For those who get enough of the latest album from North Carolinian prog metal vets Between The Buried And Me, the band have just dropped a deluxe edition of that eleventh studio album. While the standard edition of “The Blue Nowhere” arrived this past September and clocked in at over an hour with across its 10 tracks, this newly expanded version boasts the previously vinyl-only exclusive addition, “Overture“. Regarding “Overture“, the band’s bassist Dan Briggs stated:
“‘Overture‘ was initially written to lead the album, winding through musical themes from all of the songs in a way that referenced the direct part or the idea of it to make something new and that would flow right into ‘Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark‘. It starts by quoting the early guitar arpeggiation from the song ‘The Blue Nowhere’ on piano – which was fortuitous not knowing the song would actually become the title track of the album!
In the studio, we decided it would be refreshing to slam right into ‘Things…” and tossed the song aside, and then when we were building the string/noise buildup at the end of ‘Beautifully Human,’ [producer] Jamie King actually sped up the entire ‘Overture’ track to be layered in for the crescendo before the piano and vocals coda for the album. Thankfully, InsideOutMusic also had the idea to have the track included at the end of the deluxe edition of the album – and the humor of the album ending on an overture is not lost on us! Everyone just dig in and stay jamming.”
On top of that, you also get instrumental versions of the entire album’s original track listing. With a North American tour having wrapped up last month, Between The Buried And Me will next be taking on Europe and the UK in early 2026.
02/19 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
02/20 Birmingham, UK – Asylum
02/21 Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall
02/22 Bristol, UK – Fleece
02/24 Frankfurt, GER – Das Bett
02/25 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
02/26 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
02/27 Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX – Rockhal
02/28 Antwerp, BEL – Zappa
03/01 Hamburg, GER – Uebel & Gefahrlich
03/02 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
03/03 Stockholm, SWE – Debaser
03/05 Helsinki, FIN – Tavastia
03/06 Tallin, EST – Paavli Kulturvabrik
03/07 Riga, LAT – Melna Piektdiena
03/09 Warsaw, POL – Niebo
03/11 Bochum, GER – Matrix
03/12 Stuttgart, GER – Wizemann
03/13 Milan, ITA – Legend Club
03/14 Aarau, SWI – Kiff
03/15 Geneva, SWI – L’Usine
03/17 Leipzig, GER – UT Connewitz
03/18 Prague, CZE – Rock Cafe
