Between The Buried and Me ANTS OF THE SKY ~ Composer Reaction ~ Heavy Metal, Prog Rock Reactions
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Every time I hear a little bit of this album I get an overwhelming urge to treat myself to the whole thing.
Totally agree. Then I gotta dive into Colors II afterwards đ. Listening to one song and before I know it, I'm on a 2 hour sonic journey!
Yupp, I'm the same. Gonna have to go listen to this album over and over again for a few days now đ€
I have the same urge when hearing the intro riff of Astral Body lol
Cause it's created as one complete song and hearing just one piece makes you slfeel shorted lol
Just like how Geebz kept starting the track over like something was wrong not knowing it's a continuation from Sun of Nothing lol
This album is a staple in progressive metal history! One of the songs and albums that sent me down this deep rabbit hole
accidentally bought colors when i went to buy as blood runs black. put it in and thought "what the hell is this?" it did not come out of my stereo for 6 months and forever changed my taste in music.
I feel ya so hard there! This song was my introduction to BTBAM and I was sold by the first measure.
My introduction to btbam was prequel to the sequel on rock band. And it wasn't even the whole song. Then I got mordecai on rock band. The rest is history. I dove straight into colors at that time and I want to say it was 2008 or 2009. I haven't looked back and I've probably seen them 9 or 10 times live since they went on their TGM tour!
Oh fuck yeah, found these guys in 08 and havenât looked back since. The evolution of their music is truly amazing to listen to over the years
Young'un lol.
Good place to start though.
Dan Briggs is an absolute master writer when it comes to everything he does bass on
or any other instrument!
Yes he is! Definitely check out his side band TRIOSCAPES ..Real good stuff
He's also got a great band called Nova Collective with the guitarist of Haken and some other guys. Check them out if you haven't already!
Oh I'm well aware of all his side projects he's one of my top favorites for a reason
@@scottgillespie3838 ORBS as well
Between the buried and me are THE prog metal band. There's loads of great bands in prog but these guys are the face and I love them to death
agreed
Yeah, no one comes close.
More riffs in one btbam song than other bands entire discography!
Thank you for praising Dan Briggs so much. He is an absolute God tier musician.
Iâm convinced heâs not human and have yet to be proven wrong.
I think the btbam fandom is one of the few that you can do almost any song and mostly everyone will be happy. People might prefer albums or time periods but are largely united and it's one of my favorite things about the band. I came on right at colors but liked enough of Alaska.
Their new album Colors II is really great. Great fan service at the same time continuing to push their sound.
Btfam is the best fam
Well said!
Agreed! I started really diving into their music when TGM came out. Not one album of theirs I don't love. They're all amazing performances in their own ways.
@@shaylah7389 I love that, btfam, haha! I love my btfam who replied, perfect example!
@@neilvanmiddendorp8162 the fanbase really does feel like a family in a lot of ways so it's a fitting name :)
Keep the Btbam journey going! Their soft moments are truly earned after getting through the brutal parts.
Thats why it took me so much time with btbam, i started with colors but didnt like the heavy parts and still think the heavy parts are better in "the parallax 2" for my taste
@@domidominik7071 I didn't much care for Colors at first, but really enjoyed some parts from Great Misdirect. Parallax 2 was when I found my real love for BTBAM though
"Through sounds that make one cringe. The dogs only hear us now."
@@ryanisbelle6107 I never thought of that lyric much, but that seems fitting. A lot of the stuff off TSC is incredibly brutal but the acoustic parts are a nice break from it all.
Blake Richardson one of the most underrated drummers ever..Great post!
One of few drummers that can play any style of music
Blake's creativity and memory is what really make him great, sure he's got chops and endurance but his mental capacity is what separates him from the rest
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@@1987lildrummer Well said
He's the greatest drummer of the past decade. Fight me
Geebz. React to the whole album. Make the three hour long video. Do it.
Or just listen to the whole thing on your own, but either way you gotta hear it. đ
Listen to colors, react to colors II
I always hear a lot of "the song is part of one large piece of music" talk surrounding BTBAM. It's 100% true, but most people fail to mention that it was literally how they performed it live. The 2 live performances of Colors that I saw started with "Hey we're Between the Buried and Me" and ended about 65 continual minutes of music later after they walked offstage after playing the complete album without a break. And then they'd come back and play an encore. Not to mention line dancing in the pit during the bar/country sequence in this song. I've seen some good shows, but BTBAM is hard to beat!
Geebz this is just one section of a 65 minute piece of music called colors. It's one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. There is a DVD out of them performing all 65 minutes in it's entirety and they absolutely nail it. Check out the whole album on your channel
Thank you for saying this, you've beat me to it. Colors is all one song, and it's fantastic. Three-hour breakdown of an hour-long song, anyone? Podcast format, maybe??
Especially with the way you reacted at the end of the track. That's how the whole album is, just one long fluid piece of music. I absolutely love this album. I have been listening to it since it's release and I always go back to it and listen to it often. Do yourself a favor and listen to the whole album start to finish; you will not regret it.
Man seeing this album from start to finish in 2017 was easily my favorite experience seeing a piece of music live. These guys are fucking wizards
To bad Colors II was kind of a disappointing experience in comparison.
@@johnstanton7118 yeah, that anniversary tour was amazing.
This album changed the direction of my musical taste, what a masterclass in expression and talent, just an absolute gem. I watch the live colors show every year around Xmas, and well, that may be tonite for me!
That entire album "Colors" is an incredible work from start to finish. You could pick any song from the album and enjoy yourself.
For real, though. The whole album is basically one long song
Gotta listen to the the album all the way through! Magical experience
I know Geebz isn't money driven, but seriously how much?
I'm 50, a gigging musician and have listened to and played so much rock, metal, jazz and prog for many years and also huge Dream Theater fan since day one - but I totally missed these guys. I have heard of them plenty but had no idea how up my street they are! I agree about the Rush and Kansas influences but also hear Megadeth, Cacophony (Marty Friedman and Jason Becker) as well as a HUGE amount of Dream Theater (also massive Rush and Kansas fans of course) - amazed you never mentioned them once though!
But this band are incredible musicians, as heard in the diversity of the styles in this track alone (including the country bar bit :p). You can hear they have paid their dues and are more than metal players - I will definitely be checking more of them out. Thanks :)
This comment is the highlight of my whole day. Welcome to the ride. The album this song comes from (Colors) is a great intro to the band in my personal opinion. This was the one where a lot of people became super fans.
Enjoy your Journey into btbam!
Welcome to the party friend :)
Check out their song, Selkies... Geebz de-composed it even!
Also Paul, I really appreciate your post, and I hope I can give you a small Xmas gift even if it is only in digital form lol, hopefully you haven't heard of this album... I'm referring to Native Construct's "Quiet World" - their only release ever, as it was a college thing and then they split forever SMH... I consider it a MASTERPIECE, and I hope one day Geebz can de-compose a song from it, especially the last song! Either way, the album needs to be listened to as a whole, for reasons you'll find out, IF you listen to it lol... I hope you really dig it, and I would LOVE to know what you think about it, maybe in a reply here... anyway, Happy Holidays man!
Colors was BTBAM's first trek through a full prog concept album. Most of all the tracks bleed into the next (which is why the start of Ants of the Sky starts with a very abrupt drum fill; The ending to Sun of Nothing has the first part of that fill). Prog rock to it's core. I get jethro tull vibes, I get pink floyd interlude vibes, I get rush drum lines, and sure I can even hear Kansas in there with the way they incorporate their guitar harmonies and soundscapes.
I feel some necrophagist and cynic influences as well
Colors is one complete song that ends as it begins. To me the experience of listening to this album mirrors an intense mushroom trip where everything comes full circle.
Awesome reaction!! Thanks geebz! Prequel to the sequel is a great composition by them if you're looking for more! đ€
As a guitarist that started out playing more simple metal, then metalcore and deathcore, BTBAM is a perfect transition/precursor to getting into technical death metal if thatâs your goal. Hell youâd have a valid argument if you said some of BTBAMâs songs are harder than a lot of tech death honestly. Will always love this band
Saw BTBAM and had to open the video immediately
It's so dense that you get more out of it with every listen. Even after thousands of listens each, I still keep coming back to their albums đ€Żđ
Thanks for giving us so many btbam reactions!
Seriously Iâve listened to this record eight billion times and I still hear new things in it. SO MUCH.
Nice, love to see more BTBAM. I'd recommend their track Silent Flight Parliament, the closer from their album Parallax II, which you listened to one track of before.
And if you do, probably best to include the brief next track Goodbye to Everything Reprise, as that is effectively the conclusion of the song and that album.
In Bloom was such a drastic change from the rest of that album. Probably my favorite track on that album.
You clearly appreciate Dan's bass work. Check out his other projects Trioscapes, Nova Collective, Orbs, and Nightmare Scenario!
Also Disorder Assembly.
How Dan Briggs doesn't exhaust himself with so many side projects i honestly don't know
Please do Orbs! Any song on the Asleep Next to Science album
@@jmanwild87 Iâm not convinced heâs an actual human
One of my absolute favourite songs of all time. A chaotic malestrom of smooth and strong, at times almost nautical themes and the fun and play with the melodies and the baseline.
You should try a CYNIC song sometime , they have just released a new album but can recommend Evolutionary Sleeper, How Could I, Box Up my Bones or Cosmos the last I think would resonate with you a lot
These guys are definetly in my top 5 bands of all time. I'm dying for you to check out the live version of the song Extremophile Elite. Its epic!
You gotta do all of colors.
"Hello we're between the buried and me, this is colors."
And that's the last of the speaking for an hour and sixteen minutes. All one song.
I was listening this album this morning and I thought, âMan, Geebz needs to listen to this.â Little did I know, you were listening to this album at the same time as me.
Omg Geebz you're killing it so far this year. LOVE THIS TRACK AHHHH
The year is nearly over...
@@charlieo.possum5501 ya know.... that did actually occur to me right after I posted đ đ I feel like since Geebz took his year break itâs a new year of reviews for him. While not technically a ânew yearâ, itâs still kinda is for this channel đ
Great suggestion. This entire album is essential IMO. Also great spot on the bass work, Dan Briggs is so underrated!
Tommy (vocalist/keyboardist) does all the vocals besides Paul (lead guitarist) on select tracks and live performances. Jamie King, the producer for this is an absolute legend. The only tattoo I hace ever wanted is from this song. 'Dream on; Fly on... In your mind you can fly.'
such a beautiful line. I'm not sure where Tommy comes up with the lyrics but the deeper I delve I love them more and more.
Now you just need to listen to Bad Habits off of their new album Colors 2. Itâs a spiritual successor and has some fun call backs to moments on this album. Loved the reaction!
When you said it was the most creative piece youve heard on this channel, the wasnt just your opinion, its a fact! This is also my fav btbam song. Seen then play it live once, best day of my life. Cheers Geebz!
When I saw them playing Ants live, my friends made a big mosh pit in the Country/barfight section. They played at a small festival and most people in the audience didnt look like they have heard about them before, but we the five of us didnt give a shit and we danced and had so much fun.
After the concert we chatted with Blake and he gave his drumsticks to one of my friends who is an aspiring drummer. They chatted for 10 minutes or so about nerdy drumming stuff. My friend asked: how did you manage to play through the end of ants of the sky with a broken drum stick? Blake laughed and said "Hell, how did you notice that??" He rushed back to The drum set and came back with the broken drum stick and gave it to him. Till this day my friend talks about this as the best moment in his life
@@MrTelorix heâs the nicest person
I got goosebumps when he said that...
I freaking love how you kind of did a double take when the song starts. That is one hell of an intro! It makes much more sense when you hear how "Sun of Nothing" ends.
BTBAM albums are made to be listened to from start to finish.
I listened to this album ad nauseam from '07 - '11 and constantly find myself listening to it year after year. BTBAM are absolutely amazing.
I can't explain how excited I was to see this pop up on my feed. Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas is exactly what the part at 9:18 sounds like!
Iâve listened to this song hundreds of times and Iâve never put that together! And I totally hear it.
The look on your face right before the ho-downâŠlike you knew what was coming đ and every time you wonder if the track flows into the next song, yes yes itâs going to
Thanks for doing this one! Such a legendary BTBAM track.
One among the fence
"Metal slam poetry" is without a doubt the best way to describe both Tommy's vocal style and also his lyrical content, hands down
A full album, yet a single song. It's so brilliant and never gets old to me.
Iâve seen these guys perform this entire album live and itâs truly an amazing experience.
Yes! My favorite BTBAM song. And from one of my favorite albums of all time
Hey homie, i haven't watched your stuff in a bit but i just wanna say that what you do here really brings value. Having someone so pleasant and positive who can introduce you to new cool sounds, remind you of stuff you enjoyed earlier in life or make you laugh along with clown core is extremely helpful in hard times for me personally, and is doubtlessly so for many other folks. Appreciate it man, keep up the good stuff!
I appreciate that SG!
Just bought my tickets to see them once again in march 2022. : )
OMG Finally
Between the Buried and Me never disappoints! One of the greatest bands EVER!
It finally happened!!! Thank you so much! Please keep the BTBAM reactions rolling, their work soooooooo deserves it.
Some suggestions are Silent Flight Parliament, Human is Hell or White Walls
The Colors album is 1 movement, each song flows into the next. There is a really good live version they released that is worth watching from start to finish. its a flawless performance. Colors is the greatest prog album ever released IMO
These guys are from my town of Raleigh NC. Never met them but I've seen them live heaps. They started a mosh pit at the NC State Fair in 2018
I'm from Ohio, but I'd love to go to Raleigh someday to see BTBAM. Hometown shows hit different, I'm sure!
@@fractallusion7121 they are. Hopefully you'll get the chance
This is my absolute. So glad you got to enjoy this one. All the best Geebz!
I absolutely love Geebz' faces through the first section. Awesome.
Hollllllyyyyyyyy yesssssss FINALLY!!
Edit: King Crimson is a strong BTBAM influence, among others you mentioned
Thank you so much for this reaction! had me grinning throughout the video! This whole album is a 54 minute song and they have a live dvd playing it flawlessly. Hopefully more btbam coming soon!
Did you meant to say 64 min song my dude? Lol
Their bassist is truly amazing. He's a joy to watch.
And another side note:
Two of the members of this band originally came from a Metalcore band called Prayer for Cleansing in the late 90s-early 00s. Their lineup wrote and produced a full length album which toured for a bit when they were fresh out of highschool. PfC's release is also recommended for anyone reading this that likes the history of popular bands. đ€
When I hear someone say âI hear a queen influenceâ I know you got it. Good work! Queen is their biggest influence. This band (which Iâve followed for nearly 20 years now) always impresses me.
I LOVE watching you smile at what music has to offer man. Keeps me coming back. Cheers!
I would absolutely love to see your reaction to Viridian into White Walls. In my opinion, the best bass solo ever, into an absolutely EPIC end to this album.
Yes yes yes!!! All the way yes
Oh boy, been waiting on this one for a long time!
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holidays!
Keep up the great content!
P.S. Colors is a, for a lack of better term that I know, a "continuous" album, all the songs aside from the first and last lead into each other. I got to see this played in it's entirety right after it was released and it was one of the most magical concerts I've ever attended.
last year during the lockdowns, they did a twitch stream of all the band members in a basement studio do a full start to finish playthrough of colors, and I was there live to see it. It was spectacular, and was a revitalizing breath of sound to hear it (virtually) right from their instruments to my ears at the time. It really is an album I end up listening to right through to the end because of how sunk between each other the tracks are
Btbam has been my favorite band for going on 20 years!!!
That entire song is like the Spanish Inquisition. When you least expect it, BAM. A different direction. And the little "country" detour toward the end. That was fun!
Aloha from Seattle! I'm still here!
Always a pleasure to watch you react to BTBAM, and this is an epic track. Good choice! You should (possibly for one of your Throwback Thursdays, or the like) react to Between The Buried and Me - Mordecai. It's an absolute classic, and really showcases their split personality approach to music composition. You'll dig it. I promise.
Happy Christmas, Geebz.
Love that you reacted to this one Geebs, huge BTBAM fan and this is my favorite track by a long shot.
I APPRECIATE YOU GEEBZ! This song is a masterpiece. It's been really cool going on this journey with you over the past years. I truly recommend an extra large gummy bear and a listen through to this whole album.
The lead singer, Tommy, does the harsh and clean vocals. Thank you for this video! I love this channel! This is my favorite band, btw
Never forget moving to a new state when I was younger and this album came out and it saved me.
The Bassist Dan Briggs is in a side band called ORBS I highly recommend giving them a listen, I recommend their song "People Will Read Again".
That entire album is phenomenal.
Trioscapes and nova collective are also amazing projects of his
Donât forget his other sick ass band Nova Collective. I recommend the song âState of Fluxâ.
What I love most about your videos, is watching your genuine amusement and internal note and composition tracking you do. Sometimes it's really visible, to the point where I can tell you're just enjoying it jamming out and when your focusing on something specific you're hearing.. I do the same, but I have no idea what it is I'm noticing, but I know it's there, I can feel it and hear it, and watching you provide trained knowledgeable feedback explaining certain things has really enlightened me! Great videos my dude, keep it up
If I make it to this point in the album I have to just let it play out in its entirety. Because after Ants in the Sky is the strongest last act in any album I've ever heard with Prequal to the Sequal, Viridian, and White Walls. BTBAM really did capture something with the album, and they've continued to make arguably better albums. Just something about when and where this hit was a perfect storm.
I still find it impossible to listen to one single track off this album. Itâs the whole thing, or not at all.
Itâs always amusing watching people react to this song for the first time đ it has like. 10 songs within the song.
This song literally makes tear up at certain points. I get mad goose bumps from ants of the sky still to this day and I've been listening to this album for over a decade already...still my number 1 band of all times.
So glad you have videos on them now!!! Been waiting for this moment for long time hahaha
Glad to see you revisit these guys again. I'd be keen to see you react to something off their record "Coma Ecliptic", which is their rock opera, for lack of a better phrase. That record features far more singing compared to growling, the instrumentation is more melody driven, and the songs tend to have a more identifiable structure. Love the channel; great as usual, Geebz!
Turn On the Darkness is my vote for Coma Ecliptic song đ€Ż
Had the chills (chicken skin) with you. That solo has always melted me. Can't tell you how much this album meant to me when it came out. I've definitely never binged only one album for as long as I did colors. Masterpiece is an understatement.
Dude you would absolutely LOVE Never Seen/Future Shock from their newest album, Colors 2. Even for them I find it to be extremely innovative and creative.
That song is sick!
I love watching people react to this song. The look on everyone's face during the hoedown section is always so great.
Long live BTBAM!
I 100% get "Like a Prayer" vibes at that exact moment.
This was a phenomenal piece to dissect! I've heard very little of BTBAM, but first heard them from playing Rockband way back when (think it was Rband 2?)
Such a killer track, but they really love to experiment, sometimes even within the same measure; just switching it up to not only keep things flowing from one sound to another, but to really showcase their musicianship as the song progresses. This is one of those tracks that you could sample an endless amount from, and each individual section could fit in so many different aspects of music.
Really, goddamn fantastic work here! Each musician has their time to shine, and they each come together to pull off an intense piece of work.
I didn't even notice the "Rush" sound until you mentioned it, Geebz, but Kansas and a little bit of The Doors (rhythmically, to me) during those softer rock influenced passages really comes through.
I would *love* to be in the studio when these guys come together to make music like this happen. Just phenomenal stuff!
Thanks for the vid, Geebz, and thanks for everyone suggesting this. Awesome track, keep on rockin', man! Awwwright!
Great observations as always, Geebz. Colors and Colors II are just long journeys with intertwined tracks. They're one story pieced together through tracks. This album changed my life at the age of 17 forever!! It's a monumental album that changed a lot of lives and changed progressive metal forever. Colors II just came out and what was amazing is they took easter eggs from this album and placed it in a part 2 and it's incredible how they gave us a very similar yet unique journey over a decade later. Between The Buried and Ma will be one of those timeless bands that we all will realize later on in life how special it really was having these guys by our generations influencers and artists. Keep 'em comin Geebz! Cheers!
Geebz! I'm just so stoked that you've stuck with them after multiple listens. They are a difficult band to react to and dissect but so worth it!
Colors was THE life changing album for me and seeing that genuine smile at the hoe-down bit made me just a little teary-eyed because I remember that feeling the first time my friend and I listened to this track.
This album is intense, chaotic, and heavy but also paced very well and it leaves you feeling like you went on a truly epic journey once it's all over. I know it's selfish to recommend you listen to the whole thing from beginning to end, but it should be a bucket list item for any music fan that even remotely likes progressive stuff. Cheers!
Great song and reaction! I love how much you drool over great bassists. It takes a really detailed ear to hear how they are contributing to the tone and feel of a track, especially in this genre where so much is going on. Keep doing what you do!
So I love Prog rock & metal but I never listened to these guys for some reason. Thanks for illuminating me!
The first time I listened to this song, it made me cry.
Just catching your videos on this band. I've been listening to them since Alaska and every single album has been something interesting, different, exciting, and just blows my mind. I love this band. ALSO, this particular song is one of my all-time-favorite songs from any band of any genre. So many feels and vibes, but all carry the same story. It's unbelievable and I'm glad more people have found and discovered it. I have enjoyed over the years just showing people this. The faces people make when it kicks into Country western make me so happy.
I can't explain how excited I am to listen to this right now. My all time favorite band and album right here. Anytime I see a btbam song that you listen to....I'm just overcome with emotions. Thank you for giving this a listen.
This band always gets me sucked into hours of just jammin. One listen I pay attention to the bass the next the guitar and then the vocals. Love all their albums
I will never forget discovering this band in high-school and putting on Colors for the first time. One of my best friends and I drove together our first year in college and must have listened to Colors 40 plus times that semester on our drives.
It's incredibly difficult to not listen to this whole album from front to back. Every track flows into the next, it's really one giant track. That was why it just came in out of nowhere like that.
Right lol. I listen to rap exclusively, except for btbam, I've memorized every album I've listened to them so much.
I love all BTBAM's albuns. But the COLORS is especial. There is a vibe that i cannot describe. I'm a Brazilian guy who love this band since 2010, when AUGUST BURNS RED told about them.
This song is from the album Colors. They just released Colors 2 finally and I think you should give it a listen. I would recommend "The Future is Behind Us" as a starting point.
Love it, Keep up the good work man đ€
Awesome song. Thanks for doing this one! Really enjoy the channel!
All hail BTBAM, gods among men
Yeeesssss! Iâm always ecstatic to see BTBAM on this channel. Guaranteed goosebumps every time. Thanks for the entertainment Geebz, and happy holidays!
Always good to see some btbam on the channel. Seasons greetings to you and yours from the UK.
Thank you Geebz for reacting to this track. Happy holidays brotha! đ€
my favourite song. great review man!
Waited a long time for this one. Glad to see you enjoyed the sonic journey as much as I thought you would. Keep up the good work and BTBAM on rotation, youâll never be disappointed!
Musical masterpiece!! I love how itâs like they take each members different musical thoughts during that moment and pooled them all together. 14 songs in 1, an ear candy buffet.
I absolutely love how the colors in the cover line up with your dinosaur back there
Wow I am sooo happy you did this one