Buried Dreams "Beyond Your Mind" (Oz Records 1997)

An incredible record of a Mexican band, because it has everything that represents bands that emerged in the second half of the nineties. This disc was published on October 23th, 1997, it was integrated to the classic national metal discs along with names like Cenotaph, Agony Lords, Disgorge, Dies Irae among others that were produced by the legendary Mexican label Oz Records. For this reason we are honored to mention this debut album by this band originally from Mexico City: BURIED DREAMS. 

In the second half of the nineties he made his appearance several albums that were cataloged as the "Gotheborg sound" from Sweden as the bands At The Gates, In Flames and Dark Tranquility. For that reason, the same influences came to our country in the formation of bands with that same style. An example of this are the Buried Dreams who adopted these influences very well to create their own style and an identity for the national metal that would further along that same path.

The track list:

1. The Sword and the Cross 08:23  

2. Black Dragon 06:21   

3. Reflexions in the Light 07:15   

4. The Battle 06:07  

5. Beyond Your Mind 07:07   

6. Limits of Fantasy 08:47   

7. Looking Through the Fire 05:11   

8. Irony 06:09   

9. Moxtla 03:12  

10. Her Beauty    06:32

Line up recording

Ezequiel Mendoza Bass, Keyboards

Antonio De Yta Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Ndua Valdespino Guitars

Anuar Bautista Drums

Ivan Santos Vocals (lead)

The cover of both the jewel case and the slipcase are truly a work of art, showing the prehispanic influences of the group to create their own sounds and compositions. The group shows us how the Mexican metal sounds even though the sound of the production is a little low in the instruments. The influences of Swedish melodic death metal are notorious from the first notes of the first piece. They are a real enjoyment of the rhythm changes as well as their beating on the drums, boosting the speed of the songs or making more melodies between them. 

What I like about this album is its way of making each composition in a simple and direct way, we are pretentious or want to seem virtuous with the sounds, rather they give us melodies on the double guitars at each moment that a song advances, followed by the vowels that are absolutely brutal. There are no clean voices but you can appreciate the melodies of the lyrics between each song.

Contrary to popular belief Buried Dreams did not take their name from the song by Carcass. It was actually derived from their own song "Shining on Your Dreams", which the band believed to have "deep" lyrics. After realizing the coincidence they later covered "Buried Dreams" as a bonus track for the "Perception" album.

Buried Dreams formed in January 1995. In April the band began to perform live. They recorded their first promo-demo "The World Beyond" with three songs. One month later Buried Dreams won first place in the 1st.National Underground Heavy Metal Contest which led them to sign with Oz Records. So in August, with a new member for vocals, the band recorded their first full-length album called "Beyond your Mind".

I recommend the following songs as an example of the great work delivered by the band: "the sword and the cross", "black dragon", "reflexions in the light", "beyond your mind", "Irony" and "Moxtla".