Band:	Between The Buried And Me
Album:	The Silent Circus
Style:	Progressive metalcore
Release date:	2003

01. Lost Perfection - a) Coulrophobia
02. Lost Perfection - b) Anablephobia
03. Camilla Rhodes
04. Mordecai
05. Reaction
06. (Shevanel Take 2)
07. Ad A Dglgmut
08. Destructo Spin
09. Aesthetic
10. The Need For Repetition

[Live DVD - re-issue bonus]
01. Lost Perfection - a) Coulrophobia
02. Lost Perfection - b) Anablephobia
03. Destructo Spin
04. Roboturner
05. All Bodies
06. Mordecai
07. Alaska
08. Metal Injection [interview]
09. Mordecai [video]
10. Alaska [video]
11. Slumber Party [feat. Giles] [video]

I was attracted by this Cd mainly because the great cover art, has a very "artsy" feel to it, to be honest I wasn't sure what kind of music Between The Buried And Me played, and I didn't want to read any review of the album, so when this arrived, the outcome would be a total surprise.

The Cd arrived, the cover art looked better on the booklet than it looked over the web, I opened the case and pushed the power button on my record player.
The album started, and when it did one thing took control over my being, an inexorable feeling of chaos possessed me as I listened the first songs of this album.
And that's how this can be described, chaotic. Changes are so drastic that they don't let any part to develop quite well, because immediately another is one top. Musically is like hearing Grindcore with modern riffing, weird is it.

But wait, things changed drastically, track four "Mordecai" turn things over with some clean singing and more mellower parts, then "Reaction" sets the mood (in a Opeth-like songwriting) to the nice acoustical song "(Shevanel Take 2)", the clean singing here is remarkable.

Then, after the 3 song lapsus, things get back where they started, the chaos, the confusion, disorder, total pandemonium.
Nice arrangements from time to time, would be nice to hear some more clean singing though, because that was one of the best parts of the Cd, call me a pansy if you want, but this time around I prefer they clean singing rather than their Death approach.

Brutal Metalcore with genius moments, sadly, those are only moments and not the entire disc, for those who like a higher dose of aggression and chaos in their record player, get this one, and don't forget to check "Destructo Spin" their best non-clean singed tune.