Composer/Musician Reacts to BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - The Grid (REACTION!!!)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - The Grid
ORIGINAL VIDEO: • BETWEEN THE BURIED AND...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/criticalreactions
Twitter: critreactions

[@ckokomo808]

Between the Buried and Me- entire discography

[@TAYLOR22211]

That's really the only way to go about it with this band :)

[@caidenkhari5756]

@Ronin Kaiser yea, have been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)

[@joziahisaias1696]

@Ronin Kaiser yea, I have been using InstaFlixxer for months myself =)

[@reyanshdevin4104]

@Ronin Kaiser Yup, I've been watching on instaflixxer for months myself :)

[@derekjuelz5973]

@Ronin Kaiser definitely, been using instaflixxer for since november myself =)

[@Penz0id]

Alternatively to Fossil Genera, Disease, Injury, Madness is also one of BTBAM's best songs.

[@EthanRadell]

^ this man knows. TGM is the best one. Cheers bro

[@KPB33]

Those are two of my favorites also

[@ShumaGtr1]

Disease, Injury, Madness is definitely one of the best songs they've ever wrote! Masterpiece track.

[@shaylarz]

Fossil Genera is the best of the best BTBAM songs.

[@CJRumple]

Absolutely the two best songs

[@trowabarton222]

It's hard to name a single song but Parallax II: Future Sequence is probably my favorite album. The Live at the Fidelitorium version is amazing. They have people sit in on strings and such. I think I just figured out what I'm watching tonight.

[@yotamdelazerda8455]

I second your comment. This is the album which I come back to the most

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Best album of the 2010s for me!! Saw the whole Parallax sequence live and it was just as strong! The idea of precursor songs to this story being sprinkled through their early discography is also fn cool!

[@ProjectPhoenix21]

I love Future Sequence. Best album of the last 10 years and best BTBAM album to date.

[@andreaslion5877]

probably my favorite metal album as well

[@VOYAGEUR-YT]

That ending gives me chills every time. Same with the end of White Walls.

[@sthjr112358]

Btbam (like many proggy bands) has a tendency to write concept albums so a lot of their songs are often built to be part of that greater narrative. They do have an album called The Anatomy of, which is just a collection of cover songs from their influences. They have a pretty good cover of three of a perfect pair from king crimson If you are going to do albums from this band I would recommend either Colors or Parallax (I & II) I is an EP, II is the full album If you want to do a single song from Parallax, I would recommend the KZbin video of them live in studio playing Extremophile Elite

[@yotamdelazerda8455]

I think your analysis and reaction were spot on. I'm glad you seemed so affected by and and could provide very good insights on it. I've been dying for someone to react to "BtBaM - Melting City". It's probably their song which I love the most, and has a part which always gets me emotional. I would love to get your take on it!

[@xavierbonilla1164]

YES! Thanks so much for checking them out again! Truly one of the great bands in prog right now.

[@guitarshredder456]

Automata (newest album) is definitely the most accessible of all their works! Honestly as much as I would love to see you react to Colors or Parallax II or The Great Misdirect, I honestly think you would get the most in one listen out of a full album react to Coma Ecliptic, their 2015 release. Concept album musically and lyrically, and their attempt at a rock opera. Although it’s not my number one from them, I 100% feel it’s them at their tightest and most cohesive in their entire catalog. The themes and variations offered throughout and the way the instruments play off of each other is so incredibly well put together!!

[@evansmith6552]

I agree Coma is definitely their most cohesive album thematically, though you'll find little compositional gems wherever you look

[@ckokomo808]

I definitely agree.

[@guitarshredder456]

Evan Smith dude no doubt!! I still find little nuances in even Alaska, like damn how have I never noticed this? Legit the other day caught Blake’s amazing tom work in the beginning of Medicine Wheel and really felt the impact it has on the atmosphere, and just acknowledged it for the first time.

[@dhoakohime]

Completely agree. Coma and Automata II are, in my opinión, their best composed albums. I find their songs un these 2 complex, intricate, elegant, fun, fresh.... and tight as hell. Gawd i LOVE this band. These 2 albums + TGM are my fav from them. TGM is deff more wonky but It is darn fresh fun and entertaining. Plus it has one of my fav songs: Ofuscation

[@dhoakohime]

@Mike Turner would you elaborate on "It never went anywhere?" An album is not inherently worst just because It is more radio friendly.... And saying that anything from Btbam is radio friendly id a bit of a strech

[@renzo3939]

do Extremophile Elite!

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

+1 my favorite btbam song

[@gunthar8793]

Probably my favorite off of future sequence, maybe it's a tie with silent flight parliament

[@shaylah7389]

First time I heard this song I was in my car and just started sobbing. I don’t know what it was that just grabbed me but oooooh boy did it ever. This song doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Thank you for reacting to this.

[@danawalsh5840]

The Between The Buried And Me song that got me and most of my friends into the band is Selkies: The Endless Obsession. Of all the song of theirs though my favorite song is Swim To The Moon.

[@aaronadair697]

BTBAM is the most diverse band that I have ever heard. You need to do the entire discography to really get an understanding of their sound

[@henrypaulsen736]

Extremophile Elite by btbam is another excellent one to check out

[@fpjesus2000]

Yes. More BTBAM. Any song pretty much, everything is brilliant.

[@fernandohenriqueribeiro9337]

Yeah, Ants of the Sky was recommended for the reaction probably, it's probably their most random song. I would recommend Extremophile Elite because their DVD performance is on KZbin in GREAT quality, that video is fantastic Oh and BTW, they made quite a lot of concept albums (to listen from start to finish). This specific song is an ending so this solo closes the album. Ants of the sky was in the middle of an another concept album (thus starting and ending out of nowhere), so that's a factor their songs. Back to Extremophile Elite, that song doesn't have much of this continuity things, you can listen to it and pretty much make up your mind safely about BTBAM

[@system0fadowner251]

He needs to do White Walls just for that section from 10:55 on..

[@lukewilson7769]

6:30 - this little section here was written by the bass player after Chris Cornell passed away. Dan said it felt like a Soundgarden riff. There's a clip of him jamming it on a 12-string on his IG way back.

[@Penz0id]

I desperately need you to come back to BTBAM again! I think any track off The Great Misdirect or The Parallaxes would be extremely pleasing to your tastes. For TGM I would go for Fossil Genera, PI Specular Reflection, and PII Extremophile Elite, Telos, or Silent Flight Parliament! 🤘🏻

[@guitarshredder456]

Hey I know you from ATBTBAM!! Nice to see you here :)

[@robpiy91]

definitely Silent Flight Parliament! This song is is just otherworldly.

[@shaylarz]

@@guitarshredder456 ATBTBAM fam!

[@imvengeance666]

We are in this, together. ❤

[@user-px3nb5xs9q]

I like their latest things because there's much more melodies and clean vocals than harsh & metalcore chaos

[@martyngregg2527]

React to Selkies The Endless Obsession, The Proverbial Bellow, Sun Of Nothing, Rapid Calm, Disease Injury Madness, Melting City or Bloom!

[@zealobiron]

Yes! All of these

[@russellny8086]

Been a fan since 2002 it’s all about the melodic melody and the solo is as good as any that they do

[@MrLopputulee]

The proverbial bellow is an excellent song from btbam.

[@ShumaGtr1]

Absolutely. Such an awesome musical journey!

[@Josiah-ve6su]

Car bomb!!!

[@themillera9]

Yes. This. It’s time. Vague Skies, Gratitude, Sets... pick one and do it!

[@frankunodostres473]

leprous - third law I challenge you to listen to the intro and figure out the time signature ^^

[@IveGotAMatch]

Gotta check out some Caligula’s Horse! Either Bloom & Marigold (two consecutive tracks, but they fit together to form one whole) or basically anything from their new album; Salt, Valkyrie, The Ascent. Fantastic modern prog band from Australia - definite hints of Haken, but also sound totally unique.

[@g00fz0r77]

Love those guys! Definitely deserve some word of mouth.

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Second this! Graves, Into the White, Dream the Dead, Autumn, or The Ascent! Greatest band nobody has heard of. I was at their first US show last year at ProgPower and the blew the roof off the place.

[@wforbes87]

Spending a day listening to everything btbam has released would be a day well-spent sir, especially for a music professional

[@mmatthews90]

My favorite band!!! Thank you for reacting!!

[@ricku2864]

Would honestly love to see Memory Palace by these guys. There are some musical sections in there I'd really love to hear your opinion/analysis on.

[@jakel7213]

My man straight feeling that solo haha. You were getting lost in that shit. 😋

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

Each era of btbam is very different they went from more metalcore to complex heavy prog to more mcomplex prog that's less heavy

[@clashcor_4685]

You should just do full album reacts, hour long each, make it a thing :)

[@TheBrez]

Come on, everyone. Silent Flight and Fossil Genera are amazing, but let's be real here: Please react to "Selkies: The Endless Obsession" by Between The Buried & Me.

[@coreyadair5731]

The live version is the best

[@flagmuffin1221]

God, no. Selkies is so goddamn overdone. It's not only the most vanilla song on Alaska, the solo isn't even that great - nice sweeps, but that's it. I would even say that him reacting to another Colors song is more desirable - and that's coming from someone who doesn't rate Colors very highly.

[@coreyadair5731]

Mike Turner backwards marathon for sure

[@senatorcthulu1815]

Selkies is good, but i wouldn't even put it in their top 10.

[@gunthar8793]

I'm quite surprised not seeing any coma ecliptic recommendations, now coma ecliptic is a full album but the album sits best in the context of each song after the other in order, since it's a concept album. But most BTBAM albums are concept albums so if you're too tired to do a full album reaction, I would recommend the ectopic stroll or turn on the darkness. Two very beautiful songs that I can listen to as stand alones and enjoy them just as much. Keep on doing BTBAM stuff it is awsome and they are awsome🤘

[@stevek5049]

Maybe because it’s complete garbage. By far their worst album. Created for crap like Kings of Leon and their shitty arena rock. Thankfully they bounced back with Automata.

[@Camadian]

It really is under appreciated and their full send prog album. I love it even if its not seen as their most accessible album - IMO it’s nice to go out of for comfort zone, And who better to lead you through it than BTBAM

[@SolidWander]

Man, I can never listen to the end of this song without feeling all the feels 😢 Really think you’d love a lot of their experimentation on The Future is Behind Us from their newest record! It’s a wacky genre bender for sure. BtBaM boys are the uncontested 🐐

[@ShumaGtr1]

If you like this track, you will love "Silent Flight Parliament" off of Parallax II (My favorite BTBAM album hands down). My personal favorite song with "Disease, Injury, Madness off" of The Great Misdirect at #2.

[@Kaos1989]

BTBAM started out as a metal core band and then turned into a progressive death metal band. Their earlier stuff is brutal and its interesting listening to their discography from the start to the newest stuff to here their transition musically as a band. The cd Alaska was probably a mix of the 2 genres then Colors was their full transition to progressive death metal.

[@fpjesus2000]

This song is the end to a big 2 -part concept album btw, so a lot of the lyrics might not make sense on their own

[@od_edc_83]

Thank you for not talking during the guitar solo. Wish more reactors would do that.

[@CriticalReactions]

I'm gonna be honest and say this was just lucky timing. I try to keep my comments concise until the song is over but I've been known to talk over "important" parts of a song before, including a few guitar solos.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

*Great* recommendation. This is one of the songs I'd use to introduce somebody to BTBAM.

[@youhavemyaxe]

I think famine wolf is one of their more interesting, underrated tracks

[@Camadian]

Agreed but you gotta start with Dim Ignition, they’re a package deal to me

[@xBarbzzz]

To understand the lyrics youve gotta look at the whole automata cause its a story, theres also a book they released guiding you through the lyrics..

[@ABHISHEKSHARMA1993]

Famine wolf by BTBAM. The Emaj7 Cmaj7 Ebaug part is amazing

[@appeasedbeast408]

"Gojira - my last creation" or "pain is a master" Sick video, Keep the work man!

[@rapscallion52]

Yeah, they're basically a more metal version of dream theatre

[@spacemanrocks]

Instant like, also, extremely recommended, Silent Flight Parliament from Parallax II or Swim to the moon. Other song you’ll love for sure due to the complex composition is Planet of the Apes by Devin Townsend Project which also has vocals from Tommy from BTBAM.

[@kardi3107]

Extremophile Elite is another great song by BTBAM. There is a video from the live performance on YT which you really need to react!

[@ggstarwizzrd]

this song is brilliant, the whole colors album is as well.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Lol I won't give a btbam recommendation because every comment will be. I'll just say do more btbam.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Please❤️

[@austinplummer651]

Do a Coma Ecliptic album listen, its probably their most approachable album as a whole

[@SpookySkeleton738]

Love this track, would like to see a video on some Dillinger, especially some of their less appreciated tracks like Parasitic Twins, Fade Out by Car Bomb is another one I'd like to see. Either that or just marathon any BTBAM album lmao

[@tay185]

The live studio version of Extremophile Elite is bonkers.

[@MattJFilms]

Bryan you've gotta checkout the song "Weltseele" by Obscura! It's an absolute masterpiece of technical death/ progressive metal. It takes you on a roller coaster with fast polyrhythms, crazy time signatures, classical intrumental sections, trash blasts, an amazing outro etc. One of the best songs i'll ever hear in my life for sure!

[@meltingface3D]

Nice! Thanks Bryan! Love your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@jacobeviefrye569]

hey love your vids! i think you should check out Disease Injury and madness by btbam or Blot or even Turn on the darkness..Man there are so many good btbam song..I think most of them are at least enjoyable to listen to...

[@Snakeplisskin440]

One of my favorite songs by them is "The Coma Machine": kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGWTqHSQrbKmisk Great band.

[@rolandweigert5169]

A unique recommendation from my side: Check out BIRD PROBLEMS - The harpist. You will love that song, and they just deserve the listeners. Somewhere between Between the buried and me and Native construct. A really fantastic song, almost completely unknown.

[@DavyMcWavy]

I think Foam Born A and B is a more tight knit song. The whole colors album is amazing.

[@Penz0id]

This song was very much inspired by Soundgarden, it was written around the time Chris Cornell died.

[@rolandweigert5169]

Found a new fantastic band yesterday. It is called EBONIVORY. The song explosions after dark is so huge. Brian, you will love it, as I do. They go on tour with Calligulas horse, and are even better than them.

[@HiraethSM]

What about revisiting The Contortionist? My personal favourites from their recent album Clairvoyant are Godspeed (on the shorter side but so good), Return to Earth (one of the singles released before the album, probably the most digestible as it doesn't flow from the previous song and it isn't a 'clean' flow into the next song; it's almost it's own self contained thing in that regard) and Monochrome Pensive (maybe not a good reaction suggestion as it is the last song of the album). Loving the content though man. I am usually biased to watching reactions to music that I already know I like or have listened to previously, but I'm trying to broaden my horizons as your music choices have been so good.

[@jakel7213]

I'd love to see you do Coheed and Cambria - Time Consumer or 21:13. I think you'll really fall in love with them if you aren't already a fan.

[@TylerSampson51]

I think Sentry the Defiant would be pretty good too.

[@alexarmstrong5538]

Voice of trespass please!!

[@deadwinterknight1981]

BtBaM - Silent Flight Parliament

[@SelcraigClimbs]

Wonder if he'd like a taste of that new Tigran Hamasyan song "Levitation 21" A lil Armenian Djazz ditty

[@ronlake7699]

The comparisons to Dream Theatre are valid though I feel like BTBAM just are fresher, I don't really 'do prog' much, I feel over all the look at us we're amazing musicians vibe but these guys come off as creating art to me. Also digging Periphery!

[@Bobbias]

How about revisiting The Number Twelve Looks Like You. For something older, you could check out Jay Walking Backwards. And yes, the event he describes in the song happened.

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

This song is from the current era less heavy more proggy more clean vocals

[@alexroth7678]

You have to check out Extremophile Elite live studio session, it's sick!

[@LemmyGibbler]

If you’re into structure and theme, check out the Colors album from beginning to end. It’s one long song split into tracks.

[@emifranji]

King Crimson - Fracture live in Mexico 2017 (Meltdown)

[@panagiotiskalandranis2553]

I start to see your vidoes cuz you know about music!!I hope you will react more from SOAD!!My best is WAR and SOIL!!KEEP GOING MEN!!

[@DiegoDeschain]

Yeah, I don't know what he was thinking telling you to go with this one for a more structured song lol. A More structured song by them would be maybe Selkies: The Endless Obsession.

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

Listen to white walls.

[@selks9155]

Gotta do swim to the moon. Or mordecai, an older btbam but mind-blowing nevertheless.

[@tomopeth]

Well, I find Automata II (the album this song is from) a lot "easier" to listen to than all of their previous work, but the rest of their discography, though a challenge, is definitely worth listening to.

[@lucaskaoid1240]

listened to them a bunch. feels like the parts (instruments, vocal, sections) sound very cool and creative individually, but they are put together in such a way that the song just wanders around and doesn't go anywhere

[@bradsteed6833]

This song reminds me more of The Dear Hunter mixed BTBAM. The last three albums sound a lot alike in my opinion.

[@Megaman8880]

A different group I think you may be interested in is called Deadly Circus Fire. You actually have a larger audience than they do lol. They make some great music though, it's sort've Prog if you ask me. Universe is IMO one of their best tracks. Even if you don't do a video on them you should give them a listen or two.

[@carian_]

Check out Virvum - Ad Rigorem Everyone here in the comments too

[@8man943]

Man you have to revisit Ne Obliviscaris and react to the entire painters of the tempest trilody.

[@americanindisguise]

btbam doesnt obey the laws of structure, or the structure of laws, thats why they are the best

[@TundraCH]

There is a cat sound at 4:34 and 4:43 ;)

[@andrewcook6608]

Elements of this strongly remind my of Extol. If you haven't already, check them out. Well worth your time!

[@noahburgess7630]

Yo man, really liking these videos! New subscriber here, Id really like to see some reactions from Alter Bridge... the remake band of Creed :) I enjoy some of the older ones like Blackbird or Words Darker than their Words (definitely would only recommend the live royal albert hall for that stunning song!!). It would also be incredibly interesting to see you review something like Moonlight by Jacob Collier, very very complex, I look forward to your future videos fo sho =)

[@steezydan8543]

I'm halfway through learning Selkies: The Endless Obsession on guitar, if you want I can send you stubs from my playing. You need to cover one of their songs!

[@TavitoCarbone]

Midnight Odyssey - From a Frozen Wasteland

[@Kelly.sapphire]

I call it "crazy prog". BTBAM, Native Contstruct, and Others by NoOne all fit. You never know what is coming.

[@themillera9]

Please do Silent Flight Parliament for the next track from BTBAM; it’s an incredible song. Viridian+White Walls would be awesome, too; but that’s a big slab of music to take in.

[@chrono5108]

Distorted Harmony - Misguided

[@yotamdelazerda8455]

Oh my god yes! I love them! And Misguided is probably one of their best songs! Seen it Live as well, just amazing!

[@joerider3960]

Musical geniuses

[@charliehenry772]

Pleaseeee react to Extreme- everything under the sun.. it is awesome, has a 60 piece orchestra all of which was written by nuno bettencourt

[@bobnote5309]

Please do a reaction to "Awaken" by the band Fleshkiller, on their album "Awaken." They are an offshoot of the now defunct band Extol.

[@DanjasLP]

You should do some reactions to the NieR Automata soundtrack. It's easily my favourite orchestral soundtrack of any game I ever played. My reccomendation for a first listen is "A Beautiful Song".

[@JT-SushiLaser]

We could all use a little more togetherness.

[@nwburnha]

Please do a reaction to Complex Terms or Antebellum by The Human Abstract. Classically-trained musicians; super emotive

[@CriticalReactions]

THA is one of my favorite bands every and I own all 3 albums (Midheaven being my favorite). I've had Faust on the channel but only because I was super sick that day and wanted something I didn't need to truly react to -- something I could just show off and point out some really cool things. I'm not sure about bringing them back as another reaction though since I'm quite familiar with them.

[@isaackmojica8302]

AZUZA-INTERESTELLAR ISLANDS!!

[@denniskipp4350]

Can you please please please react to the Dreadcrew of Oddwood

[@FelihKitten]

You don't do electronic too much 54 Cymru Beats - Aphex Twin

[@miqbalev]

White Walls!

[@hiram264]

Please do blot, or fossil, or sun of nothing