NEW BT-FUCKING-BAM ALBUM THIS FALL!!!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 1:45pm by Vince Neilstein
Cries of “blasphemy!” surrounding the omission of Between the Buried and Me’s 2007 opus Colors from our 21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century… So Far list have rung loud and clear in your comments, especially over the past few days as the list winds down and it’s become apparent that it won’t be included. And ya’ll are absolutely right; Colors is a fucking fantastic masterpiece certainly *worthy* of inclusion in The List. But given the methodology used to compile the list… that’s democracy for you. And let me ask you this: how does the omission of Colors from ANY list in any way affect your enjoyment of this great record? Seriously, folks!
The Interwebs must surely be rejoicing today as news of BTBAM’s forthcoming follow-up has sprung forth from a post by vocalist/keyboardist Tommy Rogers on the band’s MySpace page [sent in by MS Maniacs Jesse Z. and Tom F.]:
hello everyone… writing to update everyone on whats going on with us at the moment. we have FINISHED! tracking our new record and we are spending this week mixing/mastering and all that fun stuff. its hard to believe we’ve been recording for 5 weeks already. everything went really smooth and we are very confident in the fact that this is some of the best material we’ve ever created. can’t wait for all of you to hear it! we have LOTS of footage from the studio that will hopefully be part of a special edition dvd that will come with the new record… we will also be posting some studio videos in the next few months. our touring plans are starting to come together and we’ll be putting up dates tomorrow, so be sure and keep checking back for that info. below is the album’s title and tracklist. more updates as they happen! hope everyone had a good weekend.
-tommy w/ BTBAM
“The Great Misdirect”
1. Mirrors
2. Obfuscation
3. Disease, Injury, Madness
4. Fossil Genera – A Feed from Cloud Mountain
5. Desert of Song
6. Swim to the MoonOUT OCTOBER 27TH
So let’s recap: The Great Misdirect, out October 27th… 6 songs of what are sure to be absolutely epic proportions. Tour dates coming tomorrow. Studio videos soon. I’m getting my bong ready as we speak… this is going to be one we listen to LOUD, start to finish. It’ll be hard to top Colors… but if there’s any band that’s capable of rising to the occasion, it’s Between the Buried and Me. New BT-fucking-BAM!
-VN
Fuck yes! I was just listening to Colors this morning and thought “I wonder if there’s a new album coming”
Haha this made my day
Consider me erect. Only just got into BTBAM, but Colo(U!)rs is speedily climbing my fave albums list.
Sorry but Colors and everything else they’ve done is terrible.
So is your existence.
Fuck you!
i bet your life just sucks ass
Hahaha.
Man, I feel sorry for this jackass.
I have an idea. A screwdriver, in your neck. Sound good?
Isn’t it weird how everyone is taking the list so seriously, as if the world is going to end because killswitch and lamb of god and mastodon are dominating the list. Anyways, FUCK yeah new album. Its gonna slays
Not weird, funny.
Whoohoo! Cannot wait..
Ross=not really sure, but not something positive for that comment
I only recently listened to Colors for the first time (because of peoples’ comments on the list, actually) because I always assumed by their name that they were a screamo band. As it turns out, I was definitely way off base and have been digging the album quite a bit, so I’m interested to see what they have in store.
Same here…I always thought they were a DEP “calculating” era rip off but I really have began to dig Colors.
Yeah!!!! i’ve just wrote a comment about colors not being on the list hahaha yeah im excited with the news and the song titles
I really want to like Between the Buried and Me more than I actually do. I think I’d like them a lot more if the vocalist’s growls/screams are not just monotone the entire time. It bores the hell out of me. Some variety in that department would certainly help.
I didnt like them as much as I’d hoped at first. They grew on me and now they’re one of my favorites.
I’m not a huge fan of theirs, but I do like Colors. Not enough to scream ‘blasphemy’ for their exclusion from the list, but still.
even if it doesn’t top Colors I’m sure it will still be better than the vast majority of other releases this year
BTBAM can do no wrong in my eyes/ears
STOKED!!!
I really liked Colors.. but Alaska has to be my fave release by this band.
This band is just so overrated. I’m prepared to receive shit for this but you have to admit it’s true.
I think they’re pretty underrated overall.
Prob the best technical-progressive-death metal whatever you want to call it band out there (imo) – I have lost count the number of times I have listened to Colors and have found something new each time – I don’t know how they are going to top it, but lets wait for the leak…..erm release date
hmm gonna be tough to top killers im waiting….
i mean colors im an idiot
I think I may actually buy this album! That is high praise indeed.
How on earth didn’t Colors appear on that 21 top album list?
They needed the room for 3 Mastodon records and 6 from Killswitch. ;)
“Colors” is great, I just hope the next step for this band isn’t completely off the deep end into some acoustic or ambient weirdness; they need to stick to their roots a little bit at least. Basically I hope they don’t become Cave-In.
Colors…….Try Listening to this album on mushrooms. Spectacular!!
Consider me excited.
“And ya’ll are absolutely right; Colors is a fucking fantastic masterpiece certainly *worthy* of inclusion in The List. But given the methodology used to compile the list… that’s democracy for you.”
Guy, by NOT including colors on your list only proves that your list fucking sucks!
Agreed, You have 3 LOG albums and 2 or 3 KSE albums. The list is complete and utter weaksauce. I’ve lost a lot of respect for this site and the people on the panel.
Kickass song titles.
I can’t fucking wait for this album!
forget all those dumb comments above about being shitty or ripoffs, btbam is amazing, and colors has had the weakest lasting value after subsequent listens for me, even though they dont have any lacking albums. go listen to emmure. you douchebags