The Parallax II: Future Sequence

by Between the Buried and Me

The Parallax II: Future Sequence cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 October 2012
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:32
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This conceptual space opera is a sprawling display of technical virtuosity and genre-hopping ambition. Between the Buried and Me seamlessly blends death metal, jazz, polka, and rock opera into a cohesive narrative about two prospects drifting through space. It is widely regarded as their magnum opus, refining their chaotic sound into a polished masterpiece.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, technical, complex, conceptual, science fiction

Tracklist

  1. Goodbye to Everything (1:39)
  2. Astral Body (5:01)
  3. Lay Your Ghosts to Rest (10:02)
  4. Autumn (1:17)
  5. Extremophile Elite (9:58)
  6. Parallax (1:15)
  7. The Black Box (2:10)
  8. Telos (9:45)
  9. Bloom (3:28)
  10. Melting City (10:19)
  11. Silent Flight Parliament (15:09)
  12. Goodbye to Everything Reprise (2:29)

Credits

  • Walter Fancourt - bass clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone
  • Dan Briggs - bass guitar
  • Between The Buried and Me - co-producer, Primary Artist
  • Blake Richardson - drums
  • Dustie Waring - guitar
  • Paul Waggoner - guitar
  • Heino Leja - lacquer cut by
  • Thomas Giles Rogers Jr. - lead vocals
  • Jamie King - mastered by
  • Maddox Giles - noises [alien noises]
  • Julian Hinshaw - tuba
  • Ricky Alexander - violin
  • Amos Williams - voice [spoken word]

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