Between the Buried and Me: Colors Live Review
BTBAM's Incendiary Nashville Live Show is Committed to DVD
Between The Buried And Me’s 2007 release Colors was a substantial achievement for the band. It was their most fully realized album to date, essentially one 64 minute long song.
It saw the band exploring different territory within the genre of metal and ended up garnering high praise. Nearly one full year later, the boys from North Carolina released Colors_Live, a CD/DVD documentation of their recent tour.
2 Sets for the Nashville DVD
When the band announced that they would be filming a DVD at a show at the Rocketown in Nashville, Tennessee, they also revealed that in addition to the usual run through of Colors they would play a second set of fan favorites. In this case, they were literally fan favorites because the fans were able to vote on which songs they played.
The fan favorite set draws equally from all of the band’s past material. “Aspirations” and “Shevanel Cut A Flip” were both culled from their 2001 self-titled effort. “Mordecai” (perhaps their most beloved song) and “Ad A Dglgmut” are both off of their 2003 release The Silent Circus, and “Backwards Marathon” and the epic “Selkies: The Endless Obsession” are both from 2005’s exceptional Alaska.
BTBAM Live Show Flawless
Between The Buried And Me put on a technically flawless live show, and it translated perfectly to DVD. The camera mostly centers on the singer, the two guitarists, and the bassist. There are tons of jaw dropping fret shots showcasing the laser-precision guitar work. Unfortunately, there are relatively few audience shots. Similarly, there are only a few moments where viewers are treated to some shots from behind the drum kit.
It would have been awesome to see the circle pits but as far as this show goes, they are only implied. The camera is strictly onstage except for a moment near the end when vocalist Tommy Rogers turns one around to check out their fans. He expresses gratitude and banters with the audience a bit, about music and the movie Home Alone. During the songs however, the band remains planted in their spots onstage.
Overall, this is a quality translation of a quality live show. The only major gripe about this release is that the CD portion only has the first set on it. Nobody will ever know the reason for this, but at least they still committed that incredible moment in the beginning of Mordecai when the intro riff explodes into carefully controlled mayhem to DVD.
DVD Track List
Set 1:
- Foam Born (A) The Backtrack
- Foam Born (B) The Decade of Statues
- Informal Gluttony
- Sun of Nothing
- Ants of the Sky
- Prequel to the Sequel
- Viridian
- White Walls
Set 2:
- Mordecai
- Shevanel Cut A Flip
- Backwards Marathon
- Ad A Dglgmut
- Aspirations
- Selkies: The Endless Obsession
Colors_Live Cover Art
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