By Andrew Bansal
Throughout their short but illustrious 12-year career so far, progressive metal quintet Between The Buried And Me has made rapid strides as musicians, both collectively and individually. The self-titled full-length debut effort of 2002 got them their initial fan base, and subsequent albums “The Silent Circus” “Alaska”, “Colors” and “The Great Misdirect” kept the fans more than satisfied while gaining new audiences all the time. Not only did they showcase musical creativity through these albums, their on-stage performances proved that they could do justice to the material in the live setting, performing such complex tunes with aplomb. Last year, they released their first ever EP titled “The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues”, and introduced the fans to the concept which is now being presented in detail on its sequel, the sixth full-length album, “The Parallax II: Future Sequence”, coming out on October 9th via Metal Blade Records. If the music on the said EP was anything to go by, the follow-up promised to be a stellar effort, and my goodness, it sure is. Continue reading “Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence [9.5 out of 10]”