Between the Buried and Me (album)

Between the Buried and Me is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. It was produced by Jamie King and was released on April 30, 2002 through Lifeforce Records. The album contains re-recordings of all the songs that were on the group's 2001 3-track demo: "What We Have Become," "More of Myself to Kill" and "The Use of a Weapon." The album was remixed and remastered in 2020.

Between the Buried and Me
Studio album by Between the Buried and Me
Released	April 30, 2002
Recorded	December 2001–January 2002
Studio	The Basement Studios, Rural Hall, North Carolina
Genre	Progressive metalcore, math rock, heavy metal,[1] death metal[2]
Length	48:26
Label	Lifeforce
Producer	Jamie King
Between the Buried and Me chronology
Between the Buried and Me (2002) The Silent Circus (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Mind Equals Blown	7.5/10[3]

The songs on the album demonstrate numerous concepts—one of which, the song "Arsonist", was written about their strong feelings against the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, which has become well known as a controversial religious organization and hate group.

A music video was released for the song "Aspirations" and was directed by Ian Larson.

Victory Records would later release several vinyl editions of the album.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tommy Rogers; all music is composed by Between the Buried and Me.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"More of Myself to Kill"	6:48
2.	"Arsonist"	4:50
3.	"Aspirations"	5:45
4.	"What We Have Become"	5:07
5.	"Fire for a Dry Mouth"	6:05
6.	"Naked by the Computer"	5:33
7.	"Use of a Weapon"	4:51
8.	"Shevanel Cut a Flip"	9:27
Total length:		48:26

Enhanced content music videos

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Aspirations"	6:04
2.	"Mordecai"	6:06

Personnel

Between the Buried and Me

• Tommy Giles Rogers – lead vocals
• Paul Waggoner – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Fletcher - rhythm guitar
• Jason King - bass guitar
• Will Goodyear - drums, clean vocals

Production

• Produced by Jamie King

References

1. Jason D. Taylor. "Between the Buried and Me - Between the Buried and Me". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
2. "BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Albums Ranked". Prog Sphere. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
3. Hoffmeyer, Corey (October 10, 2012). "Between the Buried and Me: Between the Buried and Me". Mind Equals Blown. Retrieved August 17, 2014.