The Silent Circus

by Between the Buried and Me

The Silent Circus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 October 2003
  • Label: Victory
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:56
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Matthew Ellard

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Greatly expanding their avant-garde inclinations, the sophomore effort features bewildering structural shifts that pivot from death metal blasts to serene acoustic passages. The chaotic, hyper-technical arrangements laid the definitive groundwork for the band's impending progressive metal dominance.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, uncommon-time-signatures, complex, progressive, breakdowns, distorted, dynamic, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Lost Perfection A. Coulrophobia (4:13)
  2. B. Anablephobia (3:01)
  3. Camilla Rhodes (4:49)
  4. Mordecai (5:47)
  5. Reaction (2:00)
  6. Shevanel Take 2 (3:13)
  7. Ad A Dglgmut (7:38)
  8. Destructo Spin (4:46)
  9. Aesthetic (3:44)
  10. The Need For Repetition (13:40)

Credits

  • Jason Schofield King - performer
  • Mark Edward Castillo - performer
  • Nicholas Shawn Fletcher - performer
  • Paul Waggoner - performer
  • Thomas Giles Rogers Jr. - performer
  • Between the Buried and Me - Primary Artist

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