Jazz drummer reacts: Between the Buried and Me-Voice of Trespass (Blake Richardson) 

Pretty much exactly, yes.

You could say that with every song so also no

Yes and no. While they are progressive metal, every song or album has its own experimental, quirky theme to it.

A 4th off.

Lol.. btbam is my fav band and they always mix it up.. u never know what ur gonna get

You just never know what BTBM is gonna pull out next. They love using every type of sound they can tastefully put in. Versatile is an understatement haha

yea tbh this big band take that BR did was ...eh....not the best..... he could have spent a bit more time trying to appropriate more of the isms of the genre. sounds forced and thin. fills are too obvious and blunt. i probably wouldnt do too much of a better job, but if I was required to for a band i was in I would probably find a way, as I have before. Big band is not THAT far off of just 6/8 or swung style heavy drumming. at least the part that was kinda more trueish jazz was only a few bars. that part made me cringe....mostly because of the fact they didnt bother to change the velocity "algorhythm" on the sound replacement. just sounded so fake, no texture.

@@Spenjira Fucking agreed. Huge BTBAM fan since high school (I'm 26 now) them/Opeth were a big reason I went from playing general "metal" (60s/70s/80s/90s/nu-metal) to prog, deathcore etc. Have always written my own music too, in a bunch of fuckin' genres (from metal/rock/funk/proggy deathcore stuff etc., to pop/hip-hop/trappy stuff, film/game scorey stuff, and not just complete garbage). Started really learning jazz about 2-4 years ago (after always trying to throw "jazzy" sounding stuff in my music). Reading elsewhere in the comments about how everything BTBAM done was leading up to this song? It is mostly cheese from what I can hear. Which is a big part of their personality, there are some great riffs/grooves of course, it is still killer in it's own right, but it isn't like a "great jazz tune", which sure they weren't going for, but agreed that they could have used isms. Imitation is the purest form of flattery, this was a lot more of an approximation, than the real thing, no?

@@Spenjira Excuse my word vomit there. LOL. Edit: Just tried to fix it a little.

Lol more of a one-off tune

You could say that after hearing any of their songs for the first time

Mike Trujillo including themselves lol love them but that album is just PEAK BTBAM for me.

BradsGonnaPlay so true and it still surprises me how that masterpiece was released pretty early in their career. Wonder if they’ll ever top White Walls

Truth right here. Colors is perfection.

@@anthonyreynoso7275 Viridian and Sun of Nothing come close, but the answer is probably not.

Selkies is their masterpiece imo. Song wastes no time, and has the best outro of the entire discography

I posted almost identically to you. Do you like chicks and money? We should hang out.

Let's all hang out. Y'all play music?

the great misdirect is great to swim to the moon is an amazing epic. parralax

Parallax 2 is my favorite album ever

@@MisterSchweetz it's one of my top 10. Definitely the favorite out Between the buried and me albums

Can Tommy rap?

@@jordanrodgers9737 he did do that weird house music song 'slumber party' does that count?

Seems to me that he's pretty highly regarded, but imo he's the best drummer in the world and he's not regarded THAT highly

Just isnt a household name yet. My household however...... Lmaooooo

@@jaredhoeft2832 best drummer in the world? Well debatable... in my opinion it's still a tie between Thomas Lang or Matt Garstka...

I’ve never heard or seen him play becore watching this, but for me it’s utterly soulless and generic metal drumming. In this genre there are so many unique players, I don’t understand why this guy (who plays exactly what you expect exactly how you expect it) should get more recognition.

M. Milo You probably haven’t heard of him because he’s been with between the buried and me his whole career (I think). I would agree that his dynamics aren’t exceptional but the way he writes some drum compositions in BTBAM is really awesome. I get what you’re saying though.

dude yes

I was actually going to suggest this before he made this video

This ^

Kyle Thomas Wait he has a playthrough of that track? Sick!

Mohammad Saleh It must be on their dvd because I can’t find it for the life of me. It was the full recording that has the part he was messing up in their studio update.

Word

Hes not ready

YES

THIS

Yes

this is a solid assesment. love them all dearly, but parallax is my favorite no doubt.

Thomas Hazlett yeah, coma ecliptic is one of their most “consistent” albums if you know what i mean

Josh Taylor Telos, yes, telos

THIS

GOTTA hit Reinert

I second that

this.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aMybE62gwmY.html

Yesss it's a MUST also an inspiration for Blake

So damn true.

Obfuscation is insanely underrated, even among other BTBAM fans! They're easily my favorite band and I got to see it live a couple of weeks ago! :)

Great choice for an introduction to early BTBAM, mostly for its accessibility. Then you switch to Fossil Genera: A Feed From Cloud Mountain, and heads explode.

@@Sean-nn5yp fuckkkk yes

Thats one of my faves for sure

The ending solo of selkies is so good

For sure, this sounds like BTBAM's tribute to Bungle.

Cheesus Crust I took as a reference to jump blues, which is kind of the style of music at the beginning.

AdamShumpisxXx hey can’t forget they’re self titled album Aspirations, More of Myself to Kill, Naked By The Computer still few of my fav songs by them musically and lyrically

Escapist would be better in my opinion, but yessss react to chris!!

@@pend_deletechristopherdono3802 exactly lol Chris is amazing but his stiff posture seems like it would hinder him but it doesn't

@@thatdudethatdrums9256 supposedly he had either back issues or broke his back at one point and he says that's literally the only way that's comfortable for him even though it just seems highly uncomfortable lol

I love OAA musically but can't really get into them because the vocals kill it for me.

Yessssss

Yes

He definitely should checkout some dillinger escape plan

Tristan Hopperton I was thinking the same thing hahaha.

B Well ziltoid!!

@@RatedR148 INDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!

Seconding that.

How they manage to do a cover album where they sound like themselves and also the artists they're covering is beyond me. They're incredible.

Agreed, this isn't peak Blake.

It would be interesting to hear his thoughts on Lunar Wilderness

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyI76KcrdEQ.html

@@tototoro666 yeah I've watched that video! The guy is a machine