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Roxian Theatre Presented By Citizens

15136, McKees Rocks, PA, US

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Doors open: 18:30

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Between The Buried And Me biography

Formed at the turn of the millennium and adopting progressive metal sound, Between the Buried and Me, have made some large waves in the metal scene. Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, the band continue to do so.

Taking their name from the Counting Crows song “Ghost Train” from August and Everything After, Between the Buried and Me, the band signed a contract with Lifeforce Records, and released an eponymous debut record. The record featured lyrical depth, and intricate musical writing, including a song called “Arsonist”, written in protest of the beliefs of the Westboro Baptist Church. Following this album, the band signed to Victory Records and released “The Silent Circus” on October 21st 2003, which was re released in 2006 with a bonus DVD.

It was their following album, “Alaska” released on September 6th 2005 that scored a place at number 2 in the US Heatseekers Chart, and even made it to 121 in the Billboard 200. Their next album “The Anatomy Of” followed similar chart success, but it was “Colors” released on September 18th 2007 that the band achieved new heights with their charts selling 12,600 copies in its first week. The album peaked at 57 on the Billboard Charts. The album featured a great level of maturity, with some influences of jazz and even bluegrass. It was dubbed as “adult contemporary progressive death metal”. It gained critical acclaim, including making Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater’s ‘album of the year’. The following year, the band released a live version of the album, which was filmed at the Rocketown in Nashville Tennessee on August 2nd 2008. The band’s following album “The Great Misdirect” saw the band’s career grow exponentially, reaching 36 on the Billboard 200, and then their following album “The Parallax II: Future Sequence” released on October 9th 2012, making it to number 22 on the Billboard 200.

Live reviews

Between the Buried and Me opened up the short show with an hour-long set, which was strange for me because this was the first time in a long time I chose to watch from the back mainly because of getting there pretty late. And precisely because of that, it actually ended up way better than the last time I saw them when I was on the rail, because the mix was much better from the back. Also they've stopped playing older (more metalcore-ish) material so their 5 song set was all their most progressive stuff including White Walls and Ants of the Sky. I noticed live they have a decent number of breakdowns even in their newest material despite being so progressive, but they incorporate those breakdowns so well I can't imagine how anyone could complain (or even really notice when listening to them on record). Despite expecting to be bored by how oftentimes shows just don't have enough energy when not experienced on the rail, I didn't have that problem at all since their music still was powerful enough even from a distance especially thanks to Blake Richardson's drumming.

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Dechtakaar

The World is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, aka TWIABP, are one of the most renowned emo bands of the emo revival in recent years. Their interesting approach to lyrics and the spoken word in their music makes them original and appealing to fans from several genres.
Seeing them live was great, and their energy throughout the show was incredibly high. The fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments make a really exciting sound, layered with the heavy drum and guitar parts. The band were all 100% dedicated to every single track they played, and their energy was contagious, everyone in the audience was joining in with the poetic lyrics, and dancing along to the heavier tracks with their arms in the air.
They played through their new EP, Between Bodies that they share with Chris Zizzamia, and everyone was loving it, as it was one of the first time it had been performed live. They were great at interacting with the audience, and had us on their side from the every start. They even asked us If we had any song requests, so they played some of their older material that everyone was singing and dancing along to. It was a great show.

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