Aside from a few places where harsh growls replace singing, BTBAM do surprisingly little to make these songs their own, opting instead to play many of them verbatim. This is the most straightforward set of cover songs I've ever heard, which might be kind of cool in a live setting, but on record it just turns out boring. If BTBAM really wanted people to know who their influences were, they could have just done an interview instead of duping their fans into paying for this record.Īnother unfortunate problem with The Anatomy Of is that the band is taking themselves way too seriously. And Justice For All album and goes rapidly downhill from there, running the gamut from ridiculous (Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart," Blind Melon's "Change") to legendary (Pink Floyd's "Us And Them," Queen's "Bicycle Race") without ever seeming relevant in any way. It starts off with a pretty strong rendition of Metallica's "Blackened" from the. I understand that Between The Buried And Me are on Ozzfest this year and would like to have a new release out there while they have the attention of potential new fans, but this album is just plain unnecessary. The result is a disc that, like most covers and tribute albums, is inconsistent at best and, even at its best, completely disposable.
With The Anatomy Of, Between The Buried And Me have set out to showcase just how diverse their musical influences are by alternating between some of the most obvious choices available and some of the most random ones possible.
It's a bizarre cross between self-importance, shameless moneygrubbing and naivete that just boggles the mind. The only thing I can think of lamer than a tribute album is a band deciding that they need to record an entire album themselves of cover songs.
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