I listen to Between The Buried And Me for the first time ever

[@mercyfulnate]

The first time I heard Colors it was overwhelming. But now it’s one of my favorite albums.

[@poopsquiggles9988]

Exactly same here

[@paulashwin247]

Welcome to the crew

[@kmacdizzle]

exactly, the first time I listened to it was in a van on the way to play a show so its cool that the first time we all heard it was together

[@elan8213]

It’s an elephant that needs to be eaten in small chunks, but for most people who make the effort they end up really enjoying it.

[@Mr_Riffman08]

Everything after their Coma ecliptic album for me is overwhelming ,I feel you

[@scottrobinson4611]

BTBAM is phenomenal, and totally unique. I never get tired of the way their songs are written. You genuinely don't know what musical genre you're going to get in any given section. Less than a minute apart, they can take you to a cafe in Paris, a saloon in NC, on an interstellar journey, or to an extremely serene and heartfelt personal serenade.

[@tribeofdale]

@@lobsterxcore I thought the same thing. Spot on.

[@Book553]

Please do a full album reaction of Colors. It’s a masterpiece

[@lynnkingpin]

great album

[@tylerpd52]

Absolutely. This album is perfection, definitely meant to be heard start to finish

[@stevenmedge3479]

#1 BTBAM has put out nothing but gold since Alaska (featuring selkies), this album is the follow up to that album. I appreciate that you pointed out that they are having fun with it because that has always been my favorite thing about them. They are ludicrously skilled musicians and song writers but they are also capable or self aware enough to just do something wacky and fun just because it would sound cool.

[@cptn_chromo3189]

Cue "Ants of the Sky" tavern section as a perfect example of them just havin fun.

[@trowabarton222]

One of the greatest bands of all time. Their music is meant to be listened to as albums from beginning to end. Most of them are concept albums. My personal favorite album from them is Parallax II: Future Sequence. My live vinyl of said album should be here any day and I'm super stoked!

[@metalmanny666]

They’re playing Parallax 2 in its entirety this summer

[@trowabarton222]

@@metalmanny666 I saw. Sadly the closest show to me is over 5 hours away. Sucks because I really want to see Rivers of Nihil too.

[@houndsmaster34]

@@trowabarton222 If you're referring to the tour at Mr. Smalls Theater in Pittsburgh, I went to that show. Best. Concert. Ever. And the funny thing is, during the 2nd phase of Silent Flight Parliament, the power went out for the whole neighborhood and they were forced to end the show. I got a vinyl of the album as it is also my favorite album of theirs, and arguably my favorite work of music, period. I happened to catch the part when the power goes out and I've been debating on posting it to KZbin lol. If you ever get a chance to go see them, do it. I've been to a good handful of concerts of every type of music genre, this was undoubtedly the best by far. The pure musicianship of these guys is unmatched.

[@alonsotarango3486]

One of the greatest american metal bands of the past 20 years, I reccomend you do the full Colors album, its their masterpice, and in my top 10 metal albums of all time, keep up the good work 🤘

[@coolty545]

This was the song that made me fall in love with BtBaM. That was 15 years ago, and they're still my favorite band. There's a lot to enjoy in their back catalog!

[@coolty545]

If you like the happy, optimistic vibe of this one, check out Fix the Error from their latest album, Colors II!

[@CaptainTurtle531]

The whole album is a journey. Love how you said that it makes you happy. The power chords and dynamics and complexity of time signatures just has it all. They are brilliant.

[@TundraCH]

Should check out the new Periphery album 'Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre"

[@iAnimeDude]

BTBAM is such a great band, pure instumental mastership from every member. I recommend to look up the colors live version since its incredible, it should be on youtube. Also, they just announced a new tour that they will be doing, you won't be disappointed if you manage to see them live!

[@tylerpd52]

The live version is so damn good

[@lucasramos4487]

Simply one of the most brilliant and sensational bands ever. These guys never get tired of telling incredible stories through their songs and albums. Their musicianship is out of this world, they can mix so many elements, so many layers, and sound incredibly good and organic, it's insane. Colors is a masterpiece, it was the album that set BTBAM apart from other bands, showing that they are unique and genius in their own direction and still with many good influences.

[@Mr_Riffman08]

One thing thats cool about your reaction is that you paid attention to the element of progression in the song writing itself 🔥 this entire album if you didnt know already is a monument to progessive song writing infact this entire band is monument to that...this is my all time favourite heavy metal band an ive been following then since 2005 ,i play guitar,drums,bass aswell as a little bit of piano and to this day they never fail to just completely blow me away with every album they put out.

[@TundraCH]

​Meshuggah style is called Djent

[@JadeIsBunny]

It was a joke on the meshuggah forums that somehow turned into people taking it seriously and now people call the opposite of Djent (double power chords) "djent" (single notes)

[@bonnibella2003]

i’d listen to colors in its entirety! every song flows into one another seamlessly. also i love parasyte too great anime.

[@imaKaiya]

Thank you so much to Thom from my Patreon for personally requesting BTBAM! You can view the entire 5 song discography dive exclusively on my Patreon at Tier 2 ❤ patreon.com/imakaiya In the 5 song disco dive I listen to the following: 1. Selkies: The Endless Obsession 2. Prequel to The Sequel 3. Extremophile Elite 4. Voice of Trespass 5. Fix the Error

[@StarsDie88]

Selkies solo still one of my favorites all-time. Glad they showed you that one.

[@metalmanny666]

Nice song list of old and new songs. They’re gonna perform their album from 2012 in its entirety on this upcoming summer tour. You should check them out live

[@611racing]

The meshuggah sound where it's dun...dundundun....dundun....dun....dundundun is djent!

[@Ggreen1122]

BTBAM is my all-time favorite. At first, listen it is a lot to take in and yes it makes you want to watch anime!! I would do is picture movie scenes with every BTBAM track Kaiya because many of their albums are like soundtracks!

[@jimit.4220]

I absolutely recommend listening to other prog bands, especially Haken and Dream Theater.

[@bobby_hill8357]

I discovered BTBAM in early 2005 bc somebody was handing out free Victory records compilation CDs outside of a slipknot/lamb of god show, and their song Mordecai from the silent circus album was on it. Ive seen them live 3 times now and i think they will be one of the bands that stay with me throughout my life's journey. Great stuff

[@SentinelEA]

I love BTBAM, and I love Colors from where is this song, but I don't know if someone else had this experience too, but when I heard Colors entirely it felt a lot different because I had only heard Ants of the Sky from this album too first, but it was a change life experience for sure

[@QuincyKane]

I dunno if anyone answered this for you, but I think the guitar style/technique used by Meshuggah that you were trying to reference was called "Djent", which is a sound made by palm mutes on electric guitar. However, I don't think BTBAM uses the "djent" technique all that much; the similarity you were hearing to Meshuggah was probably the "syncopated palm mutes", where the guitar, bass, and kick drum are all playing a pattern of hits in sync to create that "punch-y, rhythmic" sound.

[@Mr_Riffman08]

Also My friend that introduced me to this band back in the day told me this album was way ahead of its time so it kinda makes sense that im seeing people react to this album today 🤘😁🙌🤘

[@mattaide7116]

Everyone is here to comment about BTBAM, but Crunchyroll?!?! As a prominent member on both the Metal and Anime counsel, I would like to officially welcome you! You have made it.... to wherever here is :) MetalNerds Unite!!

[@kuningaskolassas4720]

BTBAM is one of those bands I would've expected to hate if given their description, but they know how to put their songs together much better than other bands that try to do similar things.

[@jakephillipes635]

True it’s more like listening to classical music than other chaotic “everything but the kitchen sink” type bands

[@jessebudelman]

By far my favorite album ever, next is dark side of the moon. You gotta listen to Colors 2 next, it feels like a complete sequel to colors.

[@inalingthedead]

Should have been White Walls

[@StarsDie88]

This band expanded my musical horizons more than any other band I ever heard, back when I first discovered them in high school. Still really appreciate their music, though as time has gone on I tire a bit of the same style of 'progressive' that they play. Still impressive and fun, but doesn't quite hit the spot like it used to when I was younger. Colors and Alaska still hold up as their best albums IMO. Parallax is also pretty sweet though.

[@theax40]

BTBAM is just riff after holy shit what a badass riff. But they dont tend to repeat them which is kinda a bummer because they're all so good. It's just crazy, dudes are crazy. I always really liked this song and thought of it as a great soundtrack for Halloween.

[@henrywalton5967]

"But they dont tend to repeat them which is kinda a bummer" I think this is kinda what makes BTBAM BTBAM though haha

[@macdadams]

They do repeat though. In a song you will usually hear each riff come back once, and then on repeated listens you hear that the bass will do it a few times on separate occasions. And then the riff repeats by the keyboard later on the album, etc. Then there will be a suuuuuuuper slow bit and you will realize that it is a variation on that riff in a completely separate style. And then again. And then again but super weird. And they do this with several themes. This is a band that really rewards repeated listens.

[@Oh_its_Mike]

I can't even imagine how chaotic BTBAM must sound to a first time listener. But it all makes perfect sense to anyone who understands music and composition. Just a bunch of absolute genius prog nerds in a band.

[@christopherblowers443]

You gotta hear Vektor-forest of legend

[@BButcher-hg4nr]

Colors changed my life when I first heard it. I was already very familiar with technical death metal, so these guys were no thing for my ears. I was able to not only appreciate them entirely, but fall in love with them. One of my favorite bands since I was 16. 34 now

[@deathbyvideo1620]

I saw them play this album front to back in 2017, and it is my all time favorite album by anyone

[@xavierbonilla1164]

YES! You found my favorite band. Glad you love them…def check out all of colors and colors 2 and parallax 2. 😍

[@crd311]

BTBAM's prime was '05-'09, nothing hit harder or was more creative or disrupted conventional strong structure more

[@ryanbennett1532]

And then parallax 2 hit and changed everything again.

[@possumlodge5368]

Having this intro playing as you head out for the day gives you that off on an adventure feeling. It used to be a daily listen on my commute to work. Love BTBAM.

[@davidburns6284]

One of my favorite prog metal bands, along with Enslaved and Opeth (metal version, of course) and Meshuggah. You have to listen to Colors all the way through to really get the full impact of what this band is. Colors II is also rather mind blowing, but the whole discography is incredible.

[@scottrobinson4611]

I think you'd really like checking out Leprous. Also progressive metal/rock (more rock than metal nowadays, but it's all perfect). Their singer, Einar, is the brother-in-law of Ihsahn from Emperor, they've featured on a number of each other's songs (Einar on Ihsahn's solo project and Ihsahn with Leprous). I promise you that you will love Einar's voice. He is incredible. Their drummer, Baard, is also insane. Try some of these (One from each album, chronological order): Leprous - Forced Entry Leprous - Passing Leprous - Contaminate Me Leprous - The Price Leprous - From the Flame Leprous - The Sky is Red Leprous - Nighttime Disguise

[@tylersmith3979]

Fun Fact: The guy that does the higher screams after the accordion part is Adam Fisher from the band Fear Before The March of Flames (a really cool experimental post-hardcore band) and he is also in the prog band Orbs which is a supergroup featuring the bassist for BTBAM and the old keyboardist of Cradle of Filth.

[@henrydupuis5648]

That part reminds me of a more in your face version of 30 seconds to Mars Yo yeehaw!

[@duhquadman]

Hey Maiya. My favorite band The Black Dahlia Murder is signed to the same label. I really hope you check them out sooner rather than later! RIP PAPA TREV

[@jamhousestudio362]

If you get this band? You get this band!! 😆🤘

[@Bnasty1414]

“Why!?” - everyone’s first BTBAM experience 😂

[@iAmSantiCruz]

ty for appreciating good music. keep up the great content Kaiya

[@jordanvance1731]

Definitely have not lost uniqueness over time

[@immortalcoils93]

Palm mute chugs and that's just something Moosh does as much as possible. They reinvented its role but it is a staple of almost every metal guitar song ever.

[@msiaregodz]

Greatest band of all time for me! And your facial expressions through all this were great! Haha

[@brandonkoncyk1842]

Awesome Technical Death Metal. You're gonna love them.

[@aaronbevinsnerdcentral]

They came here to New Zealand years back; such a mental Carnival ride of a band!

[@jakephillipes635]

“Is that how it ends??” Lmao. I’m sure you’ve figured out by now the whole album is one song. After the French part there’s that big epic section. The higher of the two voices their is the singer from Fear Before the March of Flames. Their album The Always Open Mouth is also really adventurous but more post hardcore than metal. He also did an album with a band called Orbs that has the btbam bassist playing guitar and they’re really interesting prog rock.

[@doughuval8466]

Greatest band of all time

[@martinmendoza8303]

Btbam reaction = instant subscription

[@jmanwild87]

Something that other commentors have probably already said but Between the Buried and Me's records are generally written to be consumed start to finish in one sitting. Colors, the album this is from, being the most obvious about it with harsh cuts and very little blending between each song. As they expanded on this style of album writing they've gotten very good at leading into the next track

[@Ssjcloud3]

Rock band 2 is where I discovered them. The genre is progressive djent with mathcore which is just sporadic sudden rhythm and time changes. Like the more darker metalcore dream theater. It goes into another song. It's a concept album and each song seamlessly flows into another yet can be heard separately. I call it, progressive circus metal playcore. One of the my favorites along with the parralax 2 and automata. Check out the future is behind us, selkies the endless obsession and silent flight parliament by them and the dance of eternity by dream theater. Keep it up pink skull shadow fox aerith gaming lady.

[@JfrikinC]

what a song!

[@beavsinator]

They make it hard to love them. They make it so hard. But I love em.

[@robmoore3176]

Basically, every album kinda sounds different and they are all in a different subgenres, but you can tell it's them. My personal least favorites are their s/t and Automata, but even their worst stuff is like a 10/10 I'm just not good enough at listening to music to appreciate it probably. They basically wrote an entire album dedicated to Dream Theater in Coma (Memory Palace lol) but still made it their own. I would venture to say that the best death metal album of the year was also the best progressive rock album the same year that colors and parallax 2 came out, because they might be the two best albums of all time, especially in the metal/rock. They almost keep getting better in some regards. Colors is probably my favorite album of theirs but the sequel, Colors 2, is almost on par with it and is their most recent effort. They are going on tour playing their 6th full length album Parallax 2 when they get back to the states, which many people consider to be their best work. They are basically the best band and you should agree at minimum for state pride. Make sure to listen to the 2020 or whatever remix of The Great Misdirect. Out of all the remasters they did, that is the only one where I would say the entire album is better than the original version, you can just hear the instruments in obfusication and Swim to the Moon a billion times better. Parts of Silent Circus are better but the raw sound of the original is probably better if you're into that kind of thing.

[@clashcor]

Great react, my favorite band for the last 20 years. Should check out White Walls, it’s the epic ending to the Colors album. I don’t think they fell off at all over the years, just added to their sound as Colors II showcases.

[@SentinelEA]

Hi beauty, I highly suggest you Behold the Kingdom of the Wretched Undying by Infant Annihilator, it's almost 18 minutes, features multiple vocalists from the genre (deathcore), it's divided in 4 parts, please if you react to it do it with lyrics, it's so inmersive, and please don't pause it, I know I'm begging so much but if you want an unforgettable experience you must do this. Greetings from Mexico 🤍

[@bonnibella2003]

YES MY FAVORITE BAND!!

[@jr34v3r]

Your comment about Mastodon not making you feel happy was pretty spot on. Basically everything that band writes comes from pain or loss, so it makes sense.

[@anguishedcarpet]

I've seen dozens of bands live and BTBAM probably put on the best overall performance that wasn't driven by stage theatrics (Gwar and Slipknot had "cooler" shows, but of course they are, thats the the whole reason im paying to see them lol)

[@bntsloma5946]

Hopefully you’ll do a reaction for Colors 2, both are works of art in their own way

[@ba7672]

BTBAM is the Tech N9ne of metal

[@henrydupuis5648]

I'd say Archspire yo yeehaw!

[@neilmyers520]

Progressive i think leans more on using a known scale and then inserting notes that would usually have no buisness being used, which is why most progressive bands dont sound pleasing but dream theater and btbam figured out the formula to make it sound good imo.

[@williamdixon2026]

You should check out "the future is behind us" from colors 2. This band can do no wrong

[@beraalper]

this will be awesome, you should react to rishloo too

[@augustalexander8179]

You’re not ready

[@morilot]

Isn't it time for Vildhjärta now?

[@zekeooo2]

AAAAAAAAAAAAY!!, enjoy! so fucking good

[@xBarbzzz]

You say why, I say why not?

[@ayewhaddupdoe]

One simply cannot just start Colors 2/3 of the way through the record. It's against the law in 31 states.

[@nelsonjere17]

Ma-shoe-ga

[@GodlessFiend]

React to meshuggah’s IMMUTABLE ALBUM, it’s 🔥, PLEASE in full like you did obzen

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

You gotta react to ants of the sky by between the buried and me

[@MetalMF0508]

Who else agrees that kaiya should listen to Kardashev?

[@tiffanyalberti2029]

Please react to the band My Heart To Fear Song: Angst

[@martinmendoza8303]

More btbam please 🙏

[@romariojones46]

🇧🇷💓

[@Brendo2386]

I don't like them. I really tried but the core vocals really ruin it for me. Musically very talented, and Tommy's clean vocals are great (especially in Ayreon too). I wish I could get into them

[@ffibonacci]

I feel that's the make or break factor for the band. Colors is one of my favorite albums, but it took a really long time to get used to the vocals, or at least overlook them in favor of the instruments

[@Brendo2386]

@@ffibonacci i feel like I am missing out on a cool band

[@ffibonacci]

@@Brendo2386 His vocals on their latter albums are more tolerable imo. You'll also hear more of his clean vocals on Colors 2, which was a fantastic follow-up to this album all around. There's gems scattered throughout their discography worth checking out. Their drummer is honestly one of my favorites currently out there. Super talented

[@deathbyvideo1620]

I honestly feel like this is one of the weaker songs on this album. If that tells you anything about its greatness

[@cptn_chromo3189]

BTBAM doesn't have "songs" in the traditional sense. The entire album is one song.