The band was founded in early 2000 by vocalist Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. and guitarist Paul Waggoner, whose prior project was metalcore band Prayer for Cleansing. Since that time, the band has undergone many lineup changes. Currently, the band contains two members from fellow North Carolina band Glass Casket, Dustie Waring on guitar and Blake Richardson on drums. This has caused some question as to the future of Glass Casket, although both deny claims that Glass Casket will break up anytime soon, as the band's other members are currently busy with college and jobs.

They have released five full length albums to date:

Between The Buried And Me (2002)

The Silent Circus (2003)

Alaska (2005)

Colors (2007)

The Great Misdirect (2009)

They also released a cover album, "The Anatomy Of..." in 2006, which pays homage to a number of bands that have influenced them.

An instrumental version of Alaska also exists, containing 8 of the 11 tracks from the original version, unmentioned on their official web site.

On October 14, 2008, the band released a full-length live DVD and CD, Colors Live, a live version of their album Colors.

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Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Since their inception in 2000, they have released five studio albums, one cover album and one 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".