The Great Misdirect

Between the Buried and Me began recording for The Great Misdirect during the summer of 2009. On August 31, the band released a four-minute teaser of the album containing various short clips of the album's songs onto their MySpace profile.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126186 Between the Buried and Me: 'The Great Misdirect' Audio Teaser Available] 2009-08-31. Retrieved on 2009-09-10. On September 1, the band played a new song entitled "Obfuscation" as well as "Disease, Injury, Madness" at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina.{{YouTube|7v2HsY20yMk|Between the Buried and Me - Obfuscation *NEW SONG*}}. 2009-09-01. Retrieved on 2009-09-06.

Rogers has stated that the nearly 18-minute-long closing song "Swim to the Moon" is - in some ways - a companion piece to "Sun of Nothing", a song featured on their previous album, Colors. This song is the prequel to the "Parallax Saga" following this album, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues and The Parallax II: Future Sequence.{{cite interview|website=Whitenoisemetal.typepad.com|title=Between the Buried and Me "The Great Misdirect" on White Noise Metal|url=http://whitenoisemetal.typepad.com/white_noise_metal_video_p/2010/04/between-the-buried-and-me-the-great-misdirect-on-white-noise-metal.html|quote=It's kind of an awakening," BTBAM's singer said. "This story doesn't have an ending, yet maybe. I kind of left it open-ended in case I wanted to touch on it at some other point. It's about a businessman who needs something new in his life. He goes to the sea and basically floats and sees where it takes him. It gets him in a lot of trouble. It's kind of like "Sun of Nothing." It's his thought process evaluating everything he's done and everything he wants to do, what's important and what's not important. Because I think those are the kinds of things that I personally over the last few years have kind of looked into. There's so much shit that people worry about that really doesn't matter. There are only certain things that really make an impact on your life and others and I guess those stories are about figuring out what I need in my life.}}

The Great Misdirect also features their lead guitarist Paul Waggoner performing opening vocals on "Desert of Song" and Chuck Johnson performing vocals on "Swim to the Moon". A backwards message is included in the song "Disease, Injury, Madness" at 3:17-3:37. It is difficult to hear over the acoustic guitar riffs, but a voice is heard saying "You will sleep with the rest of the non-believers... If you disagree you will sleep... You will sleep with the rest of the non-believers...."{{YouTube|vprTJ_UAe3c|Disease Injury Madness Hidden Lyrics BTBAM}}. 2010-01-19

Musically, this album is a continuation of the progressive metal,{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=7590 |title=Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect |publisher=Metal Storm |date=October 27, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=2219 |title=Between The Buried And Me |publisher=Metal Underground |date=November 7, 2009}} technical death metal,{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/b/gr/betweentheburiedandme-thegreat.htm |title=Between the Buried and Me - 'The Great Misdirect' |publisher=MetalGeorge Pacheco |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134936/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/b/gr/betweentheburiedandme-thegreat.htm |url-status=dead }} and death metal{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/between-the-buried-and-me-the-great-misdirect/1892 |title=Between the Buried and Me: The Great Misdirect |publisher=Slant magazine |date=November 3, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/cd-review-buried-ithe-great-misdirect |title=CD review: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, The Great Misdirect |publisher=Metal Injection |date=October 29, 2009}} sound the band is known for.

On September 16, 2009, "Obfuscation" was streamed live on Victory's metal focused web platform, VictoryMetal.com. The Great Misdirect debuted at #36 on the Billboard 200.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=between the buried and me|chart=all}} The Great Misdirect - Between the...] billboard.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-12. The deluxe edition of the album was released on October 26, it included a "making of" documentary about the album, a walk through of all the band members' gear, and a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album. The name of the record is derived from the last line of the song "Obfuscation".{{cite interview|website=Whitenoisemetal.typepad.com|title=Between the Buried and Me "The Great Misdirect" on White Noise Metal|url=http://whitenoisemetal.typepad.com/white_noise_metal_video_p/2010/04/between-the-buried-and-me-the-great-misdirect-on-white-noise-metal.html|quote=It's the last line in that song," Tommy Rogers said on the White Noise Metal Video Podcast. "It's basically just about the misdirection of our brains. The first two tracks of the record, Mirrors and Obfuscation, are kind of like one piece of music. It was basically just my weird fascination with the brain. It's such a confusing thing to me but it fascinates me. Everything from magicians to alien life to religion. Things that I don't think humans will ever understand but we constantly try to.}}

On March 16, 2010 the album was released in a limited edition vinyl, limited to 200 copies as clear pink vinyl and 1,250 as clear orange.{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/item/16178/0/Between_The_Buried_And_Me_The_Great_Misdirect|website=Victoryrecords.com|title=Between The Buried And Me (VR533-LP-CO)|access-date=2010-03-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/item/16177/0/Between_The_Buried_And_Me_The_Great_Misdirect|website=Victoryrecords.com|title=Between The Buried And Me|access-date=2010-03-22}}

The second song "Obfuscation" is featured as downloadable content in Rock Band 2 via the Rock Band Network. It is also featured in the game Saints Row 3 on the radio "Blood 106.66".

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Credits for The Great Misdirect adapted from liner notes.(2009). "The Great Misdirect liner notes". In The Great Misdirect [CD booklet]. Victory.

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• Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. – vocals, keyboards
• Paul Waggoner – lead guitar, vocals on "Desert of Song"
• Dan Briggs – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Dustie Waring – rhythm guitar
• Blake Richardson – drums, percussion

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• Jamie King – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Justin Johnson – engineering
• Brandon Proff – layout, concept design
• Chuck Johnson – photography, vocals on "Swim to the Moon"

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