MetalSucks contributor Crash Thompson returns with another episode of “Critical Condition.” This time he sets his targets on Coma Ecliptic, the seventh original studio album (and eight overall) by long-running North Carolina progressive metallers Between the Buried and Me.

How does Coma Ecliptic stand up against Between the Buried and Me’s most recent work? What about how it compares to their earlier classics? What’s new this time around? Watch to find out.

Listen to tracks from the album: “Memory Place,” “The Coma Machine” and “Famine Wolf.”