Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax II Tour (w/ Thank You Scientist, Rivers Of Nihil)

Grammy-nominated prog metallers Between The Buried And Me are touring in 2023 and performing 2012’s The Parallax II: Future Sequence album in its entirety. Support on the trek, which will launch on June 16 in Charleston, South Carolina, will come from THANK YOU SCIENTIST and RIVERS OF NIHIL, reports Blabbermouth.net.

Between The Buried And Me ‘s latest album, Colors II, came out in August 2021 via Sumerian Records.

Between The Buried And Me built its influential 2007 album, Colors, on an unwavering commitment to artistic integrity. They’ve only fortified that commitment on Colors II. The circumstances surrounding both records bear key similarities, yet the North Carolina quintet — Tommy Rogers (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals), Dustie Waring (rhythm and lead guitar), Blake Richardson (drums) and Dan Briggs (bass, keyboards) — once again stretch the boundaries of their signature sound and heavy music at large.

“Especially with 2020, we really wanted to give it all we could and show the world we’re still here,” explained Tommy. “That’s part of the reason we named it ‘Colors II’. We were in a similar spot when we did the first Colors. Back then, we had just gotten done with Ozzfest. We were wondering, ‘Where do we belong in this music scene?’ We still struggle with that. At both of these moments in our career, we decided to just be ourselves and write the best album we can. We came out guns blazing, and I feel like it’s some of our most creative material in a long time.”

“Colors was very much our attempt at a do-or-die statement,” recalled Paul. “We had to establish our identity and be who we really wanted to be in order to have a career. This time around, our industry was shutdown for a year. Once tours were canceled due to the pandemic, we were, like, ‘We’ve got to write a record, and it’s got to be good.’ We had to do something next level.”