The Silent Circus - Between The Buried And Me

Between the Buried and Me is an interesting band, particularly as their albums become increasingly refined as their career continues, as they gradually learn to overcome their faults. The band's main problem in these earlier releases is how jarring their diverse influences sound when juxtaposed in the same song, lacking any kind of coherent structure as they move from grindcore style riffs and deep guttural vocals one moment to melodic emo the next, without any of the style or class of melodic death metal which essentially does something pretty similar, but is somehow much better. I don't make the rules, but as a brainwashed metal fan, I follow them ...  Read the complete review