''Alaska'' is the third studio album by American metal band

Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing ...

. It was released on September 6, 2005 through

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

and is the first album to feature the band's current lineup, with the addition of

Dustie Waring Between the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing ...

on guitar, Dan Briggs on bass, and Blake Richardson on drums. The band co-produced the album with Matthew Ellard, who produced the band's last album ''

The Silent Circus ''The Silent Circus'' is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. Released October 21, 2003, through Victory Records. It was their first album to be released through Victory Records after their departu ...

'', and Jamie King, who had previously produced the band's self-titled album. The album was remixed and remastered in 2020. While ''Alaska'' did not sell as well as its predecessor ''The Silent Circus'' upon release, it still achieved high critical reviews and it includes some of the band's most notable songs, such as its title track and "Selkies: The Endless Obsession". Another version of ''Alaska'' was released featuring instrumental versions of most of the songs (excluding tracks 3, 6, and 7). A music video was released for the song "Alaska".

Track listing

Personnel

Between the Buried and Me

* Tommy Giles Rogers –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

, keyboards, piano *

Paul Waggoner Paul Andrew Waggoner is the lead guitarist of American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. A fan of progressive music, he is heavily inspired by John Petrucci, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth and Steve Vai, amongst others. He formerl ...

– lead guitar, vocals * Dan Briggs – bass, programming, backing vocals *Dustie Waring – rhythm guitar * Blake Richardson – drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Production

*Produced by Matthew Ellard and Jamie King *Engineered by Jamie King *Mixed by Matthew Ellard *Kris Smith – mix assistant *Alan Douches – mastering *Wes Richardson – artwork and layout

References

{{Authority control Between the Buried and Me albums 2005 albums Victory Records albums Albums produced by Jamie King (record producer)