Between the Buried and Me/The Dear Hunter 7" Split

For those who don't know what this is: The bands collaborated and each covered a song of the other band's.
"The Tank" is originally by The Dear Hunter while "Rapid Calm" is originally by BTBAM. They just did these two songs and sold them as a 7 inch vinyl split to people who were planning to see them while they were on tour together this past spring. They first pressed 1000 and then decided to do another 1000 after the first run sold out, so there is a limited amount of copies that exist. They also gave out MP3 download codes to the people who bought the vinyl, but they currently don't have plans to release these songs digitally to the public, so that's why I uploaded them here, so everyone could hear them.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

I would like to ask that everyone please refrain from commenting negatively about either of the bands on this video. You're entitled to your opinion but it isn't welcome here. I shared these tracks here because I knew a lot of fans were excited to hear them and couldn't, not because I wanted to hear you say anything rude about the bands. Thank you.

[@SleepTalkMetropolis]

I don't know why people have to be rude. Both bands are amazing and they both made badass covers.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

Agreed. Some people just don't know how to be sometimes. I don't get it either; can't we all just share in the fun of the collaboration?

[@DDevilized]

both bands suck shit

[@DDevilized]

just kidding. both tracks are amazing. I think I actualy like them more than the originals. Rapid Calm (Coma Ecliptic as a whole) always felt to me like it was written for a different band.

[@danielbarber2113]

This is an excellent idea for a split album.

[@ekul831]

I wanna hear BTBAM do In Clauda Venenum. That would be hella dope

[@gavinlopez5046]

ekul40831 the Opeth album?

[@gavinlopez5046]

ekul40831 the Opeth album?

[@jonathangreenway3416]

@@gavinlopez5046 Its a TDH song and it's hot fire

[@sjoerd4252]

@@jonathangreenway3416 Thanks buddy, this song sure is hot fire.

[@matthewbachelor6576]

Holy crap! Yes! I would leave my body if I heard BTBAM cover that!

[@ekul831]

Interesting take on rapid calm. I like it. It's got a Mars Volta vibe. That singer from The Dear Hunter is an amazing vocalist

[@Froboy1100]

He's awesome. Give em a listen

[@xxmigs41xx]

BTBAM doing 'Mustard Gas' would be incredible. Alternatively Dear Hunter doing 'Bloom' would be equally great.

[@flyingsquirrels83]

Will Mcilvain wow. You just blew my mind.

[@beto1580]

If not better than the original, because TDH's version just blew my fuckin' mind!!!!!!

[@BTBAM819]

I was listening to Mustard Gas today and I thought the exact same thing! I like the Tank version but Mustard would have been more awesome!

[@Theogvineofthedead]

Now if you were in 'bloom' I'd pluck your petals clean. Although it won't seem so I could promise you my egos running me!

[@jmartin1289]

oh what i would give to have seen both bands reactions to hearing eachothers covers for the first time.

[@FredNagel]

I love that both sides really put in the effort to interpret each other's music, in stead of straight "playing it". I think it goes to show how immersive both bands' music can be, and how on top of their craft they are. Applause!

[@matthewbachelor6576]

Yes! They really got into each other's pocket. You can tell they all love and respect each other's music so for that reason they added their real souls to the rendition so it wouldn't just be a cheap cover. These are the Buddhas of our time.

[@Wactownsk8r]

I demand full discography covers from both BTBAM and TDH.

[@ChrisChoi123]

that would be awesome except i think tdh will have a pretty tough time with most of btbams discography, especially colors and the parallax 2

[@curbfeld9558]

TDH needs to cover Prehistory

[@benilak]

Hearing The Dear Hunter go super epic proggy like this is amazing. I wouldn't mind if they adapted this style for a future EP or full-length album.

[@beto1580]

I think both, BTBAM and TDH, could borrow/steal a few things from each other (imo, if BTBAM really wants to become a prog band, they should totally learn a thing or two from Casey and his boys)...

[@TKettle]

Dude btbam is like the definition of progressive metal.

[@beto1580]

@@TKettle In Automata, they decided to push themselves more and more into a regular prog metal/rock vibe, with all the genre's cliches...

[@TKettle]

@@beto1580 I can hear them throwing in a few styles I recognize, especially in Proverbial Bellows, but overall I think they're radically different from every other band, and are constantly changing. IMHO, bands that repeat themselves, or cliche sounds, aren't very progressive. With Plini, Animals as Leaders, Tesseract, or Monuments, I have a pretty solid idea of what I'm going to hear. However every btbam album is like like traveling to a new audio landscape. No idea what to expect. I actually laughed first time Voice of Trespass came on because it was so violently unexpected.

[@nihilusm2172]

+Tyler Ketter they could release an album of just horses neighing and accordions and we'd eat that shit up.

[@mariocastillo8334]

Never heard of The Dear Hunter before today. All I the info I have as of now is that a. They made an excellent cover of an excellent BTBAM song and b. BTBAM covered a song by them and it sounds awesome. Diagnosis: Imma hear TDH. A lot.

[@Cornchps827]

Mario Castillo TDH is a great band. I prefer there older albums though. Act 2 and 3 are classic

[@therealcleany]

Beau Brenner really? I like absolutely everything TDH put out, but Act IV and Act V are pure perfection in my opinion.

[@Froboy1100]

Beau Brenner Act IV amd V and All is as All Should Be are works of musical prowess. And not just like jamming on a guitar, I mean with sheer musical and narrative technique that surpass any skill of most modern artists.

[@farvalente]

Mario, just like me.. since I heard this I then started to ear TDH.. and damn.. they created a masterpiece in my opinion.

[@timkelly6463]

The Color Spectrum. End of discussion.

[@unicornsperm]

I wish Leprous was in on this as well! They had by far the best intro to any concert I have ever been to.

[@jefeltner11]

Alister Lobo holy shit do I agree. Felt like (at least at my venue) they didn’t get the appreciation I would’ve liked. They absolutely slay live.

[@alispie]

The Cello solo?? Dude that show was great.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

THE CELLIST WAS AMAZING

[@angelicxscarx]

Agreed! I came from Canada just to go see that tour and it was worth every penny

[@alispie]

Jenn Bell nice. I did the opposite for the Intervals and Northlane tour last summer. That was a ton of fun.

[@Gravityys]

Both covers are incredible, especially because each band put their own personality and variants to the cover.

[@derkadurp4222]

I honestly can't believe one of my favorite metal bands covered my favorite dear hunter song... This is amazing

[@yourdevil2496]

Holy mother the dear hunter version is purely eargasmic

[@evandeck5381]

Rapid calm may have been my favorite song on coma. TDH did a fantastic cover. Really getting into TDH cuz of this collab

[@luisaparicio3627]

This is surreal.. I started listening to both bands almost simultaneously about 6 or 7 years ago. Never crossed my mind they would do something like this. Thank you so much for the upload!!!

[@davemakesnoises]

I didn’t realize i had been waiting my entire life for this moment until i hit play and it all made sense.

[@jeremiahscott1288]

David Kirsh S A M E F A M

[@emkii1640]

Its wierd......Btbam could write songs for TDH and TDH could write songs for Btbam

[@smkinrade]

Both are excellent. I haven't gotten into The Dear Hunter much before but that will change. I wish they'd cover that entire album, can you imagine a King Redeem/Queen Serene cover...

[@jaredhoeft2832]

smkinrade that's the most "old school" btbam song on the album... How would the dear hunter adapt the prominent death metal sections? It would certainly be interesting

[@DashHoundRacing]

What I REALLY want to hear is how they interpret the super '70s prog vibes on Coma Machine and Memory Palace.

[@SchwabAD]

Love hearing BTBAM do songs with predominately clean vocals like this (even if it isn't their song per se).

[@Alx61710]

That was a legit brilliant idea. Both bands killed each other's songs. I prefer BTBAM so I liked theirs more but The Dear Hunter still killed it, especially the outro they created for rapid calm making it their own. Hands down hats off🤘

[@tristans.8282]

My two absolute favorite bands going at it so hard. I love this so much it hurts.

[@AmoreTheYeen]

Both covers are amazing, been a BTBAM fan for years, I never heard of The Dear Hunter till i saw this, I need to check out more of their stuff

[@metalbirbclips3477]

Yes you do

[@Theogvineofthedead]

This makes me so happy. For me I saw TDH the first time in 2009 on Halloween and it has been my favorite band since. And I know btbam but just kind of :p

[@AmoreTheYeen]

I ended up checking them out and still hooked today haha

[@framebox1731]

What the hell, this is stupidly good. TDH never disappoints, and this was a pleasant first experience to BTBAM.

[@joechava]

Heh, though I'm fairly new to BTBAM this experience was mirror of yours; they never disappoint and first TDH was cool.

[@wolfos412]

This... was... amazing... I love both these bands, but to me are in such different spectrums of music I am pleasantly shocked by this collab.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

almost as wide as a...Color Spectrum? ;)

[@tristans.8282]

Their styles are so complimentary. The skill and creativity between these dear musicians will surely bury me in bliss.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

"These DEAR musicians...BURY me in bliss"...I see what you did there ;)

[@williamdixon2026]

Two very different takes on each other's songs. They're both brilliant!

[@DirtyCleAnDRuMMer92]

So much praise in the comment section... and it's so deserved! This is incredible. Two great takes on two great songs. I wish this kind of stuff happened more often in the Prog world

[@ryangood4595]

I didn't even know this existed and it's just a brilliant idea! Love both bands and they've both increased up a notch on my respect grade for undertaking such an experiment. Bravo!

[@SamDisaughster1]

DAMN!!!! both killed it... but but... BUT DEAR HUNTER COVERING RAPID CALM was just magical

[@Chaals]

My friend told me about this recently, I hadn't heard of it before, but goddamn the Dear Hunter nailed Rapid Calm. I haven't listened to the Dear Hunter too much yet but I heard the original version of The Tank and BTBAM did a great job as well

[@Beanie-Sandals]

I love this so fucking much. I was heavy into BTBAM during the early 2000's, then in 2007 I discovered TDH (as well as TREOS) and became obsessed. Without them both I would not be where I'm at today. It's good to hear these two worlds of mine finally converge.

[@barndone]

I definitely wholeheartedly recommend you check out a band Native Construct because it's like the love child of BTBAM and TDH.

[@EarlOfBassington]

ey beanie, did you check em out

[@fakeshake234]

HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT A BTBAM AND TDH SPLIT? WTF IS WRONG WITH ME..

[@CrispyMWHC]

Pretty sure it was only available by buying VIP tickets for the Automata I tour. I was bummed to find out I missed it too.

[@hecksongs9803]

They sold it during Summer Slaughter too, apparently.

[@Steeznutts]

This is soooo good. Im glad this exists. Thanks for the upload

[@Nekotaku01]

Now I want to hear The Dear Hunter and Coheed and Cambria collab like this. Also, The Dear Hunter made Rapid calm sound like a cross between Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody and Rogue - Dreams in the beginning of their cover.

[@Swollen_Goat]

I still find it so crazy that my 2 favorite bands covered each others songs. I would have never expected this to happen in a million years.

[@cdthedrummer]

Two of my all-time favorite bands and I am hearing this for the first time. If I could've been a fly on the wall during the writing process...

[@rizkymarliansyah5668]

Oh I miss tune like this from them, sounds so Colors.

[@flagmuffin1221]

Colours? This definitely sounds much more recent BTBAM than Colours. Automata/Coma if anything.

[@timkelly6463]

It sounds like what it would be like if BTBAM covered TDH... Hmm. On the real though, it doesn't sound like the typical BTBAM exploits.

[@michaelragan6898]

Thats what I was thinking. Not nearly heavy enough to be Colors-esque.

[@cbakehorn]

Oh my god this is wonderful. GREAT cover of one of my favorite BTBAM songs of all time. I didn't even listen to The Tank yet but I'm thrilled to do so.

[@arryospeedwagon]

Damn. BTBAM with The Dear Hunter is a super cool pairing. Reminds me of when I saw BTBAM with Coheed. I love when bands who you might think are in different scenes collaborate on albums or tours.

[@gagecline2683]

I'm beyond ecstatic about the fact that this exists. I've heard both bands' entire discographies and both of these covers are perfection.

[@bigCITY17]

I could cry from finding this :') what a beautiful discovery Thank you for uploading this

[@NightOwlparallax]

My hero, i have like 3 months waiting for this

[@TheOldSchoolCrisis]

I love both of these bands and BTBAM has been my absolute favorite band pretty much since I first heard the Parallax EP. I went into this fully expecting their cover to be the one I preferred, but honestly (While I still love it) The Deer Hunter absolutely stole this for me. I only wish I would have know this EP existed and I had gotten my hands on it back when it ran. Amazing work from both bands!

[@BTBAM819]

This is amazing! Love both bands but I hope some day we have a BTBAM / Haken split!!

[@justin290]

Both of these cover are very well done. BTBAM is my favourite prog metal band and The Dear Hunter is my favourite prog rock band, so I knew both bands would do a good job. Only thing I'm disappointed with is that I didn't get to see them live.

[@Tgaddy314]

justin290 the whole show was amazing from the opening band to the encore of btbam. Literally my all time best live show I have seen

[@sasqcornell8682]

Oh man it was such a good show. Leporus opening for these two was just pure eargasm. Someone create a time machine so I can go back plz

[@SpinachInquisition]

I love this split so much, thanks for posting it! :)

[@sergeylyon9978]

This is amazing! Thanks for posting. I had no idea this was a thing.

[@iwasuglyinhighschool2180]

this is AMAZING!!! i can't believe this exists!!!! thank you for uploading!!!

[@angellerma3374]

GREATNESS! Expected nothing less! GREAT job!

[@emanuelepresutti9316]

Thank You for share this! Amazing!

[@TheDemetrius05]

Two of my favorite bands together? Thank you Christ!

[@nigelswab1236]

My goodness do I love both of these bands deeply, so awesome to see them collab and touring together!!

[@TheRoob420]

thanks so much for uploading these, living in Europe I would've never had the chance to hear them otherwise!

[@betToWin111]

Bravo! They have no limits, they are masters of music. Thank you for sharing this gold to the world.

[@johntraywick751]

I've been waiting since there show to listen to this, thank you so much for uploading it. Literally my two favorite bands

[@bringmetothelake1841]

You're so welcome! Happy to share! :)

[@colincurtin6787]

So I don’t know Dear Hunter, and now I know that I NEED to check them out. I almost enjoy their version of Rapid Calm more! (Of course all praise to BTBAM, they are gods) Holy crap this is awesome.

[@TheDBrigner]

Oh, to be someone discovering The Dear Hunter, again.

[@TheMetallicalf]

I caught this show live in Dallas, but was unable to get my hands on one of these records. Thank you for uploading.

[@jatsingh3198]

I absolutely love this!!

[@SleepTalkMetropolis]

30th time listening. Both songs are pure sex to my ears. Both band nailed it.

[@Tgaddy314]

Sirus Blenke agreed. Rapid Calm feels like it could have been a Dear Hunter song from one of the acts

[@IbanezPlayer124]

Nice Futaba dp!

[@IntrusiveThot420]

IbanezPlayer124 futaba dp? She’s underaged!

[@brandondiggins7090]

I grew up with btbam and the recieving end of sirens. Love this. Glad casey is doing his own music.

[@Jbur63]

My top 2 favorite bands! Both covers are awesome! I was happy to get a copy of this myself. Probably my favorite concert experience to date!

[@finnthehu200]

Same.

[@Justinlmd]

I agree! Leprous was amazing also.

[@joshuamccormick4061]

Same. TDH did such an amazing job. I've listened to this song like ten times already since I found it earlier today.

[@joshuamccormick4061]

Was such an amazing show.

[@therealcleany]

I’m so jealous! Still waiting for TDH to come to Europe.

[@teedepefanio5687]

Incredible.. I love this. Well done.. :)

[@ShaneClough]

Very cool, thanks for sharing this man!

[@bringmetothelake1841]

You're welcome! Happy to share! - a woman ;)

[@d.leon.pedro.26]

Sem palavras pra descrever !!! Maravilha Total !

[@TheSquirrely]

Appreciate the upload, I would haven't found out about the awesome the dear hunter. Both bands did great takes on the songs.

[@luukroijmans6558]

My God 😍😍 sound so beautiful

[@Tuscani407]

These songs are now digitally available on bandcamp 👌🏼

[@skele8rity]

just discovering dear hunter beyond the same two songs this year, but ive known btbam for what feels like forever... ive gotta say, given the timing and the absolutely stunning style of both bands, this was a spiritual experience. im blown away??? thank you so much for the upload- really wouldve missed out on something incredible if this hadnt popped up in my recent/recommended feed!

[@ceres9027]

i dont know anything about btbam but holy shit they killed it with that cover of the tank

[@finnthehu200]

I hadn't heard of The Dear Hunter until I saw them with BtBaM. I think they did a pretty good job on the Rapid Calm cover.

[@Matt1the3beast]

Do yourself a favor and look through their discography. As long as you are okay with harsh vocals, you wont be disappointed.

[@ceres9027]

Matt1the3beast yeah I think I will haha

[@zonk7851]

Yeah, BTBAM fucking kills. They are so incredibly talented.

[@iDrinkJ4ck]

Start with their album "Colors"

[@desertfox738]

2 of my favorite bands, holy shit these covers are incredible

[@jasongermann3095]

Omg. Literally my two favorite bands EVER!!!!!!!

[@SchimmyGVO]

Btbam absolutely N A I L E D Dear hunters tank. Was such an awesome take on the song. Gave me more apocalyptic/futuristic vibes from it which is dope af. Wish there was more 😭

[@peanutbutler80]

Wow, AMAZING. Just saw BTBAM a little while back, I'm going to check out TDH after my goosebumps go down!!!

[@Zakzattak]

Btbam has such beautiful ballad voices I hope they do more

[@la3011]

Thank you for sharing. Great song by great cover band + great band turning everything to gold and lycée de versailles.

[@punktlichmedia]

Great Musicians! Can't wait to meet them! God Bless! -Jason

[@Peachyambs3]

Both songs are so beautiful

[@cliffyang5536]

Goddamn, these interpretations are so beautiful

[@piscesfreak1]

After almost a year of listening to them, I finally know why I like The Dear Hunter - because BTBAM do!

[@nicoparra1990]

Hell of a disc

[@bradleydarko557]

"Between the Deer Hunter and me"- cool ass name dude! Thanks for sharing this to! I've dying to hear this. Great job!

[@bringmetothelake1841]

Happy to share!

[@jeremiahscott1288]

Dear*

[@bradleydarko557]

Thank you for correcting me! 😊

[@buckfozos5554]

Thanks for sharing this awesomeness. Never knew these 2 bands toured together, guess it's old news by now. Huge fan of The Dear Hunter and I'm thrilled you helped more fans discover them with these covers.

[@chrisspaulding6684]

Wow! This is great... It would be nice if we could get more of this in the future!!!

[@jaredhoeft2832]

Chris Spaulding I would pay a pretty penny for an entire album of these two bands covering each other

[@Wvfflestomper]

Jesus Christ did these blow my expectations out of the water. I have loved both of these bands and was very excited for this. They smashed these.

[@tylerbelisle-toler9388]

Jesus Christ did these blow my expectations out of the water. I have loved both these bands and was very excited for this. They smashed these.

[@ukrus6208]

Bought a copy for me and my bro after hearing this! This is genuinely awesome.

[@bringmetothelake1841]

It will sound better on vinyl and direct MP3 than it does on my audio output software, too, so I'm glad you decided to purchase record. Enjoy!!!

[@Trivium336]

Pure Gold.

[@squirrely1981]

I enjoyed that, thank you.

[@d.leon.pedro.26]

A dream that come true!

[@chefitaly7339]

This is awesome

[@karsaorlong5091]

Two of my favorite bands on one EP! Best part of my day! Thank you for everything you guys. Hope no one talks shit about your hard work. Though there are a lot of stupid people out there. Who gives a shit what they think anyway

[@keenanbartlome8153]

I’m so sad I missed this tour

[@the_grAyLIEN]

Oh my God! SOOOOO good.

[@YouCanOnlyImagine]

I'm beyond ecstatic that BTBAM covered "The Tank" since (to me) that's the best wrote/composed song from The Dear Hunter.

[@mikenormandy9250]

I am a huge fan of BTBAM and will now have to check out more of The Dear Hunter's stuff as I was a HUGE fan of Casey's previous band TREOS!

[@juanbonno4421]

du lourd, Btbam always awesome

[@christianmonasterio4977]

Muy buen laburo, me llama la atención como una banda puede ser tan versatil a la hora de realizar sus composiciones musicales. Los escucho hace años y aprendo de cada uno de sus temas porque realmente son gloriosos. Muy buen trabajo BTBAM y saludos desde Argentina!

[@pmtnoise5855]

Hola Cristian, y escuchaste a The Dear Hunter? para mí son la versatilidad en su maxima expresión y con un buen gusto tremendo. Tanto The Acts, como The Color Spectrum son obras mayusculas. Saludos from las pampas

[@deadmanwithpitchforkarms8376]

Really interesting takes by both bands! I was expecting Casey to scream but I knew the chances would be pretty low lol

[@shirinatan8873]

Brilliant!!!

[@anthonyecheverry9218]

Thanks mate! God this one on vinyl too ;]

[@TheHangedMan]

wowzers this is great