2 performed, and I still wanna hear Augment live.
i swear, the composer puts those electronic space station sound waves to give the instrumentalists a break from the insanity of muscle spasms they have to endure to play such epicness
i just found out about this ep tonight. nothing else matters. i have to listen to this until my ears bleed.
+Ethan Leese A very underrated album by them. I still listen to it.
This album is easily an instant classic.
EP
Idk, this is probably some of their best writing imo
Colors, tgm, parallax ii, coma and automata are all 10/10. I have no complaints in a single song on any of those albums. Yet this 30 min ep stands on top of the rest for me. It's just that fucking good. This is an 11/10. Some of the closest we will ever come to pure perfection in the genre.
I lost my mother in a different state while I was in a different sate. Never got to see her smile again.
Home.
All I've loved is lost
, Silence
my dream is to make music like this but i suck at guitar
+Justin Yu you got this bro!!!
+sdadsf thats how i learned
I'm in the same boat haha. I just try to write music within my playing ability
+Justin Yu bro when i heard this ep by btbam that was when i decided i was going to get serious about playing guitar!
I still have a long way to go but im on my way! good luck to u man!
And so a bass player was born.
So damn gooooood. I had this CD but lost it many years ago.
LYRICS
1) Specular Reflection
[Prospect #1]
[Verse 1]
A twisted crash... vibrations forming my personal currency
A lifeline... a sweatbox, the linear mind as one
Who would have thought?
This distant face...
Distant life... never before seen
Deep sleep in deep sea
Nerves are torn from their ends
Distant life... never before seen
Deep sleep in deep sea
Nerves are torn from their ends
[Verse 2]
It has been three nights and still the puzzle is cut by a shaky hand
Carved out of improper materials... imperfect directions
A crushing sound soon awakes
Where am I?
The taste of sand wipes away the grime of my past life...
A crushing sound soon awakes
Where am I?
The taste of sand wipes away the grime of my past life...
The life I fled... the grip I loosened
It has all caused an even pressure. The kind they show us on our screens
I've become what I've force-fed my entire life... a drifter's dream... a loner's mind
Wanting what they have... their perfect smiles and heartless lusts
[Verse 3]
On night four, they come back
Awakening a new life
Over and over... like I've been there before
Living and breathing, but still choking
A mirror stares back. I contort like the wheels in my head...
On night four, they come back
Awakening a new life
Over and over... like I've been there before
Living and breathing, but still choking
A mirror stares back
Still nothing happens. Please wake up
[Prospect #2]
[Verse 4]
I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin
The soft touch of your hair
Your breath I breathe in
I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin
The soft touch of your hair
Your breath I breathe in
I open my eyes to the smell of morning skin
The soft touch of your hair
Your breath I breathe in, breathe in
[Verse 5]
The reality chases and catches up on actual alertness
I'm awake... a daydream... alone. Silence
This is the last few years rolled into one instance
I need something new
[Verse 6]
I jerk back in and out of a daydream self
A backwards day... water surrounds
A cool breeze wrapping its smell around my skin
I jerk back in and out of a daydream self
A backwards day... water surrounds
A cool breeze wrapping its smell around my skin
The midday siren awakes what was a false idea of sleep
Daydream society. Walking past what we used to see
[Verse 7]
Beginning again
Beginning again
Walking into a certain state of...
Walking into a certain state of suffocation
Walking into a certain state of suffocation
Walking into...
Confusion surrounds... day after day
The questions I face... the dealings I deal
Do I complete me? Do I complete humanity?
This day will determine it all
[Prospects #1 and #2]
[Chorus]
Mirror stares back again. I contort like the wheels in my head...
Still nothing ever happens. Please wake up
Mirror stares back again
I contort like the wheels in my head...
Still nothing ever happens
Please wake up
2)Agument of Rebirth
[Prospect #2]
Moving forward
Moving forward
Memories left behind. A new life, a new journey. I've built anew
For mankind... for my kind
For mankind... for my kind
The vessel stares back at me. From every angle, the menacing smile latches on
Talking walls speak and spell my life story
My past life
The vessel sleeps beside me... the comfort breath
Morning skin of machine, of humanity's beginnings
Am I God? I've been called worse... drift in and out
The vessel brings me sleep
Morning skin of machine, of humanity's beginnings
Drift in and out
The vessel brings me sleep
Hyper Sleep
[Prospect #1]
Mind bending strategy game. Running through obstacles on a land never ventured
Every night. Every wake
Alone but not for long
Alone but not for long
The signals worked. Did I want this? I must go back and explain my reasonings
Worse things have happened:
Worse things will happen
The signals worked
Did I want this?
I must go back and explain my reasonings
Worse things have happened
Worse things will happen
The old atlas is found. No matter what I do it's been done... it's been worse
This is not reassuring
Imperfect. Improper. Extinct
They have found me
This is not reassuring
Imperfect
Improper
Extinct
They have found me
A new journey
[Prospect #2]
They have found me
A new journey
They have found me
A new journey
They have found me
I approach unfamiliar ground
Left standing with the air swirling silently
A creepy siren, the siren of loneliness
Twisting, falling, and screaming
I approach unfamiliar ground. Left standing with the air swirling silently
A creepy siren, the siren of loneliness
Twisting, falling, and screaming
Please break out
The crumbling starts. Inch by inch the ground takes over
The wretched clench of my insides
Unspeakable anguish... this fucking contortion
Awake, mime standing
Air swirling around me... silent
Siren of loneliness. This is real isn't it? Can't tell these days, the longest fucking days
Why the anger I wonder?
To create
To recreate
To create
To recreate
Have I become a God?
I have been called much worse
Secretly that title makes me feel comfortable
In my place
It's been a while
This God-like complex does bring me a smile
To create
To recreate
To create
To recreate
Down to the last seed, I stand with a dark stare
Still silent, still frighteningly silent
Down to the last seed, I stand with a dark stare
Still silent, still frighteningly silent
I must leave myself
That's what all of this has gotten me... infinite life? Conquering of death
The seed is planted
Time to move on. What have I become?...
I'll make my own life seem new
Face all of my mistakes and grow
I'll make my own life seem new
Face all of my mistakes and grow
Must grow, grow, grow
3) Lunar Wilderness
[Prospect #1]
Many days and fewer nights... so I'm told
I've lost my time years ago... so I'm told
The explaining. The whispered words
This will be the hardest part... so I'm told
I wish my mind would work... unfold
The explaining. The whispered words
The front door opened to the look of death. Will this make sense? Will this be comforting at all?
The questions dive in day and night. Nothing we can do. Nothing I can do
Twists and turns must be answered
I hit land... so it seems
The dirt chokes up my legs... strong air then shoots down my throat
Sensory overload in an instant of sense
Charting through old water that I pushed away to drown
Into another
To find and be found
This is what I've set out to do. Where is this door?
[Prospect #2]
The constant movement of my eyes. I can feel, but I can't open the lids. The back of my skin is scarred, torn and broken
A reflection of what I've seen. (What have I become?)
They let these people recreate. Maybe I should have ended it all
Too, too late?
Too, too late?
Moving forward is a must
Dig deep
Commence sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Silence
(An out of focus picture brings up a familiar scenario: Three people fill the room. There seems to be a fourth, but very small. We are speaking about some sort of mission. My mouth won't stop moving... talking way too much. Even through the blur I can feel their stares. This one sided discussion seems to be about what I am preventing. Is this a sign? Too late... I've said it before. The people then disappear. I look about and the western sky seems to be red... alone. I can smell burning flesh... scorched life. I turn around and the face of death stares so grim that the lids finally open...)
I come to
I'm close... Very close. But something isn't right
A horrifying realization is swept over me
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Ah yes, line three of verse 4 was a tad unclear to me. It all makes sense now!
OH FUCK MY FACE IS MELTING
Am I god? I've been called worse.
wish this was on spotify
+Alexander Pentecost I was so happy when it was released
Jack Kure It is
section 27:43 is amazing pure energy and then calm. Well done. Love this band.
That´s the key of the whole EP, in my view.
Wish they were still this heavy.
Maybe the next album will be heavier. I'm confident they are still quite capable of it.
I'm sure they are still capable of it. Just hope they decide to go back in this direction. This was them at their metal best, imo.
BlackNGoldRules they totally are the new albums will be judging by condemned to the gallows.
Automata I seems to indicate they have the heavy element back.
After both Automatas, I can safely say they decided to make Coma Ecliptic a little softer to give themselves a little break, and also to show that they can write good stuff even when they're not going in their usual style.
Love both BTBAM and DEP! This album is my one of the most favourite from BTBAM too
The fucking sickest ass fuckin into to an album ever.
Incredibly reminiscent of their early garage band era just the dirtiest breakdowns and blast beats imaginable. I’ll be listening to this all my life
I love that weird d-beat pattern at the start of specular reflection.
I love how this video was uploaded on 420!
Still one of my favorite eps
12:25 so addictive
I hope to catch them live someday.
Happy 10th my love 💗💕💕💕
18:14
"Have I become a god?"
16:20 .. HOLY SHIT yessssss :)
8:20 👍
This EP is the best BTBAM has even been and likely ever will be, I'm not wrong, you're wrong if you disagree. Everything flows so seamlessly and Tommy's vocals were never stronger period.
the fills at 12:22 lol
At 26:46 such a brutal riff. I can just feel the pit I'm my bones
17:43
XxMr99xX amazing
8:04 is sooooooo eerie!
3:20 gets me good
Forgot how fucking good this is.
I think this album sounds way more badass than Future Sequence
I can agree, Future Sequence was such a let down..
i think youre wrong
Well then fuck you
colonelbuttcustard I actually really love Future Sequence, but I just find Hypersleep Dialogues to sound a lot meaner and more ominous
It sounds more badass but Future Sequence was not a let down, its production was so much cleaner than this album, literally just as good as this EP
"I DONT OWN THIS ALBUM", then has the gonads to throw in midroll ads
That's youtube's doing, not the uploader's. And any money that google doesn't keep goes to the record company, not the uploader, because they are the copyright owner.
The God Hades fux with this album.
listening to this while playing project 1999, say what?
Herbie Wang Classic game, classic album.
The last time Tommy had true harsh vocal chops, last album where they actually kept their metal core to their sound that made the softer elements and blatant prof worship more of a compliment to their sound rather than a more fragile core, but bands can’t stay the same forever.
Silent Circus up until this EP was a killer run that most bands would die to claim, greater bands have broken up before they got to the point in their career BTBAM did by 2012, but their massive stylistic shift is extremely evident by the difference in the fans from there on “they used to be a Metalcore band, now they’re pure progressive metal :)”
I find it perplexing to believe fans of this band haven’t seen their cohesive fusion of progressive rock, extreme metal, and Metalcore along with anything else they feel inspired by, as if they became greater by dropping their riff-based structure, just seems like a slap to the face to anyone that recognizes the mastery of Alaska and Colors honestly.
Btbam didn't stop here. Automata is some of their best work. Having them evolving their sound is exactly why they're great. Their first 3 albums are to be blunt, poor in comparison to colors. Coma ecliptic is easily one of the key releases in modern metal, ushering is into the new age production style. They're owning it. They molded it. They are quite literally the forerunners of music imo. And maybe that's why you don't like the new stuff. They're moving so damn fast.
I think parallax I is the best piece they ever did. It's the densest they've ever been. And that's the key right there. They have an album for every single style of the genre.
They've got squeaky clean coma ecliptic and the old recorded in a stone cellar silent circus. If you're only listening to a single one of those extremes you're gonna have a bad time.
It's gone downhill since White Walls finished at the end of Colors. The Great Misdirect was dogshit. But I'm happy for people who disagree.
@@Claidheambmor Great Misdirect had its moments but I definitely agree their songwriting (besides on Hypersleep) has just taken a sharp decline ever since the colors tour ended, I remember feeling deeply let down by Great Misdirect more than any other band has, and that feeling was 10x worse with Parallax II what an awful album. Coma Ecliptic was a step in a good direction, but I genuinely can't get into anything they've done past Hypersleep. I'll keep trying and hope I feel the energy they're clearly feeling.
19 dislike?????? Bah!!!
This is better than Colors.
It could be so much better as an instrumental though if you wanna be the best and not just have some fun with this
There is an instrumental. And no. My boi Tommy g is doing some of the best vocal work in the entire industry right here.
Why the fuck the sweet parts are too short?
+Mom´s Children I think its part of their genius, they always leaving you wanting more.
Mom´s Children its the difference between hitting a pot road in a smooth cruise to heaven compared to finding a rose in hell. if it sounded nice the whole time the heavy parts would be heavier, but by being heavy a lot the nice parts are that much better. i feel like a lot of the best art in general has high contrast but thats just my opinion.
Great EP, love these guys but sounds almost identical to The Great Misdirect album, mostly the song Swim to the Moon, just 13 minutes longer lol
This album is a direct sequel to Swim to the Moon. That was their intention. Listen to the end of swim to the moon, it literally swims into the beginning of this EP
automata is shit but their old music will always live on!
I'll never understand old fans who accepted Coma Ecliptic, but not Automata.
coma ecliptic already was merely passable and a sign of things to come. parallax 2 was their peak, coma eclipting lacking any heaviness and automata lacking any structure or flow to boot (that's really the worst thing about automata, there is ZERO FLOW. second worst is how Paul Waggoner's role of soloing constantly was radically diminished). going by this trend, next album the band will be in shambles and won't even be playing metal anymore, going in a opeth direction instead
How was there no flow? The songs led into each other near perfectly. Even the jump from the first half to the second was handled pretty well.
there is a LOT more to flow than making songs lead into each other. even coma ecliptic got THAT right at least.
The songs are more similar to each other than in many BTBAM albums. You're not really explaining how they don't.
doesnt work prog and death metal dont mix its like eating chocalate with sprouts
JENNY COOPER That is your opinion and while it isn't morally wrong, it's both objectively and factually wrong.
Prog and death dont mix? Its not like its one of the biggest genres of death metal there is or anything....
cries in Opeth and Ne Obliviscaris
Awful vocals, would've been way more listenable if he made growls or something, not this Asking Alexandra horse manure.
Thomas Yorkshire IV so...you're not a Circle Takes the Square fan, I see
honestly I find Tommy to have the most tolerable screams around, and I'm getting to that "get off my lawn" stage of my life.
You are dumb af lmao
Thomas Yorkshire IV how could you even compare btbam to asking alexandria. Tommy's screaming has always been amazing.
Always has to be at least one moron to say this on a metal video. Try prog rock cupcake