It feels like yesterday, doesn't it? Like just yesterday, we were kids and this was on our iPods, MySpace profiles, on the mixed CD in our friend's car stereos...
A complete stranger on the Internet in the early 2000's told me to check this song out after insulting my mainstream taste. IDK who you were sir but I'm happy you pointed me in this direction.
In 2003 I was a rowdy little hardcore kid stomping around at a Terror show in Anaheim, Ca. Before they came on, some random ass metal band called BTBAM played and blew my fucking mind. 20 years later, I'm almost 40, and this shit still goes hard. I will always love this band🤘
@@SpacemanXCdamn, I was a 1yo in 2003. Became a huge fan of them a few years ago and really envy those who got to see the boys through their whole journey
I remember buying CDs and getting a free victory records dvd with all kinds of bands ...this and the color of money and that bloodshed song by sinai beach was my best liked songs
brokeskull616 Hell yeah, dude! I have that same disc, it's what got me into these guys...it's scratched as fuck and moldy now lol Sinai Beach was fucking cool too.
Words cannot describe nor nearly justify/articulate what this song and band means to me. BTBAM defined my youth, created a spark to ignite my life's path, and created that preciousness one seeks in life that is worth living for. From my teens and now into my mid-30's, I listen to Silent Circus and Self-Titled like special occasions... like drinking a $1,000 bottle of scotch... once in a special while. Remarkable, astounding, absolutely harrowing... the complexity and spectrum of emotions I feel when I listen to Mordecai. It brings me back to my youth, and I can't help but feel sad yet grateful when I think of how far I've come in my adulthood. BTBAM will always be a part of me... from all the shows I frequented in Toronto and Ontario area, to all the times I made a nasty face bobbing back and forth listening to the nastiness; tearing and sobbing to the softness... BTBAM is the musical equivalent of life's journey. I am privileged and honored to have your creative genius as a defined attribute of my existence. Heart-felt thanks y'all. Carrot cake and conseestent grind forever.
Listening to this just made me realize that between the buried and me used to be such a huge part of my life. Anybody here from Dallas Texas remember how they used to come through multiple times a year back in the 2005s? I heard Mordecai and wanted to see them live because the guitar solo and outro were just something Soo different musically for me at the time. Then when I saw them and heard aspirations I realized that wasn't just any band and that they were in fact something very unique and special. Their later releases were always pushing boundaries but they have always always done incredible things.
i remember seeing them multiple times that year in dallas, once was with the acacia strain i think at the gypsy tea room. when they played mordecai the place went crazy. great memory. funny how time slips away.
I know you posted this 6 months ago but if you do see this check out the Glorious fall by a different breed of killer. Even for how good this ending was i think the Glorious fall was better
Muse Scratch Thats just BTBAM live, they are one of the most solid live acts playing music today. Going to one of their shows and hearing just how phenomenally and precisely they actually play is awe inspiring...
@@anthonyjones3835 i have had that dream for years. I want something like after the burial or impending doom to play at my funeral. I want everyone to have to sit there and listen to the whole song because it was my last wish. But i have pictured the reactions going exactly like that. People just looking at each other going “HELL no, how long is this song?”
I remember in high school going to a Norma Jean Concert not knowing at the time who BTBAM were. BTBAM played right before them and totally stole the show. Amazing band with amazing music for sure.
I've been able to hear this song twice as their encore. Once in 2011 and again in 2015. I travel all over my home state of Texas because they usually hit at least one town on every tour. Been lucky enough to see them 8 times and will make it 9 in September. Words cannot express what their music means to me
kennypwers yea I did the meet and greet about a month ago with them. Super humble guys. Dan was the coolest, you could see how much he appreciates the fans. They all do but I felt Dan had a genuine interest in hearing how big of an influence their music has had on me
""Forever I worship. I'll kill love and hate for all of you. Thank you for the best part of my life." I've spent years trying to find these lyrics. To the point that I hear them in my head.
Dillinger Escape plan did it first. Then came these guys. These guys are so good. We played a show with them in Cleveland. They are very cocky but they are totally allowed to be. Much respect.
No, my best friend showed me this song when we were both on a 10 strip of LSD, it was one of the most amazing, emotional, beautiful, and intense things I had ever experienced. Now whenever I listen to this song it brings me back to that night, with all the same feelings and emotions attached, it's like i'm high on acid again. But yeah, start tearing up at the end almost every time I hear this now. This and when the sun sleeps intro by Underoath, beautiful.
Mordecai [Day one] Asleep mid-sentence- the words fell apart. No one is listening anyway. This day will soon turn black and my "wants and needs" will spill on my burning ashes. I learned to be selfish today... I learned to be alive. These things I care for are for my personal gain and my person happiness only. Why should I sit in your chairs and satisfy your standards. I've done it all before and I've confused myself a thousand times. The tragic day that I call morality just doesn't do it for me anymore. The day will turn black and I will have either lived or died. Asleep mid-sentence- my words fall to the ground. Swept into this dreamland. Economic satisfaction, never succeed. But happiness has its place. Justice will not lie in your corner. [Day two] Throw myself in the corner; I have nothing to complain about here. A tragic day seems too peaceful to most, spoiled ambitious turned my heart to black. Living dreams, loving dreams, awakening to what I've always dreamt of. The familiar sound of the lovely laugh from the love of my life will keep the notes coming. From the reciting of the show, From the plip and the shevanel, From the grind that annoys, and the sarcasm, they all hate...
The end solo is my alarm on my phone. It's nice to wake up to a sound like that. Oh so very melodic. Also, they have grown so much musically from this album to Colors, The Great Misdirect and now Parallax 2. Kick ass band! \m/
"Forever i worship I'll kill, love, and hate for all of you Thank you for the best part of my life." , me and this song have been through so much , thank you between the buried and me for helping me through rough moments and making happy moments the most exciting of times
The lyrics describes my Monday thru Friday working thru COVID and possibly seeing end to it by turning off the news and get back to living.. I copied and pasted the lyrics: Asleep mid-sentence the words fell apart. No one is listening anyway. This day will soon turn black and my 'wants and needs' Will spill on my burning ashes. I learned to be selfish today' I learned to be alive. These things I care for are for My personal gain and my personal happiness only. Why should I sit in your chairs and satisfy your standards. I've done it all before and I've confused my self A thousand times. The tragic day that I call morality Just doesn't do it for me anymore. No more choices, just standing in the cold. The day will turn black and I will have either lived or died. Asleep mid-sentence- my words fall to the ground. Swept into this dreamland. Economic satisfaction, never succeed. But happiness has its place. Justice will not lie in your corner. New day towards death Only compassion for my own needs Make my need necessary Throw myself in the corner I have nothing to complain about here. A tragic day seems too peaceful to most, Spoiled ambitions turned my heart to black. Living dreams, loving dreams, Awakening to what I've always dreamt of. Living dreams, loving dreams, Awakening to what I've always dreamt of. The familiar sound, the familiar sound of The lovely love from the love of my life Will keep the notes coming. From the reciting of the show, From the plip and the shevanel, From the grind that annoys, And the sarcasm they all hate
This song is amazing. I had a dream of me meeting guy with a single rose in his hands but I couldnt see his face, this song playingin the background, but in the dream there were a lot of people around at the same time so it was hard to focus. A couple months later I transfered schools and I met my husband. My second month of school I saw him with a rose waiting for me on valentines day. He said he had the same dream but he saw my face. Just didnt know who I was until I saw him at a show.
This song is still not old. I love the whole album. Someone told this album sounded all the same. But if you really listen it is not. It's very orchestrated and planned out. From the singing to the brutal switches to the interludes the silent circus is a Nasterpiece. Yesss Nasterpiece!!
i remember this was on an old victory sampler i got at like...taste of chaos or something. i totally dug em. to this day this is one of the only bands from back then that i still really listen to. plus it's totally fuckin badass.
+thrashcase Man i remember those, the Victory samplers were great. Got the one with this song on it somewhere i was too wasted to remember, and then another one that came with my old Atreyu - The Curse album that had Alaska from BTBAM on it too; the samplers always had good stuff surprisingly.
Best BTBAM song ever. It's what got me into them. This will always be a classic. Wish they still did songs like this but I still love the later material.
I didn't get sent to high school, but I did get sent to my early childhood. My mom would have this band playing all the time and it's all very nostalgic to me
Wow the nostalgia bro, heard this back in like 2007-8 I was like 12/13 and just moved to an all white town in Ct and my first friend was a metal head( I’m black btw) I fell in love with this song after that interlude at 2:28
I will never forget this song. The first time i heard it was about a year ago when i was 19 and it was the same week i broke up with my girlfriend and every night i would get in my car and just blast the last three minutes of the song on repeat and now every time i listen to the song its kinda depressing but beautiful at the same time.
12 years and not even 1m views! One of the most dynamically diverse pieces of metal. To somehow get from the psychotic, intricately unhinged brutality of the 1st section, to the sweeping and transcendent beauty of the 2nd (especially at 4:30 onwards) without it sounding like a mess...........damn. I remember I was a HUGE fan of SikTh when I found the Alaska album. I thought that as far as fusion of jazz and metal, that SikTh were the peak. I still think that SikTh (particularly Trees) were the best that Europe produced in the style, though
Between the Buried and Me is progressive. Progressive as it gets, really. Have you ever listened to Colors? The Great Misdirect? I've never heard a deathcore band have bluegrass in any of their songs before.
I cant remember where i first heard this song maybe like mtv X or one of those all music commercial free channels they use to have when you bought digital cable but i was very young and i remember feeling like i just found something really special. Has to be close to 20 years now
Man I remember when this was new....honestly btbam has lost the spontaneity and jazzy weirdness that made them so awesome in the first place. Their first 3 albums will go on to be some of the best ever in metal
lmao its just someones preference chill, i love Coma the most out of all their albums but at the end of the day what does it matter? Nothing, the band still has a fan that likes all of their music
i love how everyone says blake plays it better and the fill and blasts are sloppy. im sitting here thinking "dude blake didnt even come into the picture till like 2 albums later." this is how its supposed to sound
