BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Announce Tour Dates In Japan, Australia, New Zealand
August 15, 2012, 12 years ago
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have confirmed a fall tour spanning Japan, Australia and New Zealand with the kick-off date on November 8th in Osaka, Japan.
The announcement comes as the Charlotte, North Carolina band are in the midst of a North American tour, co-headlining Summer Slaughter with a handful of headlining dates later this month. Between The Buried And Me follow the US dates with an extensive European tour, which begins on October 1st in Reading.
The band's live itinerary can be found at this location.
BTBAM recently revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming full-length album, The Parallax II: Future Sequence. The new album, which clocks in at approximately 72 minutes, will be released October 9th and features artwork from Charlotte, North Carolina artist and designer Chandler Owen.
The Parallax II: Future Sequence was recorded at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC with longtime friend of the band and producer Jamie King. Jamie engineered, mixed and mastered The Parallax II: Future Sequence, which makes this the sixth release Jamie and BTBAM have worked together on.
The Parallax II: Future Sequence tracklisting:
'Goodbye To Everything'
'Astral Body'
'Lay Your Ghosts to Rest'
'Autumn'
'Extremophile Elite'
'Parallax'
'The Black Box'
'Telos'
'Bloom'
'Melting City'
'Silent Flight Parliament'
'Goodbye To Everything' - Reprise
Listen to 'Telos', streaming below:
Regarding the concept of The Parallax II: Future Sequence, the new full-length album picks up where the 2011 EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues, left off. "The two main characters of the story take on a journey through space and time with the unenviable task of having to cure the flaws of humanity by any means necessary. While the EP served mostly as an introduction to the characters, Future Sequence contains the action of the story. The lyrics are written in the stream of consciousness style, which really helps to capture the perspective and emotion of the characters. We really enjoyed the challenge of writing this record, and I think we were all pleasantly surprised with how well the music and lyrics jived with one another. I couldn't be happier with how Future Sequence turned out," comments guitarist Paul Waggoner.
Vocalist and keyboardist Tommy Rogers adds his thoughts on the musical direction of The Parallax II: Future Sequence. "This album is Between The Buried And Me on steroids. I feel like we have created an album that perfectly mirrors the band we've been trying to create since day one. An album that has sounds that will stimulate many genres and music fans alike. A conceptual journey that takes the listener to worlds that seem familiar and worlds that make you scratch your head. From start to finish this is music we want to create, not music we think people want us to create. We create songs that keep us (and hopefully you) excited about heavy music. Keep listening… something new will be there each time. Enjoy the music… we enjoyed writing it."
The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues is a three-song strong, 30-minute tour de force of modern heavy music. Produced and engineered by the Grammy award–winning David Bottrill with BTBAM, the record soared to #54 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in its first week of release while landing the #5 spot on the Hard Music chart, and #8 on the Independent Albums chart in its first week of release. The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues also debuted in Canada charting at #62 on the Top 200 Current chart, #6 on the Hard chart, and #14 on the Independent chart.