Coma Ecliptic

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Coma Ecliptic
Coma Ecliptic cover art by Between the Buried and Me.jpg
Studio album by Between the Buried and Me
Released July 10, 2015
Genre
Length 68:31
Label Metal Blade
Producer Jamie King
Between the Buried and Me chronology
The Parallax II: Future Sequence
(2012)The Parallax II: Future Sequence2012
Coma Ecliptic
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 73/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Alternative Press 4/5 stars[1]
Consequence of Sound C-[3]
Exclaim! 8/10[4]
The Guardian 5/5 stars[5]
Kerrang! 2/5 stars[1]
PopMatters 9/10 stars[6]

Coma Ecliptic is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal 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 sort of "The Twilight Zone-esque" fashion.[7]

Coma Ecliptic is notably the first album since 2005's "Alaska" to feature no songs over 10 minutes in length.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews. Review aggregate Metacritic scored the album a 73 out of 100 based on 7 music critics, citing 'generally favorable reviews'.[1] Thom Jurek from 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 from Exclaim! also gave the album a positive review saying, "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 from Prog magazine added that "at its best, Coma Ecliptic holds some of this band’s most impressive moments to date."[9]

A more mixed review came from Jon Hadusek of Consequence of Sound who gave it 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! gave the album a more negative review saying "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."

Track listing

No. Title Length
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[10]"   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
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 74
US Billboard 200[12] 12
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] 17
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[16] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 2

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://www.metacritic.com/music/coma-ecliptic/between-the-buried-and-me
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  11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  12. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Between the Buried and Me.
  13. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Between the Buried and Me.
  14. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Between the Buried and Me.
  15. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Between the Buried and Me.
  16. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Between the Buried and Me.
  17. "Between the Buried and Me – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Between the Buried and Me.