Between The Buried and Me - Colors_Live

Last year Between The Buried and Me released one of the finest metal albums to be released in a long time. 'Colors' was a self described "65 minute opus of non stop pummeling beautiful music" and "adult contemporary progressive death metal" that was true to those words. The release was critically acclaimed and followed by an extensive tour in which they played 'Colors' in it's entirety, leading them towards the 'Progressive Nation Tour' with the powerhouses of modern progressive metal Dream Theater and Opeth.

Between The Buried and Me have made a large mark on the metal world since that time. They have been a relatively popular band in the metalcore world for a few years now, but the last year has really seen them take off with an audience that there music has not typically reached.

This summer it was announced that Between The Buried and Me would be recording a Live DVD/CD for 'Colors'. Fans were excited... This was a project for the fans. The fans will not be disappointed.

For the people who loved 'Colors'; this is THE version of 'Colors'. Anyone who has had the good fortune of witnessing this band play live knows that they are just fantastic. You would be hard pressed to find a band that has better musicianship and that can reproduce it this flawlessly live. Between The Buried and Me is not a band that relies on jumping around on stage to keep an audience captivated, they have a gift of writing music that grabs you, and when they play it live, you are never bored.

The DVD is absolutely beautiful. The camera work is smooth, the cuts are perfect and it is just engaging to watch. Granted, I have not watched a lot of professionally produced live music video, but I would gander a guess that this is some top notch work. Everything you want to see is shown exactly when you want to see it, and the camera work does an excellent job of accenting the music with it's choice of shots. There are some epic looking shots during some of the more emotionally grabbing pieces of music that are spectacular.

'Colors' is not the only thing on this DVD, there is a second set consisting of six older songs that do a great job of exemplifying where they have come from, 'Mordecai', 'Shevanel Cut A Flip', 'Backwards Marathon', 'Ad A Dglgmut', 'Aspirations' and a song that has become a staple of their live set, 'Selkies: The Endless Obsessoin'. It is a great gift to people who have been fans of the band for a long time. Other than the second set, there are a slew of bonuses that are worth checking out.

Basically, we have a stellar DVD of one of the finest albums written in recent memory. People who loved BTBAM and 'Colors' should defintely check it out. It is a release created specifically for the people whom have come to love, enjoy and support the band. People who do not like this band will not find much to persuade them here, but that's ok. Watching this DVD shows that BTBAM is one of the most sincere bands out there, and they have reached a very stable point in their careers as musicians. I cannot wait for what will come next.

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