Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They have released five studio albums since 2000, as well as a cover album and a live DVD/CD. Their follow-up to Colors, titled The Great Misdirect, was released October 27, 2009.
The band's name is derived from a section of lyrics in the Counting Crows song, "Ghost Train;" "Took the cannonball down to the ocean/Across the desert from the sea to shining sea/I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation/Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me".
