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 Review by: pwfanatic See others by this writer Solid State Records (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on June 15th 2004
The boys of Underoath have solved the puzzle. They have realized that nothing is worse than generic metalcore, and that it is a genre that is becoming over saturated with bands that sound like each other with no distinguishing characteristics. Good job boys. So there they must have been, brainstorming on what could separate them from the rest. Did they decide on becoming better musicians? No. Changing the vocal styles to something other than screaming? No. Not getting too sappy and weak on the melodies? Nope. Rather, they all scrounged together one hundred dollars to go buy a cheap effects generator so that they could slightly pepper some of their songs with little bits of crappy techno sounds. Way to be Underoath, this sounds like a recipe for success. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
i thought this was one of the best c.d.s they did. i listen to them all the time i love this cd way better than the new one really good Haha, and now I laugh at myself. "hey umm your a faggot.. sounds to me like all your interested in is sounds!! what band are you in ass clown?? hey umm your a faggot.. sounds to me like all your interested in is sounds!! what band are you in ass clown?? this is a skreemo/punk band that as soon as i heard the first song, i was hooked. I love the constant guitar solos that i can do the air-guitar to!!!! this album was kinda better than the first it rocks, it is better than fuckin emo!! Your music is great. okay well i understand he's trying to sound like dallas and w.e but he needs to develop hi sown identity with the band. spencer is a big redneck and he should make thier music more southern hardcore if nething. its a good cd for some yuppies. i dont mind it. it was the gift i didnt want... but that i got instead of fall of troy ((damn it!)) It's a pretty good album but not their best :) Your right fuck emo kids to fucken hell so fuck u fucken emo kids!!!! Underoath beats anything there is in all bands becouse there are ants in my pants jk there only chasing safty fucken fucken kisses a monkey's ass i mean kicks!!!! this music it cool with its crazy screaming can't understand vocals its tight but i wouldn't make a poem about it like steve down here, kill all emo kids they ruin America though heres whats important when considering this album... heres whats important when considering this album... Christmas Gift I wish I never got. i dont even have to read the review, its wrong seeing as how its only 3 stars. even though this isnt underoath's best album, like changing of the times there were a great band back then and there okay now but dnt fucken say that metalcore isnt good. fuck punk rock its dead like disco. gld to see underoath isdoing so well, these punk scene kids are just jealous, they're the sam kids who don't speak their mind in public, but they they talkshit on internet like they have more balls than anyone else,PUSSIES! andby the wayILOVE THIS FUCKIN CD! fuck you who ever wrote i love underoath and this ablum its rocks damn I find it very ironic how some people can complain about a cd being based on christianity but they're perfectly fine with listening to a satanic band. All these little punk rock skateborders need to do us all a favor and ride their skateboards into on coming traffic. Underoath is a good band with good songs, if you are against a band just because they are christain then you need to get a fuckin life! Hey! Heres an idea! Lets all jerk each other off because a hardcore band is screaming about jesus. What the fuck could possibly be more worse than that!? First off, the whole screamo/hardcore movement is getting old, and christian music added into that mix is my own little version of Hell. I saw more than 50 little fuckers at Warped this year wearing the same Underoath shirt, and the funny thing is, they all thought they were original, and they were definately all christians. I wanted to put a gun to eithe rmy head or theirs to end this shit! And why the hell are they on Punknews... THEY'RE NOT PUNK! They have their own shitty genre to themselves... christians screamo=creamo. WHEN WILL IT END!? I love this album.i got it about two months ago and I've never gotten tired of it.That doesn't mean I don't listen to MCR and Silverstein just as much just that it's in my cd player 50% of the time.I seriously had NO IDEA this was a christian rock band.And it's a good thing I didn't until the last song"Some will seek Forgivness,Others escape".They don't push the whole christian thing in your face.Anyway,Aaron Gillespie,who sings the soft lyrics and plays drums is awesome at both.And I'm glad they got a new guy to scream.Spencer is better. im glad they bring religion into their music becasue christanity is not a religion its a lifestyle and its awesome they are supporting what they believe in their music that takes alot of courage UNDEROATH ROCKS!!!!!!! if you disagree you dont know what music is please continue to bring us awesome music live life to its fullest and support christ underoath is awsome the best band i know of! well i only have to say that underoath is a christian band and the people that don't believe me well o well and i also wanted to say that they are awesome. i love underoath The New Re-release with dvd is amazing. I picked up on underoath on this album like last March (right before Taste of Chaos came here....I like to know whose playing what at shows), and I really liked this album. Then again, I did pickup on them during this whole change over. I went and listened to some of the old stuff......actually, all of it, and I still prefer this. The whole metalcore thing they did before wasn't really my thing, but with this change to "screamo" they've REALLY come together, and I love the sound, especially on It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door. The best christian rock cd Ive ever heard. The did awsome with changing their singer. The last cd and this cd are so different its hard to compair them, THEY BOTH ROCK. They DO NOT sound like TBS at all. If you just come to rip a great band then go back and LISTEN TO YOUR GAY SIMPLE PLAN OR WHAT EVER THEY'RE CALLED AND STOP BEING DEPRESSING POP-PUNK LOSERS! Its about what they are now..... i dont care what all you posers say about underoath they ROCK and thats all that counts!!! Underoath is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! you other kids need to stop cussing this is a christan band the best album of 2004. shut up, this cd is awesome! and don't make fun of Chris Dudley!! I met him and he's awesome! This is a really good cd. they rock out hard i dont care what an one says hearing kids gush about Underoath has always tickled me pink. Hey that was a funny joke, but where is the real review....ohh...that was it? wow that was pathetic! You obviously have no clue about true rock and true music at all. This was truly pathetic. Underoath has evolved so much as a band over the years, in there last album they sounded like a cheap metalcore band with a screamer that sounded like someone in The Blood Brothers, but Underoath finally got it together in "There Only Chasing Saftey" Down, Set, Go was my favorite song on this album with the perfect mix of melody and screaming to make me say..."wow...and there a christian rock band!" to blackjudiesinfullbloom. all u have just said can not change the fact that cd is incredibly average and boring. i have to say underoath is no longer under the category of christian metal. if u want to hear their best song ever listen to "the last" from cries of the past. that is the best song u will ever hear out of that band. ok I made a user name just to clerify stuff for people that have no clue what true underoath is all about. I've been following uO for about 4 years now. I have heard their very first ep, their new cd, and everything in between. They started out as a heavy christiam metalcore band. They were absolutely NOT death metal, they were a christian band that used heavy melodolic riffs and heavy breakdowns to vary their pace. They originated from florida and have since then gotten rid of their 1 guitarist and vocalist. The old vocalist was exceptionally unique in my perspective. His name was Dallas and he is now in a southern metal rock band called Maylene and the sons of disaster. The guitarist left and formed Anam Cara. As time changed and so did their members, of course their music is going to change. They got lighter and yes I do agree, they got somewhat more mainstream. But they are still one of the most creative and energetic bands i have ever seen and heard. These guys have persued being a christian band, and Im sick of people saying that "Cries of the past" "Act of Depression" and older songs are "death metal songs." These songs were from personal experiencce. Cotp was related to people that have lost loved ones, and im 90% sure it happened to one of them around December 4th if you listen right. Aod was about all of those who have commited suicide....Dallas(vocalist) wrote most of the lyrics for the songs and some say he was too personal about the songs, critically describing death and the worship of Jesus. Personally i love his lyrics because of his detailed description. So to those of you who think underOATH was death metal, no not really at all...even in "watch me die" it may sound demonic, but it starts off saying that he does not live for satin, but for jesus, and for that reason they make the song sound more low toned and heavier..underoath has gone throught alot of stuff, and they have changed alot...but before you pour your thoughts out in some stupid website that doesnt value the true meaning of music, listen to the old and new stuff, read and comprehend it and then post your opinion...thank you HEy underoath watz up my cousins plays for the band SOULFOUND sam and he said he meet yall he i was wondering if yall could hook me up with some backstage passes and tha masqueade i am ur biggest fan i got everyone bying ur cd and they all love yall yall are the coolest band alive and yall r going to be really famous one day i know are u songs yall rock my name is thomas hooten see yall at the ybor city concert ......peace Underoath is awesome. I downloaded this album the first day it came out as an album advance on MIRC. To this day it is the most played album on my ipod. I have not grown tired of the music at all. I'm pretty dissapointed in a lot of the reviews on this website in general. Iit seems that a lot of great bands get discredited for their work here. Oh well. Listen to it for yourself and make your own judgement Score's for the album. However, I am a bit displeased with all the assholes who support the band, and post on this site. It seems like no one can come up with anything better to say other than "you faggots, fuck you", etc. Give me a break. You're making everyone else who likes the album seem like 14 year old kids who latch on to the latest trend, and have no knack for constructive criticism. The truth is, most people who don't like the album have probably only heard "Reinventing You Exit", which is a bit generic, and definitely the worst new song. The new screamer (vocalist, singer, whatever) is a billion times better than the previous one. The band has always been good, has always played great melodic hardcore, and the new screamer adds so much more. The drummer's voice (yes, he sings) sounds a tiny bit like Adam Lazzara I guess, but it's not an exact copy or anything. He can't really change his voice, so lay off him. As far as the music, it's a lot better than most "screamo" bands, i.e. TBS, Alexisonfire, Story of the Year, what have you. Listen to "I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today", proof that these guys can still write some badass hardcore. I understand that it's pretty produced, but is that to say that they don't deserve it? Do you want all your albums to sound shitty? Bands can't survive off of 4-track recorders forever. It's glossy, but in a good way. Of course, not everyone is going to like this music, but at least give it a chance, rather than gaining credibility by siding with all the infamous punknews commentators who call it shit. And yes, it's Christian, so what? Oh, you guys.... all i have to say is "jesus christ i love you" if you know what that means........then you know good underoath. Can someone tell me what band dallas taylor is in now? Who the F let this guy start writing reviews. You wrote about one song. I really hope you don't get paid for this cause someone is getting ripped off. although underoath went from hardcore to screamo, this cd is still a good one their stytle is good and im looking forward to another cd in the making. Underoath I'm a bit speechless. guitars need to be better, this cd is ok. Oh wow. Clearly these guys are one of the best bands around. And what the hell are you people talking about saying that this music is for jocks? Last I checked nobody's really that hardcore anymore anyway, and I'm sure all of you who said that play some sort of sport sometimes. Everybody plays something, because clearly nobody justs sits around all day listening to music. If you do, get a life. Also, obviously the comparisons to TBS are WAY off because TBS doesn't even scream, therefore they are not hardcore and cannot even be put into the same category as this band. Good work guys, your music is fantastic and I look forward to hearing more like this. Make more songs like "Young And Aspiring" and "Down, Set, Go" and all your faithful fans will be happy. Plain and simple, if you don't like Underoath you don't like great music. To start out, they really dont sound like TBS. i tried to see a resemblance but i couldnt. For all the people who doesnt think that this is music, can just suck it, cause yall are all just a bunch of cheap dime store hookers. I love how Underoath express their Christian beliefs through this kind of music. Like what you want to like but dont hate on them just becasue they are good. I think people underate this cd. Sure their first album is alot heavier but the new album is just as good. Just quit ragging on it and listen to them rock-out. lol audioslave best guitarist of the 90's but i lke rage against the machine better they kno how toput music toghter lol well.....i saw u guys in concert....and that spencer is sooo hot!........i just wanted to tuch his butt......SO HOT!.....love the album Well.....i love the album.....but i really like the older underoath.....(that had ALOT of screaming).......BUT I STILL DO LOVE THIS ALBUM!......u guys are awsome! not bad, way too much screaming, but a few good songs i'm not sure about the album itself, (it's a somewhat attempt to change the -core scence or whatever) but i rate it good because i just love the scream. Everyone has right to their own opinion, but if someone says that this album sucks because it's not hard enough, I say to that person that they are ignorant. Art has no boundaries kids...All Underoath tries to do is play music they love and love people with it. They don't judge and say crap about other people and bands...so why would anyone bash them? It is their right to express their faith and feelings however they would like..If you can't appreciate that, then you need to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself if you could put yourself out there and stand up for what you believe in...it's all about respect....remember, Art has to boundaries... I think UnderOath's new album is amazing. underoaths new cd is pretty sick man....idc what genre it is w/e it is its fucking good...so was the changing of times......i like dallas as a screamer and spencer but spencer can actually sing 2 which makes the dual voice thing pretty sweet....new underoath good music in my opinion also id like 2 say u should buy ne hopesfall album best albums ever Whoever wrote that comment at the top of the page about Underoath is on fuckin crack. Go play in traffic, fuckin fagget ass loser!!!! These guys are the best band in the world and its awesome how they relate it to Christianity. Go fuckin die somewhere!!! fuckin ferry!! I bet u love the cock eh Queer!! This album is nothing short of amazing and all you fucks who think it sounds like like TBS need to shove a knife in your throat show this review to all the people at the sold out shows all over the country retard You Guys are going to hate on them becuase they are Christian Hardcore. Wow that is extremely gay. They can choose there religion and genre. It doesnt matter. Overall this CD is freakin awesome. I enjoy every second of listening to it. The singer doesnt sound like TBA he sounds kinda like The Used. Lyrics are alright. Guitars are OK. ok I am a muscician myself and I'm a christian too Talk another listen prick.. This album has aged pretty well over the last 5 months. I like how the reviewer talks about Underoath jumping out of saturated metalcore genre(which is true) but neglects to mention that they decided to hop on the bandwagon and join the supersaturated genre of screamo! Yay, scratch up another piece of crap. This band used to have talent and mix metal with melody. Now they want you to think they still have metal in them but they really want to appeal to the dumb screamo kids who just found out about TBS this year. I used to an Underoath fan. I really enjoyed Cries of the Past and The Changing of Times. But Underoath lost vision when Octavius left the band. Then Dallas left and in that they lost an incredible vocalist. Now they're lyrics are emo crap. I'm very disappointed by this album. I was really hoping they'd switch back over to the heavier side. By the way, Underoath has had a keyboardist since Acts of Depression, but he serves mostly as stage presence, not a feature member of the band. this score is for the guy with the "goblin" comments some dude said that underoath, coheed and cambria, etc were for jocks. Thats the funniest thing i've heard all year. this is my favorite album of 2004. just simply amazing from beginning to end. Ok for all you have any idea what the hell you talking about you would know at the least this band rocks. The dynamics in all the songs are so awesome. Very well put together. "Oh but they are sell outs, they are sell outs!" ....... it’s called change, it gets lame playing the same kind of music for so long, and if you one of those people who only listen to one kind of music….. Your dumb.. so if you don’t like don’t listen to it. And who ever said they sound like T.B.S is really stupid and should get kicked in the "left nut". I personally like the question “what happened to Dallas’s low end?”…… what the heaven kind of Underoath fan are you. Don’t say something stupid unless you know the band and what your talking about. I love the vocals from Dallas, but the new mix of Aaron and Spencer are just awesome in a nut shell. Try playing drums and singing at the same time. Oh yeah about that question they got a new singer, witch is cool. And different witch also a plus. Them being Christians has nothing to do with the music why bring it up? People are going to hate them? Those “people” really need not care so much? Haha seriously. Well im done. BUT if anyone one has something to say. I GOT TEN FRIENDS A CROWBAR THAT SAYS YOU AINT GOING TO DO JACK. x3deathbyfear@yahoo.com um the best! i personaly enjoyed the album... absolutely nothing like there old stuff... (which was amazing) i heard your cd for the first time from a freind and absolutly love you music. it good, and just awesome this isnt an opinion this is fact. i am a musician and it is not hard to right shit like this. screaming isnt singing and it isnt music. anyone can scream. screamo is the new boy band. the boy bands died out underoath, tbs, coheed, and all those other gay bands took their place. this cd is a pitiful attempt at making music Seems a lot of people don't like this album. Altho, Underoath's previous Cd, Was beautiful... in fact i belive better than this one... as well as... less religious.. a good thing for me... being an atheist... Made The changing of times better thna this one... But no doubt is underoath.. even without dallas a good band.. my worries were settled by his ability to setle in well with the band.. and with this cd... If your don't enjoy it.... Go listen to someother band.. and leave The real talent to do what it does best... Wowing People... It's funny because I put on old Underoath and tried to picture that. I'd say you hit the mark. This CD is pretty decent, by the way. many of you are just terrible. 90% of you don't even understand what being a musician is about and how hard it actually is to write unique songs nobody else has come up with. This band has some problems "Its a good thing that none of your opinions matter. Overall i am hearing some pretty poor reviews of Underoath. Why bother reviewing music you dont like? If it bugs you so much then listen to something else. In the end the album sales prove that your reviews are quite pointless, the band will continue playing what it wants and we will keep buying their music." This cd is a frigin great cd, yea its a little so called "screamo" but it still stands out from others with the different stuff they do , they sound nothing like taking back sunday, in any way, except in song 9 about 1:50 in the song around there the backround vocals sound like that old backup volacalist in tbs john i think his name was just a little but otherwise the rest is frigin great nothing like taking back sunday, much more talented This band has good riffs, and good music but too much of the screaming. Screaming, done well, can make a record good. Its a good thing that none of your opinions matter. Overall i am hearing some pretty poor reviews of Underoath. Why bother reviewing music you dont like? If it bugs you so much then listen to something else. In the end the album sales prove that your reviews are quite pointless, the band will continue playing what it wants and we will keep buying their music. this album isnt as good as the older stuff, but i still think its worth buying. it isnt as hardcore, it does sound a bit more screamo, but whatever. everyone needs to keep trying new things. otherwise you wont progress. Im going to say that this is the most amazing thing that i have ever heard. Some of you random ocks may not like this new stuff, but i say ALL of underoath has been great! And you may say that they have "sold out" . i say no , becausei saw them at wapred tour in dallas, they still have the same energy as they used to . The new singer is amazing he has such a range and this dude even sings some. they have always been one of my favorite bands, and they always will be. most of these kids that have commented have no clue what they are talking about. this album shows so much diversity. and I myself love every bit of it EVEN THE LAsT SONG . this song was written by aaron from copeland. and it shows that hardcore metal core emo core whatever you wanna call it its evolving into life changing music. if you disagree hit me up we can discuss it! very nicely though........ AIM: beautyhasfaded please i would love to hear why someone DOESNT like this CD and if you love it we can talk too! A review of 6 comming from a guy that gave the new poison the well cd a 9 is not really that bad. Shows his taste in music sucks; Audioslave a ten?? What the hell is wrong with this guy? Anyone who gives high ratings to mediocre, even terrible records like that just shouldnt be allowed to write reviews. New Underoath may not be the best cd ever, but its pretty kick ass, definitly much better than new poison the well or audioslave! oh man..there is no other word to describe this album than AMAZING. this album is so gooooood. i can't stop listening to it. underoath is my new favorite band. they aren't like any of the other screamo/hardcore bands. they are just truely amazing. i love them so much. ♥ FYI- I think you all suck and christians suck too. im not christian but i liked the cd and it dosent seems like its Taking Back Gaygay. i think you are all faggots and if there is something important that's surely not identity of the musicians but the music itself... think about it youre just a little piece of shit and youre sucking my socks Yes the singer of this band sounds exactly like TBS Well, I really liked This Runs Through and Underoath's last album, so I thought this would be pretty damn good. Unfortunately, this album has very little metal and too much of "that" type of singing that every other "screamo" band is using (wimpy). I won't label this a "sellout" album, but it sure as hell sounds like one. This is just derivative, and what happened to Spencer's low end? old underoath still to me shows more talent and passion with metal/christian hardcore. Spencer also falls short of filling Dallas's shoes for me. but I am also a fan of Spencers old band This runs through. it sad that underoath had to lose dallas and that the FL hardcore scene had to lose This runs through. I'm glad everything sounds like Taking Back Sunday. It makes reviewing trash like this so much easier. AUTOMATIC 1. Man they sound better than before even if they are now oficially sold out I've loved underoath for a long time and when i heard the new cd was comeing out and Dallas wasn't in it anymore i was a little upset and a little nervouse about how the new stuff would sound with the new guy (spencer) and all. wow does anyone else think the new singer sounds like the guy from story of the year? "Jesus, I'm ready to come home" is subliminal? Alright, you "Christians" are pathetic. How can you bash a band for not being Christian enough? One of the great things about Underoath is the fact that their lyrics's meaning are subliminal, and not preachy. I can't fucking stand preachy lyrics, like MercyMe for example! ::Shudders:: Anyway, nice job Underoath, proof that life goes on beyond Dallas...I am totally in love with the last song, one of my favorite songs of all time alreay. First 9 tracks on this album get a 5. Last track gets a 10, brings tears to my eyes. Everybody go listen to Say Anything. some of this sounds like melodic taking back sunday!! doesnt it?! I miss when these guys played low rent black metal....christian black metal, oh the irony! Okay on account of all the mayhem and madness against underoath..how the hell can you say the lead singer sounds like adam of tbs..wtf..i'm astounded with gayness from you all..they sound nothing alike. and underoath still has the screaming vocals just as before..with more melodic vocals added..basically same..new cd much better, and actually proves that they have talent..anyone who disagrees is a total assbag. haha, that comment below me was golden! i hope it was a joke. so christian rock sucks...ie creed. OK that makes sense so what because limp bisquit isent christina there cool. that makes no fukcing sense. underoath ,as i lay, norma jean, all fucking sweet you have to listen to the right kind of christian music. i hate black metal and that vampire shit you guys are fags with your homo halloween sound effects get a life fagets. Maybe the "suffering for their art" argument would be work if there weren't thousands of better bands who worker harder for touring and distro. i have always liked Underoath and i still do..this is not one of the best cds but it is good foreknown? that's a horrible, horrible name. fuck you people bashing christian, good christian is the band Foreknown, their awesome. www.foreknownrock.com Man, they weren't just any other metalcore band, they were different. This change isnt good at all, kicking out dallas was fucking stupid. This new band is fucking horrible. I give them -2 stars for the lack of Christian passion. "They get a 10 for touring relentlessly and starving for their art. "I don't even think christianity was mentioned at all throughout the review, i dunno I'm kinda tired. But seriously, if a guy came on here and gave an all black band a bad review, and they sucked, would it matter? NO. What about a white satanic jewish retard band? No, sir. If a band sucks, they suck. Christian bands just happen to suck a lot more often, in my opinion. " i met the guys of Underoath at an In-n-Out in San Diego. I didnt know they were in Underoarth but they looked like they were in a band so i asked them if they were in a band and they said yeah and told me and my friend that they were on tour. They were really nice. score is for ebert and roeper. i personally love them. "This is the best album of the year, hands down. Amazing melodies and intensity. Awesome production. Songs full of layers and meaning. It doesn't get much better than Underoath." To the assclown who posted 2 comments down... it's not like this 'cynic' has any standing in knowledge about bands with talent when 3 out of his 5 favorite band reviews include the transplants, poison the well and audioslave. They get a 10 for touring relentlessly and starving for their art. The screaming sounds like alexisonfire, which means the screaming sounds like every other scream-core band. its creepy how much this new singer sounds like adam lazzara. That isn't a good thing either. Haha, that was awesome some1. you're right. everyone in the world either likes Underoath or Good Charlotte. everybody. I asked my grandmother if she liked Good Charlotte and she was like fuck no, I only listen to Underoath Eh... No one was to know what was happening in me I felt no love, Let's compare them to The Used! All you had to say was five words: They suck because they are christians? wow thats very open minded. They are great their new cd is the best cd of the year. If you think otherwise its cause you can't wait for the new GC cd to come out. from what i've heard of this, they're not even the same band You get more smiles per gallon when Jesus is in your passenger seat. They only shove Jesus down your throat on the very last song, literally. It's lacking Godly lyrics. Go buy "Summer of Darkness" from Demon Hunter. "As I Lay Dying are Christian ... and they kick so much ass it's not even funny ... they are a metal band though They should change their name. This is a disgrace to Act of Depression/Cries Of The Past era Underoath. I miss Dallas. |
