so actually i wanted to start the month off with a little series on a band that i really came to love in the course of the last two years. what do i say, i do not only love their stuff, i'd go that far to say i adore it. as between the buried and me have a new album in the making and i was able to collect all their recorded works on vinyl so far, the time has come to finally showcase it here. their first record marks the beginning. here we go.
i still remember when this came out, although the tunes came to my ears as recently as last year. in 2002, the year the album appeared, lifeforce records from germany was handling release matters. two years later, when i was getting knee deep into european hardcore, lifeforce was the home of all my favourite bands. cataract, destiny, heaven shall burn - to name a few. so of course i saw the album cover of btbam's debut a couple of times but somehow never checked it out. something like ten years later and i hold this first vinyl issue of this album by victory records in hands.
musically btbam made a great start here. of course, everything a bit raw and not fully developed in comparison with their latter work, but that's quite a natural thing with the debut of almost any band. nevertheless, all the trademarks were already there. complex song structures, heavy death metal grooves, almost classic melodies accomponied by the beautiful tenor voice of vocalist tommy rogers and those quirky parts that prove their musical variety and creativeness. check the bar scene in 'shevanel cut a flip'. awesome. funny spelling mistake with that pressing. betweeen the buried and me. white vinyl with some colour smudges. 1037 pressed. victory records.
stay tuned for more btbam stuff coming your way!
