demigod!
09.28.13 | because it's cool to hate them around here |
Destructerator
09.28.13 | They were hard as fuck to get into for me. |
Motiv3
09.28.13 | because of the tweedle tweedle sweepz sweepz etc. |
joshuahuntkc
09.28.13 | Alaska and The Great Misdirect are really great albums. The rest is kinda ehh. |
Artuma
09.28.13 | band is awesome. it's just cool to dislike them |
owen
09.28.13 | I don't hate them, but it's just wankery with bad vocals to me |
Artuma
09.28.13 | ok the vocals are kinda horrible but cmon their musicianship is pure genius |
RadicalEd
09.28.13 | Lol how is it cool to hate them around here, when they have a 4.2 average while having 3.000 votes per
album.
Statistically they're one of the top 10 bands on sputnik.
I for myself can't get into them, because the vocals are friggin unbearable to me. Also I think they
are excellent musicians who suck at writing good songs. |
tempest--
09.28.13 | they're ok but it's just like wow look at these time sigs look at these solos look at these random genre changes wow how good are we suck my dick because you can't shred like me
pretentious and bloated but not awful they're just ok |
ultradevilgod
09.28.13 | they're just jealous |
Motiv3
09.28.13 | RadicalEd has not seen a single BTBAM thread it seems. |
TenSecondsToThink
09.28.13 | Those two albums are definitely my favorites. |
RadicalEd
09.28.13 | "RadicalEd has not seen a single BTBAM thread it seems."
I generally don't hang around in threads of music I don't like. Except when it's really funny bad
music. Like Icona pop.
Still. I don't think a 4.2 rating or a 4.1 rating with that many voters leads to the conclusion that
the average sputbro hates them. |
demigod!
09.28.13 | most people do like them because they are a great band. however theres a strong collective of people who have a hate on for the band |
conesmoke
09.28.13 | it's probs tommy's chat vocals breh. |
Artuma
09.28.13 | @rad, most people who post here a lot have their albums rated like 2.5 |
TomArnoldsArmpit
09.28.13 | ugh |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | the songwriting is lol |
TomArnoldsArmpit
09.28.13 | "why do some people like this band, while some other folks seem NOT to like it? everyone should love btbam, because I do, and I'm 14 and do not understand life/peens/opinions/individualism/howtokickflip and lots of other nifty stuff yet. but I sure do like mt dew and xbox!"
grow up loser |
conesmoke
09.28.13 | jeez.... |
Gwyn.
09.28.13 | "they're just jealous"
|
TomArnoldsArmpit
09.28.13 | the depths of my moist loins mijo |
MeatSalad
09.28.13 | Because of occasionally mindless sweeps and junz and queefy vocals, I still like their recent albums though |
Pennywise_M
09.28.13 | bc swag n bitches [43] |
Funeralopolis
09.28.13 | They're alright but yea they have the worst harsh vocalist in a big metal band out there. |
Friday13th
09.28.13 | Only heard Alaska but the songwriting is as bad as any metalcore band. Run out of adjectives? F-word! Their chops aren't bad but that can't save them for some. |
1drummer
09.28.13 | "Because it sounds different, and makes me afraid.. :'("
"Cause It ain't no Lynyrd Skynrd by GOD!"
"Well I thought I liked music until I heard this band and they were like.. Idk..utilizing their instruments.. It was weird and it made me feel uncomfortable"
"Like, if it had a good beat and I could like dance to it, it would be like soo much better."
|
Funeralopolis
09.28.13 | ^were you born in the wrong generation? |
Rsetness9
09.28.13 | I actually like Batman... |
1drummer
09.28.13 | Most likely.. |
ncguitar
09.28.13 | They're fun to listen to. |
JustinKing
09.28.13 | I've always enjoyed the band quite a bit, but not because of the "omg lewk @ us prawg" aspect. I do like their material up to The Great Misdirect best, though. Though I mostly like the member's former or side projects better than BtBaM. Glass Casket > Prayer for Cleansing > From Here On > Orbs > Tommy's solo project, in my opinion. |
JokineAugustus
09.28.13 | Arcade Fire > |
Pennywise_M
09.28.13 | "They're alright but yea they have the worst harsh vocalist in a big metal band out there."
More than i year after i started digging some of their stuff hard, i still disagree as hard. |
MosesMalone
09.28.13 | They were one of the first bands I really got into so I'll always enjoy them, although I barely listen to them anymore. Well I mean when you're 12 and you get a copy of that one Ian Christe book about the history of metal, all those bands become your favorite bands, but BtBaM was probably the first band I discovered on my own. And then I started diving in and figured out they're just maudlinofthewell-core, and I stopped liking prog anyway. They're still tons of fun live. |
Parallels
09.28.13 | Between the Buried and Me makes Dream Theater look like Sigur Ros |
MikeC26
09.28.13 | They're okay. As previously stated, the incoherent flow (or lack thereof) to their music structures is terrible. |
Curse.
09.28.13 | " I think they are excellent musicians who suck at writing good songs."
pretty much. Colors is the last thing i liked by them |
ZippaThaRippa
09.28.13 | When I was young and impressionable I bought Colors. About when it came out in 2007, maybe a month or two afterwards. I was pretty into progressive metal back in those days so they seemed like the logical direction for me.
I couldn't get into it, the music was pure wankery and Tommy Rogers is genuinely one of the worst metal vocalists out there. Since then it's basically been a principle of mine to hate them.
It's been six years ya know? Might as well keep with it. |
Smial
09.28.13 | they're just incredibly boring to me
|
Trebor.
09.28.13 | worst vocals of all time
boring music |
JaySpiral
09.28.13 | I like em lots |
ITsHxCTOASTER
09.28.13 | Because they're bad |
JaySpiral
09.28.13 | The vocals being bad as an argument makes almost no sense considering death metal is very popular here, and there are plenty of death metal bands with terrible vocalists and I wouldn't consider BTBAM's singer to be one of the bad ones. |
Artuma
09.28.13 | sry jay ur wrong |
DrMaximus
09.28.13 | Because they are boring. |
Havey
09.28.13 | Because they are representative of all that's wrong with modern progressive music |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | 123 |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | That '123' was aimed artuma but the last 2 comments work fine as well. |
Havey
09.28.13 | "The vocals being bad as an argument makes almost no sense considering death metal is very popular here"
... |
InbredJed
09.28.13 | Start at the beginning with BTBAM, then you shall understand. |
Betacra
09.28.13 | I think people spend too long on this site worrying about time sigs and other stuff that to me just isn't important. I just want music to sound good, and to me, they sound great. |
ZombicidalMan
09.28.13 | When I really loved them, I drove 8 hours just to see them play a show. And they just stood there like tools. Live show ruined them for me TBH
Also what everyone else said, shitty vox, wanky sweeps, boring songs, etc. They're a band you grow out of, if you ever liked them anyways |
TREO5
09.28.13 | Silent Circus and Alaska are both classics for me. |
JaySpiral
09.28.13 | @Havey - What? |
TREO5
09.28.13 | People on here spend too much time bitching and hating in general. |
MO
09.28.13 | alaska is ok. But when it comes down to it it just a bunch of poorly slapped together riffs and noodle wank wank with the worst usage of samples ever in music |
Havey
09.28.13 | "Start at the beginning with BTBAM, then you shall understand."
Understand what? If I start at the beginning, will I start to blindly believe that 'technical ability' can suffice for substance?
"I think people spend too long on this site worrying about time sigs and other stuff that to me just isn't important."
Most bands that use 'odd' time signatures are doing it to make up for their inability to come up with interesting rhythms in regular ones, so no. |
treeqt.
09.28.13 | wait, what? odd time signatures alone aren't reason to rate an album 4/5 or higher?
you make absolutely no sense - _- |
climactic
09.28.13 | "worst usage of samples ever in music"
they barely ever use samples. really weird point to make |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | Time signature changes or odd time keys are nice every now and then but a horrible gimmick in some cases. |
climactic
09.28.13 | as for the list, the hate they get on here is so greatly exaggerated cause a small group of users have a vendetta against them for some reason. i completely understand not liking them (they've grown off me quite a bit), but some people hate them so much that it borders on bizarre |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | *vendetta* hehe |
climactic
09.28.13 | bad word choice but yea |
Greyvy
09.28.13 | :spoiler alert:
they suck and their fanbase are fags |
MyNameIsPencil
09.28.13 | Their singer is mediocre.
but I like their musicianship |
Millstone
09.28.13 | They're the Coldplay of progressive metal to Sputnik. |
YourDarkAffected
09.28.13 | I keep accidentally reading this as "why do people hate batman." |
Ire
09.28.13 | im way past hating btbam srry guys parallax 2 was their worst album in years but ive outgrown hating it
i hate letlive and the wonder years exclusively |
Cygnatti
09.28.13 | ^ I like where dis is goin' |
Gwyn.
09.28.13 | Oh I wanna claim Misery Signals as my band to hate |
DrMaximus
09.28.13 | They're a band you grow out of, if you ever liked them anyways [2] |
Crawl
09.28.13 | climatic's answer is what I want to believe in, so yeah. |
MO
09.28.13 | "they barely ever use samples. really weird point to make"
the one that always sticks out to me is when a random horse kicks in neighing. I remember facepalming hard |
ShadowRemains
09.28.13 | because lol btbam
/thread |
wacknizzle
09.28.13 | Tommy's vocals on Alaska rule, he was still pretty awesome on Colors too. Thankfully those are their best albums |
DrMaximus
09.28.13 | "Why Do People Hate Btbam?"
Because there's way better music out there.
|
climactic
09.28.13 | "the one that always sticks out to me is when a random horse kicks in neighing. I remember facepalming hard"
oh yeah thats in disease injury madness i think lol. really lame agreed |
TREO5
09.28.13 | Tommy is at his best on Silent Circus. Anyone who disagrees is stinky. |
JustinKing
09.28.13 | I actually think he sounded even better on From Here On's EP. Silent Circus is pretty damn good, overall. |
InbredJed
09.29.13 | TREO5 speaks trooth |
owen
11.17.13 | Because it is forced wankery |
Gwyn.
11.17.13 | Stop fucking bumping holy shit |
conesmoke
11.17.13 | Because stone cold said so. What he says goes bro, you know that. pssh. |
Snake.
11.17.13 | A lot of people take their music too seriously. They're like the Angels and Airwaves of progressive metal. |
conesmoke
11.17.13 | they're more like the between the buried and me of progressive metal. But i see what you were going for. |
Snake.
11.17.13 | '3.5 great
Between the Buried and Me - The Silent Circus'
'4.5 superb
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect'
woah |
conesmoke
11.17.13 | mordecai & ad a dglmut rule, I actually own cds of the silent circus, alaska, colors, tgm and the parralax ep. They were some of my first cds : )
don't forget to get your btbam christmas jackets!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151983672748189&set=a.10151982335073189.1073741825.115385878188&type=1&theater
|
conesmoke
11.17.13 | not. |
RadicalEd
11.18.13 | because they waste their technical talent on writing pretentious boring music. |
jefflebowski
11.18.13 | just because you're incredible musicians doesn't at all disqualify you from being a shitty band - why single out btbam rather than any other bands disliked by sputnik? |
Necrotica
11.18.13 | I still don't understand the BtBaM hate. Most people call them a wank metal band, but I can think of plenty of bands that are way worse in that department |
jefflebowski
11.18.13 | i always found them particularly frustrating to see all that musical talent wasted on poorly-written wank |
Necrotica
11.18.13 | Not sure what's poorly written about an album like Colors, but alrighty |
InbredJed
11.18.13 | "why single out btbam rather than any other bands disliked by sputnik?"
cause, unlike the myriad of other "wank-wannabes" BTBAM have actually proven that they have song writing ability and are even capable of being tasteful. It's all the more infuriating when a band that should know better continues to make shite. Just look at Mastodon. |
demigod!
11.18.13 | Colors is a masterpiece thats right |
conesmoke
11.18.13 | and blake richardson clearly rox |
Gwyn.
11.18.13 | "cause, unlike the myriad of other "wank-wannabes" BTBAM have actually proven that they have song writing ability and are even capable of being tasteful. It's all the more infuriating when a band that should know better continues to make shite. Just look at Mastodon."
Also the vox are the worst things ever when they're not being laughable |
conesmoke
11.18.13 | anyone here not seen the video clip where Tommy molests a fan in the butt? it's really quite hilarious when you notice it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIdS78j0I_c |
conesmoke
11.18.13 | like 3:45 into the video. |
mindleviticus
11.18.13 | their vocals are kind of iffy but i love their songwriting |
conesmoke
11.18.13 | ok... how the hell did i not get a response from anyone about tommy fingerbanging a fans ass in that interview i posted..? |
InbredJed
11.18.13 | I'll check it when I get home from work, Cone. |
jefflebowski
11.18.13 | 'BTBAM have actually proven that they have song writing ability'
you realize how utterly meaningless that statement is, right? |
DrMaximus
11.18.13 | @cone
Damn, I would definitely get that if I were into BtBam. |
climactic
11.18.13 | just lol'd so hard at that video |
chemicalmarriage
11.18.13 | imo pretty good band tbh but idk ttyl later |
InbredJed
11.19.13 | @jefflebowski
read the whole sentence, Lebowski
then gives us the money! |