Coma Ecliptic

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Coma Ecliptic
Studio album by
Between the Buried and Me
ReleasedJuly 10, 2015
Genre
Length68:31
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerJamie King
Between the Buried and Me chronology
The Parallax II: Future Sequence
(2012) 		Coma Ecliptic
(2015) 		Automata I
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound
C−[3]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
Kerrang![1]
PopMatters[6]

Coma Ecliptic is the seventh studio album by American progressive metalcore band Between the Buried and Me, released on July 10, 2015 through Metal Blade Records.[7] The band first announced the album through Twitter on September 8, 2014 saying "It has begun! #rockopera".[8] Similar to previous releases by the band, Coma Ecliptic is a concept album. The first single, "Memory Palace" was released on April 3, 2015.[7]

Overview

The band has stated that the concept of Coma Ecliptic involves a man stuck in a coma, journeying through his past lives. It was added that the man faces a choice to either stay or move on to something better. Each song is its own episode in a fashion similar to "The Twilight Zone".[7]

Coma Ecliptic is notably the first album since 2005's

Tommy Rogers
decided to use clean vocals more frequently, as he felt they better fit the tone of the songs being written.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from professional critics. Review aggregator

Allmusic gave the album a positive review saying, "Coma Ecliptic holds together as an album. Despite, and perhaps because of, its relative accessibility it is exceptionally creative. Ultimately, Between the Buried & Me, despite employing many tropes and influences, come off sounding like no one but themselves." Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! opined, "While the noticeable shift away from death metal
may discourage some, Coma Ecliptic succeeds in pushing Between the Buried and Me's creativity in a new direction, avoiding a simple rehash of their winning formula."

Dom Lawson from The Guardian gave the album a perfect rating calling it "ingenious, sprawling prog-metal" and saying "From the rock opera crescendos of the opening "Node" onwards, the album dares to be both a quintessentially prog-rock experience and a timely act of modern metal derring-do." Chris Cope of Prog added that "at its best, Coma Ecliptic holds some of this band’s most impressive moments to date."[9]

Some opinions were generally mixed on the band's shift away from

Consequence of Sound gave the album a rating of C−, saying, "Coma Ecliptic clocks in at over an hour, but most discouraging is the band’s failure to translate the album’s conceptual themes to the listener in that timespan." Kerrang! received the album negatively: "They're suspended in an airy updraft of synths and clean guitar lines that are so '70s prog-rock they should be wearing a Rick Wakeman from Yes
-styled cape."

Appearances

The second track "The Coma Machine" is featured and available as downloadable content in the game Rock Band 4.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Between the Buried and Me

No.TitleLength
1."Node"3:31
2."The Coma Machine"7:35
3."Dim Ignition"2:16
4."Famine Wolf"6:50
5."King Redeem/Queen Serene"6:58
6."Turn on the Darkness"8:26
7."The Ectopic Stroll"7:02
8."Rapid Calm"7:59
9."Memory Palace"9:54
10."Option Oblivion"4:22
11."Life in Velvet"3:38
Total length:68:31

Personnel

Between the Buried and Me

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 205
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 53
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 42
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 74
US Billboard 200[15] 12
US
Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16]
 1
US
Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[17]
 1
US
Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[18]
 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 2

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Coma Ecliptic by Between the Buried and Me". Metacritic.
  2. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  3. Consequence of Sound
    . Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  4. ^ Calum Slingerland. "Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. ^ Dom Lawnson (2 July 2015). "Between the Buried and Me: Coma Ecliptic review – Ingenious, sprawling, prog metal". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  6. ^ Jordan Blum. "Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic". PopMatters. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  7. ^ a b c "BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Confirm New Album, Tour with ANIMALS AS LEADERS, THE CONTORTIONIST". Metal Injection. 17 March 2015.
  8. ^ "BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Appears To Have Begun Work On A New Record". Metal Injection. 9 September 2014.
  9. ^ Chris Cope (16 August 2023). "Between The Buried And Me: Coma Ecliptic". Prog.
  10. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history". oricn ME inc. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  12. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Between the Buried and Me Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coma_Ecliptic&oldid=1198382298"