Progressive metal outfit Between the Buried and Me have unveiled their new song “Absent Thereafter.” The track is the second single from their forthcoming album, The Blue Nowhere, scheduled to arrive on September 12 via InsideOutMusic.

The Blue Nowhere was produced by longtime collaborator Jamie King and mixed by Jens Bogren. BTBAM will also embark on a North American co-headlining tour this fall with Hail The Sun, joined by Delta Sleep and The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. Tickets are on sale at this location.

Tommy Rogers comments:

“To me, ‘Absent Thereafter’ feels like the quintessential BTBAM song – fun, intense, spacy, and still fucking heavy. I like to think it takes the listener on an unexpected journey, with ear candy waiting around every corner. It’s a deeper dive into all of the dynamic places you’re taken within The Blue Nowhere!”

Dan Briggs adds:

“This song moves arrangement-wise in two parts divided by a key change and tonal shift of the chorus, but is ultimately the big fun time bombastic energy of a Van Halen shuffle with Huey Lewis and the News horns going through variations that are sometimes heavily syncopated, sometimes lost in space, and sometimes inspiring you to break out into a do-si-do. Grab your washboard and let’s go!”

Listen to the song below and pre-order the album here:

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