“There’s already too much music – shrinking ideas is the hardest thing”: Does Between The Buried And Me’s new album prove they don’t need to replace the member they fired?

Between The Buried And Me.

After 10 wildly eclectic albums, Between The Buried And Me are changing tack with In The Blue Nowhere. The record is set in a fictional hotel where the best and worst of humanity can be found as a gradient of genres conveys its chaos and calm, making for their brightest and boldest record to date. Tommy Rogers and Dan Briggs tell Prog about their latest release..

Variety has fuelled Between The Buried And Me’s ever-changing, ever-weird and perpetually progressive sound for 25 years. The North Carolina group started life with death metal coursing through their veins, but even then a love for strange and expansive music added different shades to their palette. With each release, the balance between the two has shifted.