BT-SHA-ZAM! Between the Buried and Me Announce New Album, Tour with Animals as Leaders and The Contortionist
Why bury the lede? Between the Buried and Me, leaders of the modern prog metal scene, have announced that they’ll release a new album, the awesomely-titled Coma Ecliptic, on July 7 via Metal Blade. They’ll support the album with a summer headlining run, with support coming from Animals as Leaders and The Contortionist. Which is a sweet bill. Whomever put it together should pat him or herself on the back.
The first single from Coma Ecliptic will be released on April 3 (although we dunno what it’s called yet), the same day they’ll begin taking pre-orders for the album. In the meantime, whet your appetite with this description of the record, from the official Metal Blade press release:
“Once again, the band has returned with an ambitious concept album. This time, the story follows the wanderings of an unidentified man, stuck in a coma, as he journeys through his past lives. Each song is its own episode in a modern day, sort of The Twilight Zone-esque fashion. The unidentified man enters each world and is offered a choice: stay, or move on to the next in search of something better, something more ‘perfect.’”
In other words: as per usual, BTBAM are gonna give fans a lot to chew on. Righteous.
Dates for the trek with Animals as Leaders and The Contortionist are below. Don’t forget that BTBAM will also do a mini-tour with The Atlas Moth starting next month; you can get those dates here.
07/07 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
07/08 Tallahassee, FL Sidebar Theater
07/09 Orlando, FL Venue 578
07/10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
07/11 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
07/13 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
07/14 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
07/15 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
07/17 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theater and Club
07/18 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
07/19 Tucson, AZ Club X’s
07/21 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
07/22 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
07/23 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
07/24 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spaces
07/25 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House
07/27 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
07/29 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
07/30 Joliet, IL Mojoes
07/31 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
08/01 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
08/02 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre
08/04 London, ON London Music Hall
08/06 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
08/07 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
08/08 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
08/09 Wilmington, NC Ziggys by the Sea
08/11 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall
08/12 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
08/13 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
08/14 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggys
08/15 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
