The Parallax II: Future Sequence

Between the Buried and Me's 2007 album, Colors, marked a departure for the band from the expansive technical death metal of its earlier career into more progressive rock-influenced territory.

Oh, the hell MR. BUNGLE has wrought. It's not always mentioned, but Mike Patton and MR. BUNGLE have spawned an entire generation of genre-colliding hipsters in metal, but none of them possess the mathematic ingenuity and otherworldly talent of BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, save for maybe PSYOPUS. The f...

In order for a “progressive” album to be a success, its sound must be able to explore and experiment, yet still be memorable enough for the listener to relate to it. Progressive albums fail when they overload themselves with too many changes and embellishments, and end up collapsing on their own pre

A review of Between the Buried and Me - Parallax II: The Future Sequence which is out now from Metal Blade Records.

Many have accused prog for being the genre equivalent of a Catholic wedding: it just goes on and on without any end in sight.

Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence review: Future Sequence is an uneven listen, but still a worthwhile voyage.