Progressive metal giants Between the Buried and Me will release their 11th studio album, The Blue Nowhere, on September 12, marking their debut with InsideOutMusic. The group has unveiled the first taste with the release of the new single and video “Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark,” directed by Miles Skarin.
Director Miles Skarin comments:
“For ‘Things We Tell Ourselves In The Dark,’ we wanted to create the hotel from the album concept and artwork – we 3D-modeled the hotel based on the artwork and began to create shots of it at different times of day. Marigold is a theme across the record, so we have a scene where lots of marigold petals start to cover the hotel. This was quite an intense particle simulation that took 17 hours to process and render. We also added surreal elements to the video, including infinite hotel corridors and strange space sequences with the doors to the different rooms in the hotel. We’re really pleased with the final look and hope that everyone enjoys seeing the hotel come to life!”
Vocalist Tommy Rogers comments:
“This track emerged from the maniac genius of Dan Briggs. The song deals with the dark cloud that is ego, so I tried to vocally approach it with a different kind of confidence than normal, almost like a pop song… even though it takes you down crazy avenues, you can sit back and sing along.”
Dan Briggs adds:
“It’s one of the rare songs I started around the bass and that foundational funky idea, while also maintaining a pretty straightforward melodic idea underneath everything, no matter how dense it got rhythmically. I love when we have arrangements that feel like they have a page turn into another dimension, but I thought it was important for this one to feel really seamless as it moved dynamically. Even when it gets heavy, I thought it’d be fun at the core to still feel like it was Prince’s band playing, keeping it funky.”
Watch the clip below:
Track List:
01) Things We Tell Ourselves In The Dark
02) God Terror
03) Absent Thereafter
04) Pause
05) Door #3
06) Mirador Uncoil
07) Psychomanteum
08) Slow Paranoia
09) The Blue Nowhere
10) Beautifully Human
Tour Dates
07/30 Istanbul, TR @ IF Performance Hall
07/31 Râșnov, RO @ Rockstadt Extreme Fest
08/01 Budapest, HU @ Monolit Festival 2025
08/02 Wien, AT @ Szene
08/03 München, DE @ Free & Easy Festival
08/04 Berlin, DE @ Hole44
08/05 Katowice, PL @ Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe
08/06–08/07 Jaroměř, CZ @ Brutal Assault 2025
08/09 Kortrijk, BE @ Alcatraz Metal Festival
08/10 Utrecht, NL @ Pandora
08/11 Tilburg, NL @ 013 Next Stage
08/12 Köln, DE @ Luxor
08/14 Dinkelsbühl, DE @ Summer Breeze
08/15–08/16 Compton Martin, UK @ ArcTanGent
08/17 Carhaix-Plouguer, FR @ Festival Motocultor
Feature Image Photo Credit: Randy Edwards
