I was gonna say Alaska, but I never finished it, I just gave up halfway through because that old record, the self-titled spoiled me.

Maybe because it was the one that got me into this great band, i choose “The Silent Circus”

My favorite is Alaska. Ya gotta love the bleeps, the SWEEPS, and the creeps.

My favourite would have to be The Silent Circus because when I was younger I would watch the video for “Mordecai” on those DVDs Victory Records felt the need to include in every release (I never understood this as my metal CDs would come with DVDs including pop punk and what not…certainly not appealing). Now never mind the music, my mum would let me listen to the song all I want…as long as I covered the TV. See, my mum REALLY loved Jesus. I wasn’t allowed to miss church on a weekly basis until I turned 16 (during these times ear bud headphones were my saviours, no pun intended). I’d come home regularly to listen to MORE gospel music than I had already heard at church (during these times, volume control and running away kept me sane). Anyways, my Jesus loving mum just didn’t like the video; she thought it was “sick and twisted.” Looking back on it, I don’t see why she thinks so. Maybe I’m just desensitized or maybe my mum’s just lame. Any band that gave the 14 year old me the power to piss off his mum was good in my books and for this ability I love this cd.

I would have to say my favorite album is the new one, I mean the guitar and keyboard just sync so fucking well in this album, Also one of the other reasons i like it is cause me and my friends got really drunk and listened to it and had a blast just beating each other up moshing around in his garage.

COLORS!! Why on earth would I need to tell you why the album is amazing?

It’s an extremely difficult choice for me, between Colors and The Silent Circus.

Colors is an album I can listen to every day and never get bored of, which is a rare thing. However, the fact that Mordecai from The Silent Circus still gives me the shivers every time I hear it is a sign of something really quite special.

I think colors is my favorite BTBAM album. It’s what got me into BTBAM and i’m so glad that I started listening to them. Everytime I listen to colors so many emotions well up inside me it is incredible. When ever I talk to any person I know I always talk about BTBAM. I’m obsessed with their music!!!! BTBAM has changed my musical perception and their music has made me strive for something much more then the music I used to play. I swear BTBAM has saved my life on quite a few occations.When BTBAM came to my town I stood in line for 12 hours just to get in first and be in the front row.

I am going to have to go with The Silent Circus. This album is major head bang,

ps. who won that bawl game?

Colors is my favorite. Not because it’s their most accomplished record prior to the Great Misdirect (haven’t heard any of their new stuff yet), but because whenever I listen to Colors, I always think of my daughter being born! You see, I bought Colors when it had first come out but because I had been so busy that I have not been able to give it my full attention. Well, one day my wife had gone out with her mother and sister for lunch and shopping and the gave me ample opportunity to delve head and psyche first into COLORS!!! Anyway, I put the CD in my stereo cranked it up and proceded to rock out. I was able to listen to the whole record undisturbed and when it ended I pressed play once more. This whole time my wife had attempted to call me due to an ‘emergency’, but because the stereo was so loud I could not hear the phone. It was up to the point where I was on Sun of Nothing until I saw the light on our house phone going blipping on and off and I decided to answer the phone. When I picked up the phone I decided to scream along with the lyrics, a spacemaaaaaan, a spacemaaaaan, THIS IS WHAT I AM! And low and behold, on the other end of the phone, it was my wife screaming at the top of her lungs WHERE *SCREAMS* ARE YOU!!!!!! I AM IN LABOR, I HAVE BEEN *SCREAMS* TRYING TO CALL YOU FOR THE PAST HOUR. MY WATER BROKE, I AM IN PAIN AND NOW YOU’RE TRYING TO TELL ME YOU’RE A *SCREAMS* SPACEMAN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! YOU BETTER GET YOUR BUTT TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU EVER *SCREAMS* WANT TO HOLD YOUR DAUGHTER!!!!! YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU JERK! YOU BETTER GET HERE *SCREAMS* OR I WILL KILL YOU!!!!!!! I immediately got off the phone, took the CD out of my stereo, got in my car, put Colors in my car stereo, cranked it up and started off to the hospital. When I finally got there, nothing but Colors was on my mind, though I was very excited about the birth of my daughter, but I had the ‘spaceman’ lyric stuck in my head. It wasn’t maybe 10 minutes later that my daughter was delivered and when I first held her I was so elated and in awe that I finally get to kiss her and hold her that I started to sing (or attempt to *sing*) a spacemaaaaan, a spacemaaaaan, THIS IS WHAT I AM! over and over again without even realizing it. The nurses and doctor thouht it was cute (or weird, but they were smiling) and my wife was pissed, but too tired to be angry. Anyway, my daughter’s first word was spaceman or *pacema* in baby language, and to this day my wife still doesn’t know where that came from (my wife does not listen to metal). So, in short Colors = my baby daughter, and every once in awhile we get to rock out and go crazy to a very special album that me an my daughter are able to share a uniquie bond to.

My favorite BTBAM album is Colors because liek thats when they rly started using there keyboards so much like Attak! Atacck!1

My favorite btbam album would have to be “The Silent Circus”. The memories made while listening to that album will forever be etched into my brain as one of the high points in my life. The album introduced me to this kind of music and 4 years down the road i still can’t pull it out of my cd player. Plus, that groove riff in Lost Perfection makes me want to destroy things!

Colors is my favorite so far……….But, the Alaska album holds second place due to the fact that my friend who turned me onto the band found a local bar with the entire album on the juke box. And i can’t ever forget how he’d show the bartender his dick everytime the sweeps would start in the begining of the title track”Alaska”. Not sure if the music was too metal for a dive bar, or the indecent exposure that got us kicked out at pretty much every visit.

The Great Misdirect. This album has proven that Colors was not just a one-off hit in progressive music, but in fact, that Between the Buried and Me have truly developed and earned a place in the progressive music scene, setting themselves apart from the rest. The only band that can create such dynamic varying music, and still make it sound natural and organic. True brilliance.

My favorite album as of right now is Colors. Besides all the obvious reasons which would include musicianship, structure, the ability to be progressive but still encompass and pay tribute to each and every influence you’ve had; the length of Colors (64 min 9 sec) allows me to listen to the entire album twice from start to finish when I drive from Dallas (current town) to Wichita Falls (hometown and host to you on the 14th of November). I’m not talking about pulling up to the driveway as White Walls is halfway over, this is some serious driveway to driveway timing, from keyboard intro to keyboard outro. Colors makes the drive seem as though i’ve just witnessed a live show in which you played the entire Colors album from start to finish (which I did witness live). All in all, it’s the ultimate road trip mix-tape. And as with most mix-tapes, there is that one song that found it’s way onto the list and you have no idea why, not the case with Colors. Thank you for collectively putting together a masterpiece that I can call my favorite and doing it in my lifetime!

fav BtBaM album, THE SILENT CIRCUS!! i remember when i first got it, and it hit the track Shevanel, Take 2 & my aunt was like “When Did Coldplay Release a New Album?”. . . seriously though, all your albums are amazing. . . now time to play Prequal to the Sequel on Rockband, you guys need more songs on there. . . fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me.

i loved the maturin g that came with colors but i may have to say Alaska is my favorite. i am sure to win i gotta say soemthing funny, well i am not witty but also “i ain’t no mother f*cking boyhgkjabfaivjfoi”

Not gonna lie, The Anatomy Of. I’ve never heard a record where a progressive metal band can pull off shit like Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Blind Melon. Very impressive.

I really think that The Great Misdirect is my favorite album of them all. I’ve been listening to each album non-stop untill this came out so i could see what changes were made musically through out the years. I’ve got to say this album fucking rocks. The catchiest song on The Great Misdirect has go to be Fossil Genera, the piano intro just gets me fucking going. I’ve listened to this album since i got it that’s almost 28 plays from start to finish. To me this album shows how you guys have evolved as a band and it showcases each instrument. Tommy’s keys have gotten way better and are all over this album and his voice is just amazing and inspiring. Dan’s bass is just a big pile of fucking greatness that inspires me to play bass better and i love his bass lines and little solos through out the album and not to mention that damn Spector, i love that bass it looks and plays so well. Paul and Dustie are simply put, AMAZING, some of the best guitarists that I’ve ever listened to and this album shows the diversity in how they can handle their PRS guitars. Last but not least Blake, his drumming on this album just made me so happy, there is such a diversity that you hardly see with any drummers these days and i just love the sounds he gets out of them. The Great Misdirect just showcases all the instruments so well and the guest vocals were really well put and such a nice little curve ball to the CD. I’ve waited for this and wanted this album more then any other album that I’ve ever wanted. When i heard it in it’s full, complete, godly, final form i couldn’t do anything but listen to it and that’s all i intend to listen to until i see you guys in concert, hopefully to perform this album in full. The drirection of this album i thought was softer then the previous albums with a bigger focus on the progressive aspect of the band, bravo you guys bravo, it really impressed me and i can’t wait to hear what you guys come out with next. This one topped Colors and every album since and i’ll be amazed when you guys go to top this one. It’s all original and it’s amazing, i love every single second of it and all the previous albums but like i said before this tops everything and just shows how you guys have grown as a band and as individual musicians. I thank you for the lovely, fan-fucking-tastic music, keep it alive and going.

I would probably have to say “The Great Silent Anatomy’s Misdirect To Between The Buried And Alaska Circus Colors Live”. That’s what I named the BTBAM playlist on my iPhone with all of their music arranged in a way that makes my ear pussies cum rainbows. Naturally, it ends with “The Need For Repetition” so the space between that and the hidden song “The Man Land” makes sense. Otherwise it’d just be a bunch of silence in the middle of my eargasms.

Alaska. Bought it on a snowy night in 2005 up here in Michigan. Was my first listening of you and i HATED it at first because… if typical generic metalcore was little debbies and doughnuts and greasy pizza… BTBAM is Kashi Cereal haha

Throughout the rest of high school i idolized Tommy and I was notorious for carrying the Alaska lyric booklet around with me and citing it like a bible during times that related to the lyrics hahaha. Because of that all of my friends eventually gave BTBAM a chance and ALL ended up loving you guys for ALL different reasons but ALL of them thought Paul was an asshole because i showed them the Metal Injection interview.
“He’s a dick, he can go wank his guitar and eat his holier-than-thou vegan carrot cake.” they would say hahaha.

ANYWAYS, being a vocalist and guitarist, after 7 years of fizzled bands and projects, and not enough money for any good gear, I finally took the Ghost Train/using a lyric approach and named my band We Will Find Art Again. I hope that’s ok with yall..

Because i’m finally discovering the idea of perfect harmony.

P.S. Thank you for the best part of my life :D

I’m going to say that Colors is my favorite album of all time.
I’ve listened to it EVERY DAY back and forth on my 1 hour commute to school.
Every time I hear it, I instantaneously turn into a school-girl, becoming complete fanatical every time Viridian transitions into the beginning of White Walls.
My brother and one of my best friends have taken it upon ourselves to learn this album start to finish. My life will not be complete until I learn every single guitar part.
When I saw BTBAM a couple weeks ago in Philadelphia, in all seriousness cried when I heard White Walls played live. I considered it the most religious experience I’ve ever had.
This album = me.

I vote Colors. Because I have a debilitating disorder that affects 1 in 12 American males known as red-green color deficiency AKA color-blindness. But for sixty-four minutes and twenty-one seconds, Colors lets me see the world in glorious 3-tone Kodachrome brilliance.

The colors, Duke, the colors!

My favorite album would have to be Alaska because it was such a dramatic change in style from the previous ones. The lyrics and song structure were astounding and the title track Alaska has the most creative idea for a song which is a song about writing a song, and the sweeps and time signatures went along perfectly with the insomniac feel to the lyrics. Other tracks like Selkies, All Bodies, Audiodidact, and Backwards Marathon make this album nothing less than a modern music masterpiece.

Colors. Its perfectly cohesive from beginning to end in an absolutely incredible progressive blend of Metal with Jazz, Blues, Punk, Rock, Weird Shit, and much more. Besides that it has single-handedly used up more days of my life in listening to it than any amount of studying I have done in the past 2 years, and I am always up for NOT studying in any way possible.

My favorite BTBAM album is by far The Silent Circus. In 2005 my friend showed me the song Mordecai. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. That song gave me goosebumps the entire time. Thats when I said goodbye to bands such as Slipknot, Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin. I bought The Silent Circus and listened to it front-to-back probably 2 times a day for quite a few months. The album is so brilliant and complex. Every song has a meaning and Between the Buried and Me puts their heart and soul into every single note played. I have heard many albums in my day, but this is not only may favorite BTBAM album but my favorite album of ALL TIME.

One time I had a dream I couldn’t move. I woke up and I was sleeping between the mattress and boxspring of my bed. I forgot why I had fallen asleep in such an unusual manner until I realized that I left Colors playing on repeat. It was so brutal and amazing I had to hideaway in a cave. I couldn’t find a cave in my bedroom so I settled for sandwiching myself in the bed. Listening to Colors reminded me of getting kicked out of my chemistry class when I was in high school. I was trying to discover a new element. I still protest that the world would be a better place had I found Rubenium that day. Long story made short, I threw a bunch of potassium into a graduated cylinder of water. Well that shit blew the fuck up and would’ve caught the whole lab on fire had the ceiling tiles not been fire retardant. I went back a couple years ago and saw my old chem teacher. He said, ‘hey you’re banned for life! get outta here!!’ You see when I put Colors into my CD player I wasn’t sure what was going to happen but I knew it would be great. Well then that shit blew the fuck up and my ears haven’t been the same since, let alone my guitar playing. I try to throw in some sweep arpeggios from time to time I’m getting better but I’m still no Dustie or Paul. I swear on that day you are the ones that discovered a new element. It is definitely a metallic element but also liquid-like due to all of that smooth ass legato. A new liquid metal. I call it Between the Mercury and Me.

First of all you guys need to come to chicago soon ‘GFD’!!!!!! as Mr. Dan Briggs said in the bonus DVD of your newest master piece. lol. out of all your albums i would have to say Alaska for fucking brutal sake. Aside from you guys being brutal with all the hardcore, the difference between you and every other metal band out today. Your solos and break downs going from metal to something soft and chill in the middle of a song, then to end it with fucking epic brutalness, its light lightening striking the tip of my penis. You literally take the shape of the brutal unicorn and i Like i cant even look at you guys lol. Im not gonna sit here and kiss ass, and quote your lyrics, and make up some shit of how if gave me an out of body expierence haha, im just simply a fucking brutal fan and already cant wait for more to come from all of you guys. sooooooo with that said just make it easy and pick me and we can all mess with Blakes china and **Brutal voice** “RUUUUUUIIIIINNNED ITTTT”

dude seriously just pick me, seriously

I’m going to give my vote to The Great Misdirect, honestly. Everyone blew it out of proportion and was calling it Colors 2.0 from the few minutes of sample audio BtBaM let out, but now that it’s out, everyone is blown the fuck away and complementing every aspect of the album. Of the 9 times i’ve seen them, every show has gotten better and they’ve continued to progress with every album. When I first heard them, I found a Victory Records sampler on the ground after seeing some local bands play, and I’ve been hooked ever since. As an avid hater of hardcore dancers, Between the Buried and Me has been the only band I’ve ever seen live that has thrown hardcore dancers off by not keeping a bland formula, and that totally gets my rocks off every time I see them perform. If you ask this question every time a Between the Buried and Me album comes out, I assure you I’ll answer with the latest album because I don’t see this band going downhill EVER.

After a btbam, h the b show at the picador in iowa city a year or two ago, my friends and i went to a club and danced to michael jackson, journey, foreigner and ram jam (readers here like those bands right?) then we ate grilled cheese sandwiches purchased from a street vendor. after more bars, and grilled cheese sandwiches we caught a ride to our shitty motel in the back of a truck, in november, in iowa. at our shitty motel we broke the tv and threw up all over the bathroom, because we were pretty sure we were gonna get bedbugs…we didn’t get bedbugs, (i probably owe the housekeepers an apology) ate a horrible breakfast at perkins the next morning and drove back to kansas 5 deep in a truck that seats 3. colors is their best album.

Alaska, because I’m starting a shoegazing band

The Silent Circus. was most wonderful Collaboration of Brutal riffs and beautiful melodic lines. “It all makes sense, we’re capable of beauty” That defines BTBAM right there. everything you do no matter how crazy diverse it may be. it all makes sense and its all beautiful. you guys have achieved something musically that all musicians no matter what genre can appreciate.
Congratulations guys you are musical genius

My favourite would have to be The Silent Circus as it contains my favourite and most played tracks (Lost Perfection, Camilla Rhodes, Mordecai). The album has about 4, 000 plays on my last.fm, where btbam’s discography as a whole has over 11, 000 plays.

Although I do tend to appreciate their earlier work I believe The Great Misdirect is a great record, and I’m sure will surpass 4, 000 listens soon enough.

Between the Buried and Me is and will always be my favourite band, in my eyes they can do no wrong.

I think the best album from “The Btbams” is their new one, “Greatly Misdirected,” because it sounds great when played over top of the ESPN Sports jingle (on repeat) and a bowl of Hellog’s signature Fisted Flakes.

Colors is my favourite album. Whenever i listen to the album I have to listen to it all, I can’t not listen to it all at once. Whenever the outro for White Walls is playing, if it pauses or stops or if someone stops it, I will literally tell them off. Its funny since my mom hates metal, but she finds great musical talent within the album. Also Im learning Sun of Nothing on guitar, its a beautiful song and truly is musical genius. Im Canadian, and Canada says welcome btbam come by as often as youd like, we cant get enough!
And props on the new album, I bought it immediately!

my favorite BTBAM album is alaska, because it´s awesome and i think it was the album that opened the way for colors, it is maybe the heaviest record of BTBAM and also it has the greatest song in the BTBAM catalog, wich is selkies: the fucking endless obsession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the sweet relief is a must (8) and that fucking guitar at the end of the song……. holy freaking crap!!!!!!!
i think that god made that album.
i rememeber the first time that i listened to that album i pee all over the place because i couldn´t believe, my ears were graced with the beauty of that album, and basically that´s when i realized that BTBAM changed my life forever.

i saw them in mexico and they signed all my albums, dan briggs it´s an amaziong dude and i think that tony levin is nothing compared to him!!!!!!!

I have to give The Great Misdirect more time. So Colors takes the cake. I listen to this CD and i just don’t get it. Their music is so beyond me. It stretches my mind to new boundaries in more than just a musical sense. They’re the only band that i can get inspiration and motivation to do more than just play music. It’s almost like a spiritual connection with this music, which sounds weird but is what it is. I would be vastly understating this if I were to say that Colors changed my life. It’s hard to explain what that CD did to me. They’re the only band that gives me both/either butterflies and adrenaline rushes. This music is so supremely beautiful that it’s hard to put it in words. They changed the way not just that i listen to music with Colors, but the way i go through life and seek inspiration for living. All i can say is thanks.

My favorite album is Colors because I listened to it once while tripping on acid, and was compelled to strip to my boxers and lie down on my floor, whereupon I saw a giant lobster on my ceiling, singing the lyrics to me while another one played guitar.

Colors, because I’m an equal opportunity listener. I also like listening to barfights.

The Great Misdirect definitely. When i heard it, i wanted to rip my ears off and subsequently tape them to the album so we would never be parted. I’m not sure how much more I can listen to it for my testicles might disappear from ejaculating from every note, chord, and rhythm played. Also if i win, can you throw in an ice pack for my testicles? Autographed by BTBAM so maybe through the transitive property they will be healing them.
PS.
I give BTBAM all the mad gangster metal ass bullshit props for this album because it has every type of listenable music included in it and it has 6 tracks, and is 59:34. Anyone who can put out that shit is like Seaking

My favorite album is definitely Colors because it is the longest song i have ever been able to sit through in my life. It takes a musical adventure through every thought the mind can comprehend. Every time i finish the album i feel like i have achieved more than if i were to be the first man on the mars. The live DVD was also filmed about 20 minutes from my house and i have played on the same stage that it takes place on, however i was not able to be at the DVD shoot for the fact of retarded parents. It was for the better though, because if i were to experience colors in its entirety live i would have so many continuous orgasms that i would never be able to have children and would run out of sperm and would start spewing chunks of myself out of my penis

It’s Difficult, but I have to say that Alaska is my favourite. ‘Backwards Marathon’ is always a good song to listen to on a half an hour bus ride surrounded by ‘Disease, Injury, Madness’ and inbred . Since I live in Britain, and its always raining, the “It’s raining” section just reminds me how it is in fact always raining. I can’t remember the last time the ‘Sun of Nothing’ shine down on me. My bus ride always gets me thinking about how much I lack ‘Aspiration’. half way home we get towards a corner in the road that the bus driver always goes round at ‘Laser Speed’, it makes my head feel like a ‘Medicine Wheel’. Entering the village a few miles from mine, the bus pulls up at a bus stop. I never really understood why the bus stops are painted such unusual colours, a blue roof and ‘White Walls’?

There was an unusual amount of traffic here for a little village. Stopping here gave me enough time to glance around at this strange neighbourhood which I’ve never really paid much attention to. I saw police men taking down a hooded teenager. They needed the ‘Use of a Weapon’ to take him down. As I looked further down the street through the bus widow, I could see a house on fire. ‘Breath In, Breath Out’ a fireman repeated to a shocked victim of the fire. The teenager must have been an ‘Arsonist’ who had created a ‘Fire for a Dry Mouth’ thrill. It makes me think ‘What we have Become’ as a race. The ‘Reaction’ from the other passengers on the bus was weird. After the traffic, we turned left onto my street, ‘Camilla Rhodes’, A strange name for a street, but nevertheless. I walked into my home, and run up to my room. ‘Naked by the Computer’, I start playing Pokemon on the PC. I’m only at the part where you travel through ‘Viridian’ Forest where it takes about 20 minutes to kill a damn Metapod. I came across this trainer, and he’d named his Weedle ‘Flip’. My Pikachu was called Shevanel. It only knew two moves, flash and cut. Quickly before he killed my Pikachu, I shouted ‘Shevanel, Cut a Flip’! He used his cut move and knocked him clean out.

Alaska definitely has to be my favorite. To keep everything short and sweet about why I just adore this album, I’d just have to say it’s like a story of my life… If my life was full of screaming and pants-wetting awesomeness.

COLORS will always be my favorite, but i bought tgm day one and its amazing Fossil Genera is my favorite song! BTBAM is my favorite band of all time but someone witha stupid witty comment will probably win

My favorite album is “The Anatomy Of”. I have never heard a better cover album. Every single song on that album does every original band that wrote it justice. One problem i have with cover songs is that some artists have a difficult time finding a balance between making the song their own while still keeping the classic sound of the original, and in this category you guys were spot on. The parts you did change I thought were better, and the rest sounded pretty much exactly the way was meant to be played. And all the songs you covered are legendary, and i used to listen to them when i was a lot younger, and since the release of The Anatomy Of i have been able to listen to my favorite songs when i was growing up, but with a kickass modern twist.

You guys are everything i aspire to be as a musician. Keep writing music. You inspire me to do great things and to write great music.

My favorite album to date is, without a doubt, Colors. I always enjoyed your music, but when I first heard Alaska, I really became a fan. I remember eagerly awaiting a leaked version of Colors since I first saw that it was done being recorded. From then on I checked once or twice daily for it, I somehow knew that I would be blown away. Then one glorious evening, I arrived home to find that the wait was over and I downloaded a leaked version (I have since bought the album, merch, and seen you twice) and sat down to listen.

Now for a bit of back-story. The album released around the time of my 18th birthday. I wasn’t doing anything with my life really, just sort of wasting away. I’ve always been a thinking man, with an interest in philosophy and similar subjects. Around this time, I had been having what some may call “peak experiences” at random points in my life. I could never put to words exactly what that means, but they were, essentially, moments of sheer epiphany where I felt like I was tapping into the true nature of myself, everyone else, and the universe. They would start suddenly, I’d glance over at a random object and I would see that object in this manner. This affected me in very positive ways, I was overtaken with a newfound sense of empathy. I found beauty in all people, objects, events, etc. and it made me very happy and content in my life.

So that night when I first heard Colors, I had exactly 1 hour 4 minutes 9 seconds of jaw-dropping universal oneness. Foam Born (a) brought me to a state of transcendence much like I had experienced randomly as I described, but when (b) came on I found that I could sustain the feeling, which I had been unable to do previously. This feeling lasted throughout the album as I broke down the music, song titles, and what I could discern from the lyrics into my own personal concept of the album which is similar to what I had read, later on, was the actual meaning. I realized the life-cycle concept and ran with that and throughout each song, I found myself empathizing strongly with the each stage. During Sun of Nothing, I realized that this was the point I was at in my life, I shed a single tear and listened to the haunting lyrics and wall of sound, and life suddenly became very clear to me. How you arranged and delivered the album, struck me in a way which made me realize the universal struggles, stages, and beauty that is in the life of every person.

Since that night, my life, for better or worse, has been given a much different perspective on the world and my place in it. I don’t worry so much, and I strive to see the good in people as well as myself. I’ve felt more focused and creative, and articulated myself through examining others so deeply. Now, I know myself well-enough to do or be whatever I wish, I no longer understand the term “can’t.” The world is simple, simple and amazing.

I see Colors, like many see the bible. It was the key to unlocking my personal salvation. Anytime I converse with someone about music, and they don’t particularly enjoy metal, I will nag them incessantly to open themselves up, and listen to the album, as it’s the best example of progressive, intelligent, and meaningful music I’ve ever heard, at least in my opinion. I actually listened to “Prequel to the Sequel” on my way home from work today. This contest was a good excuse for me to write this, as I’d often wished to thank you all for creating an album that has been so essential to my life.

So, in closing, “…the waves have pushed me to where I need to be. Sunlight drenched on my skin…”

The Silent Circus is my favorite BTBAM album because it was the first album heavier than Slipknot that I ever heard. I remember going to summer camp and meeting my bunkmate who was a big fan of hardcore and metal at the time. Back then I was just barely competent when it came to metal knowledge and still believed that Master of Puppets was the greatest album of all time. My bunkmate then proceeded to show me The Silent Circus, which can firmly say changed my life. The intense grinding, violent sound of that record didn’t seem like it could possibly be made by humans playing instruments. I felt like I was being fed through the gears of some massive metal machine. But at the same time the band seemed to have a sense of humor about what they were doing (the handclaps in the first track give that away). By the time I got to Mordecai I thought I wouldn’t leave this album alive, and then the clean vocal bit came in. Of course these days doing clean breaks in otherwise brutal metal songs is a done-to-death cliche, but back then it made my stomach flip over. I was young and music was still something way bigger than just instruments and notes. Songs still felt like whole worlds to be explored, and albums were entire universes of sound, completely separate from the real world. The fact that BTBAM could go from skull crushing brutality to heartbreaking beauty at the drop of a hat didn’t even seem physically possible to me at the time. Add in the fact that they could then jump right back into the violence with Ad A Dglgmut (one of my favorite songs of all time), and I was in love.

Later that year I went to my first concert. It was a Converge, Cave In, and BTBAM show at the Knitting Factory. By this point I knew the Silent Circus front to back but seeing them play live took it to the next level. First of all I had no idea how loud things were going to be, and to see these normal looking dudes tear it up on stage was both exciting and frightening. I immediately understood why people thought that metal was the music of the devil, because it really is some powerful stuff. I was one of the only people in the crowd at the time, and I could have easily went up to the band and talked to them, but I was 14 and too chickenshit to even get close to the stage.

Years later I’ve had multiple conversations with the members of BTBAM and they are some of the coolest people I have ever met. I’ve been to countless shows, listened to more metal records than I can remember, and have even written plenty of metal songs for my own bands. I can safely say that NONE of that would have happened without The Silent Circus. And that is why The Silent Circus is my favorite BTBAM album.

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The Great Misdirect, mainly because the melodies on this album are a lot easier to fap to.

Colors because i have white walls tires

WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO!?!? When a metal band can get away with putting a hoedown in a song and make it so freaking EPIC like BtBaM do, that’s just crazy insane. With that being said, Colors isn’t my favorite album. I’d have to go with The Silent Circus simply because Mordecai has hands down the best solo at the end ever! In fact the entire song absolutely blew my mind the first time I heard it way back then and it still remains my favorite song from the musical genius’s that the gods have bestowed onto Earth. I love how it starts out fast and gets slower then picks it up again and finishes on with me in a state of ecstasy. Every time I listen to Mordecai I need to stop what I’m doing in fear of hurting myself and others around me because I always feel the sudden urge to rock out and I get the most intense EARGASM ever. I can’t wait for The Great Misdirect to grow on me. I just picked it up this morning after listening to Colors 2 times through waiting for Best Buy to open then popped TGM into my car stereo and turned it up all the way. BtBaM have come such a long way sing S/T and I can’t wait to see what else they come out with in years to come. Way to go guys on breaking new grounds and being the leaders in metal today

Colors… because as a tiny girl its easy for me to sing along with “LA LA LA LA…. LA LA LA…”

Choosing my favorite Between the Buried and Me cd, is like a parent having to choose who their favorite son or daughter is. Do they pick the one who scores the most goals at the soccer game, or do they pick the one who scores the higher grades on their report card? OH THE DESCISIONS! Each BTBAM cd is special to me in their own special way. My favorite BTBAM album is The Great Misdirect. While it may not score as many goals per week as Colors, The Great Misdirect represents the accumulation of all of BTBAM’s past triumphs in music. Combining the raw intensity of The Silent Circus and Alaska with the emotion and ingenious musicality and epic scale of Colors, The Great Misdirect represents this band at the top of its game. The Great Misdirect is structurally their best work. Songs actually flow coherently from one idea to the next, which was missing from Colors. You still get the cool wacky moments that made Colors so fun to listen to. Only now, these wacky moments are actually relevant to the song and not just “oh lets put a country hoedown / bar fight here, or lets sing like babies here (la la la la….la la la…)” Im not saying these parts were bad, they just seemed a little out of place. Also, each song on The Great Misdirect is intricately layered. And they do this in a way thats not distracting, but where you can still hear each part clearly. This is another testament to how well BTBAM crafts each song. In addition to better song writing the whole album sounds better mixed. To me, up until The Great Misdirect, each cd sounded like it was rushed through the mixing process. Alaska had its obvious problems in the guitar tones and even Colors sounded like the whole cd was muffled, almost like I was listening to it on a record player. My doctor tells me Im going deaf, but Colors doesn’t sound as crisp like The Great Misdirect. The Great Misdirect addressed all of these problems and actually sounds like a polished record fit for the kings that are Between the Buried and Me.

The Great Misdirect is unforgivably heavy and unbelievably beautiful at the same time. Almost like a marble statue of Venus playing metal.

It is gawdamn impossible for me to choose a favorite because I have been hooked ever since I heard adadglgmut some 4 or 5 years ago. Basically I learned to play drums by copying all the drum beats from early “RA” “Sparta” and “at the drive in”. A couple months later I got a double bass pedal and learned how to use it by listening to Alaska!

On top of that I bought final fantasy 11 and world of Warcraft back in the day at the same time just so I could save the character name of mordecai. The best I could get was mordeci and that is still the name I use on all my online gaming.

On top of that, October 16th 2007 me and a friend flew down to San Diego and
hiked 4 hours to get to the venue btbam was playing at at the time. We got there 3 hours early and decided to chill and check out the area and ended up running into Paul, Tommy, and dustie talking in the back of the venue. They were totally respectful and we all just chilled and talked for like 15 minutes!

Basically besides the fact that the only band shirts I own are btbam shirts, they really have accompanied me through every big moment of my life including my father’s cancer.

Btbam for Eva in my book!! <3

Colours by far is the greatest album ever, its like an orgasm for my ears. The harmonics, breakdowns and melodies are just to die for. I listen to this album every day, and would happily do so every dayover and over again. i think i would literally like to fuck listening to this that would be legendary.

The Silent Circus

I’m honestly getting a little disappointed in the direction some of the newer material is going. It’s still good, but honestly simplicity and subtlety worked really well for BTBAM in the past. This album was primarily straight forward and balls to the wall. The riffs crushed and the breakdowns were in good taste. And when it happened to change it up (jazzy end to Mordecai) it was a pleasant surprise and break from the album. Whereas lately you get that not as pleasant surprise every few minutes. And while Colors tried to be one long song, The Silent Circus easily surpassed it in fluidity. And not to mention it took them until the newest record, The Great Misdirect, to put in another slow clean vocal song. This is something that has been missing(outside of the cover album) in both Alaska and Colors(I don’t count Viridian or Laser Speed, because they are both instrumental). Not to mention there is a Mulholland Drive reference on the album and who can forget the god tier secret “I’m a man” song. The Silent Circus is the best BTBAM album,because it’s a perfect album, simple.

Colors. Have you heard the intro to “Prequel To The Sequel”???

Alaska for two reasons:

1) the lyrics to Croakies and Boatshoes are fucking hysterical

and…

2) it rocks the most.

P.S. – I think they tried a bit too hard with The Great Misdirect.

If Pink Floyd hooked up with Rush and had a baby, and that baby grew up and decided to have a one night stand with Cynic, that baby would be Colors by Between the Buried & Me, This album musically is outstanding in every aspect, So by far Colors is my favorite album Ever!

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Personally, I would say their Self-Titled cd was my favorite because every song on the cd has elements of just about EVERY genre of music on there. This is that one cd where you’ll be listening and be like, “I wish there would be a quiet calm part in this song… WAIT… WHAT’S THIS?” or “I wish this guy would sing instead of scr– WOAH! SINGING TOO?! I bet they wont have kick-ass breakdowns… nevermind.. they do, but they definitely don’t have any brutal death metal slam riffs– WHAT THE F__K?! THEY DO? But no INSANE solos… Why’d i even ask that here’s one now… sooo goood.” This cd has everything you want on it nothing you don’t, like those $5 footlongs at subways…

Just saw in another comment a girlfriend situation like I just posted, shi-. But hey, at least BTBAM knows they have that power on people.

Colors without a doubt. It is essentially between the buried and me as a whole. The band said that it was their most organic album they have written. It all came together seamlessly. It combines elements of their self titled, Silent Circus, and Alaska while stepping up their musicianship all together too. It really is the perfect album.

Trick question. I hate all of them..

I listen to them constantly..
I only had a 1 GB mp3 player when I discovered Alaska and The Silent Circus and didnt even bother trying to put anything else on..
I’ve forgotten how the original versions of the songs in The Anatomy Of go..
I missed a midterm because I was listening to The Great Misdirect for the first time..
I have started singing in the shower.. (heavily criticized)
I decorated my upstairs to emulate the Colors cover.. (included a painting I did.. I hate painting)
My girlfriend argues that I never listen to her because my ears can’t multitask..
I look crazy when I’m listening to a breakdown at a bus stop..
When someone doesn’t understand your music I take that personally..
I told a restaurant to call the name Don Condaldo yesterday when my burger was done..

Thanks for messing up every facet of my life with this incredible, epic, musical genius
Fuck me

Alaska

For all of my life I’ve been obsessed with two things: the Great White North and Metal

It started when my Grandma told me we had land in the Klondike. When my Grandfather died, she gave me the deeds. I was so stokes, but then I did some research online and found out they were fake. When it was a part of American Territory, a cereal company thought it would be good for advertisement if they gave away inch squares of land in their boxes. Then Canada bought the land.

Then came the movies, namely Insomnia, about Alaska that got to me.

Then one Thanksgiving on the way to a turkey roast, my friend slipped Alaska in the player. My mind was blown! Selkies was like the most amazing mind trip I’d ever heard! And they really were able to capture the feeling of Alaska with that record.

Amazing band

The Great Misderct is my favorite. It doesn’t matter that Swim to the Moon sounds like it was stolen from Dream Theater, because it’s better than Dream Theater. Also, I splooge everytime I hear the beginning of Fossil Genera.

PS: I could really use that Spector.

Colors. It’s their least confusing album title.

This is one hard goddamn question. In all honesty the Great Misdirect is my new favorite. BTBAM has always been amazing at pushing the envelope, and they’re obviously not stopping now. The transitions on the new album, as well as the lyrical content…it’s just mind-blowing. Mirrors is such a phenomenal intro to it all. The dissonant notes, vocal harmonies, and particularly the bass solo just shows that these guys aren’t settling for just anything. To think they intend to play this album live in it’s entirety says to me, “We have more stamina than any band on this fucking planet!” I feel that in writing this album, they gave everyone a moment to shine… Staying true to their roots, but expanding to the point of sheer perplexity. I really enjoy the use of the slide/classical/fretless bass guitars. Listening to this album from start to finish is an incredible journey. Paul shreds our mortal faces off, while Dusty stays true to his chugging rhythm parts and intricate time signatures. (Lets face it, they’re like peas and carrots….except BADASS.) Dan’s bass parts are some of the most intriguing in not just metal, but damn near every genre. At the core you have Blake’s pummeling insanity, driving every note and making me feel as if a portion of my brain has been removed. Last, but certainly not least is Tommy…His lyrics have certainly come leaps and bounds. The material is just mind boggling. From the abstract concepts and ironic social commentary to the moments of clarity and beauty…I just can’t stop listening. More so than the lyrics, his dynamic vocal work is unsurpassed. The backwards marathon-esque scream in fossil genera gives me chills every time. All in all this album exceeded all of my expectations (which were quite high, i assure you). Being a musician, I have to say these men are my fucking heroes.

Colors would be my favorite BTBAM album. It literally changed the way I listen to music, I don’t think any other album will have the effect Colors had on me. I love having it in my car when I’m driving my friends around and they’ll say “turn the damn death metal off!” and 30 seconds later there’s an accordion playing. The looks on their faces…. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Metal+Didgeridoo+Banjo+Accordion=WIN.

Favorite album? Colors.
I heard prequel to the sequel on rock band and thought “the fuck is this?”
And then I fell in love. My world seemed to show me a path covered in sunshine. But I soon noticed that I was walking more staggered than normal. Then I saw BTBAM live at Amos’ Southend a few weeks ago and everything made sense again. Colors is legit fucking amazing. I’m still learning Dan’s basslines for some of the songs and I must say, I am impressed. You guys rock.

It begins. A slow, melancholy piano melody. Soon, a beautiful voice alights upon the sorrowful chords. It sings sweet nostalgia, caressing your eardrums. “I’ll just keep waiting…” it tells you. Yet a subtle ominousness is present, a feeling that something amazing is about to take place. The piano and vocals end on one ringing chord, and a snare drum counts off…

Then it hits you.

An enormous sonic wall of guitar, drums, and bass playing a chord progression so beautiful that it’s almost painful. Soaring vocal harmonies and a series of synthesizer arpeggios are added as the intensity grows; then something changes. Something is not right. A coarse, ruthless voice begins screaming words into your ears. Blast beats kick in as the intensity continues to grow. A single chord is being played, pummeling you relentlessly as the screams continue. It all comes to a concentrated, unbearable climax, and then…

Everything goes dark. Any trace of beauty is now gone; dissonance reigns supreme. The band continues continues their sonic assault on the senses as you are force fed some of the most ugly, horrifying, and fierce riffs and vocals you have ever experienced.

But you love every minute of it.

This is the beginning of Between the Buried and Me’s COLORS, what I believe to be the most perfect continuous piece of music ever created. It is incomprehensible, it is symmetrical, it is ridiculously complex, it is multifaceted, it is aggressive, it is peaceful, it is poignant and it is brutal. But most of all, it’s fuckin’ amazing. Throughout this 64 minute musical odyssey, you are exposed to the most mind-blowingly diverse range of sounds ever to appear on a single record. Tommy, Paul, Dustie, Dan, and Blake show you that they are truly masters of their craft as they take you on the most amazing ride of your life. COLORS is one gigantic, self-contained opus that expresses the entire spectrum of emotions possible to a human being; it truly lives up to its title. There are parts that are incredibly angry and parts that are unbelievably happy. There are soothing parts, sad parts, and even funny parts. Cascading waves of emotion fall one after another upon you as you are brought through relaxing lows, intense buildups, and astonishing climaxes. Even the album itself is one giant climax. It picks you up, tears you to pieces, and sets you back down with another beautiful piano melody in the same key as the first, and all the tension built up throughout the album is finally resolved with one last, conclusive, fulfilling note of the piano that leaves you with the most amazing feeling in the world. Without a doubt, I can say that COLORS is the greatest piece of music I have heard in my entire life.

And that’s all I have to say about that.

my favourite between the buried and me album would have to be the silent circus because “i’m a man, you’re a man, we’re a man, it’s a mans land”. aaaahahahaha, no, but for realz. it seemed to me like a perfected rendition of the self titled album. this album was way ahead of the curve, even though it didnt feature dusty, dan or blake (love you guys).from lost perfection to the man land this album is one that i won’t let anyone forget in my lifetime. ive got “it all makes sense, we’re capable of beauty, through sounds that make one cringe, the dogs only hear us now” tattooed on my arm to represent not only my love for your talents, but also that everything is nothing without perspective, and there are a whole lot of those running around.

It’s a hard choice but I’d have to say Colors because it creates a sense of synesthesia in every song. You can almost hear the colors (and then there’s the witty naming of “Viridian” and “White Walls” to top it off).
It’s a very diverse album with delicate lyrics that make it all the better.
“White Walls” is simply the most epic song to end an album with.Colors has cathartic properties. Whenever I listen to it I feel purified and dignified in a way. Like I’ve ascended to the top of this gigantic mountain and I’m looking down, exhausted but content and at the same time distraught from the weight of the world and the intricacies of life.
Not to sound condescending, but this album deserves that kind of wording. It’s just epic. That’s BTBAM. A massive battle between two titans and the close look at the beautiful flowers they stomp on and the glow of the sunlight as the world collpases around them!

I believe Colors is my favorite album to date. I started off despising this band, even when I had the chance to see them on tour. I don’t know why, but when I popped Colors in for, I believe the third time, it really started to shine to me. Every note, lick, and passage just rang out as pure genius to me. The song off that album that really did it for me was “Informal Gluttony.” I believe my hunger to hear that track alone over and over again was only sated after my iTunes plays got up to the five-hundred range. Not wanting to kill my taste for that near-perfection of a song, I started paying more attention to the rest of the album, which ended up blowing me away beyond all expectations. I believe they named the song “White Walls” because, upon hearing it, a producer must have had jettisoned a few gallons of sperm through his pants and onto a nearby wall. I believe that entire album to be a perfect combination of technicality, melody, and harmony. The basslines that hold down the intense, melodic riffing on songs like “Prequel to the Sequel” are tastefully variant from the riffs they help carry, but are no less technical. I believe this album has one of the most pure, well-thought fusions of jazz and death metal, to date.

One thing that really struck me, however, was the album art. The simple style of the city somewhat reminded me of my father’s drawings during my childhood. I suppose that some subconscious link to like the album, purely based on that connection, was there; but I believed the musical mastery and the beautifully flowing composition of each song truly made “colors” eponymous with “masterpiece.”

b-t-fucking-bam
between the buried and me
need seven haikus

colors is the best
each note is cleverly planned
it’s one rockin’ song

the great misdiect
is an amazing album
i must listen more

alaska is cool
some songs better than others
sarah palin, meh

the silent circus
definitely a classic
too much metalcore

between the buried and me
have an awesome self titled
a great start for them

the anatomy
of… has some cool cover songs
i cheated on that

The self-titled was the best album because the lyrics to the song More of Myself to Kill, even simply the title of that song, expresses the axiom that all living creatures, in essence, are one with the collective consciousness that animates, composes, and transcends all physical forms.

Alaska. I listened to it on the train home

The Anatomy Of, cause I didn’t have to listen to them trying to make music of their own.

Hahaha only kidding.

But really, I feel that this new album is probably my favorite of theirs besides the ending. I felt like in Colors they unlocked their potential to write an epic, but stuck to musical grounds. In the Great Misdirect, I feel like they used their opus writing techniques and wrote a story instead of a musical piece. I feel like there are different emotions that run wild during parts of this album and i feel as if I could make a movie to it. That is why I like this album most.

My favorite BTBAM album is Colors….because its awesome…thats it just awesome

COLORS! That entire album tickles my pickle. Ants Of The Sky is amazing with its Blues, Jazz, and Bluegrass sections. But going from Viridian to White Walls takes the cake!

When asked the question of which Between the Buried and Me album is my favorite, I cannot answer It is not a question of which album is better, but rather how the last continues the story from the last chapter and how well each comments on the other. They have come a long way from Alaska but still are holding true to much of their roots. Until this point I truly believed that Colors was my favorite chapter in the BTBAM story; but as I currently “Swim to the moon” the only conclusion I can come to is that these gents are an unstoppable machine of magnetic musical magicianry. And as the breakdown destroys my face in the fourteenth minute I am only reminded of the same power that the breakdown held in “White Walls”. I hope this story never ends. Thanks guys. Matthew

Alaska has to be my favorite hands down. Being as it was the first BTBAM album I purchased, I connected with it the most. Immediately after buying alaska, I went on a three-day backpacking trip into the Ochoco mountains where the only things I had were my gear and my cd player loaded with alaska. The first day was sunny and beautiful, not a cloud in the sky. I awoke on the second day determined to hike another 3 miles in to a place called Twin Pillars. I exited my tent to another fantastic warm day in the wilderness. I packed a smaller day pack and went on my way, with the stylings of Between the buried and me to guide me down the path mostly blocked by downed trees. It took the better part of 45 minutes to get to the base of what turned out to be an entirely shale mountain. I figured that the best way to see the surrounding landscape, I should climb to the top. By this time, clouds had moved in and it had begun to drizzle a bit. Upon reaching the top, it began to thunder and lightning at nearly the same time Backwards Marathon started to play. The combination of such a thundering introduction and the greatness of the weather at the time was quite moving. Not to mention the blatant realization I had later in the song that it was in fact raining and I had to climb all the way back down, without getting struck by lightning and without getting to wet. That was the truly the moment I knew I would be a lifelong fan.

I am a person that loves to binge on music from time to time. It was early 2008, I was fed up with my metal collection (still had a bunch of nu-metal on my iPod at the time) I had had enough. Went to top 10 lists of 2007, to find Colors and DEP’s Ire Works. Promptly downloaded both and at that point I became a man (I was 16 at the time).

I began to get acne during Foam Born (B), I began to grow a shitty ratstache during Ants In The Sky, and my balls dropped to the tune of White Walls.

I credit BTBAM’s Colors to turning me into a man (and yes, I bought the disk, it was hard, because after turning into a man, I still looked like a scraggly fuck.)

I pooped my pants when I heard Colors. Correction: I poop my pants when I hear Colors. Therefor, it has to be my favorite album, AS OF NOW. I think a favorite album never stays around forever, for me, my favorite songs, albums, etc. change alot withi