Quote Originally Posted by Sir Kenneth
Just another generic American metalcore band combining those melodic parts with some hardcore breakdowns to create something that sounds exactly like every other mallcore band. Mallcore is the nu-metal of this millenium and in a couple of years we'll all be laughing at those bands.
There is no way in hell that Between The Buried and Me are generic, nor do they sound like every other metalcore band. Generic metalcore sounds like As I Lay Dying - a band BTBAM sound nothing like.

Anyways ...

BTBAM's self-titled is an amazing work - much preferred to their more recent albums even though I do love Alaska. The Silent Circus is WAY too chaotic for me to listen to often and Alaska I find to be a tad inconsistent. The s/t is the perfect mixture of chaos, beauty, and excellent musicianship, and while there are no songs that have such standout moments as the solo in Selkies or the completely massive breakdown in Autodidact - it works together better as a whole piece. I really am looking forward to Colors, and hope it gets released before the end of the year.

They really need to do something good because my other favorite metalcore band, Architects, ****ed themselves over SO badly with the less than stellar Ruin.