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  Review by: Brian See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on December 2nd 2008
It’s truly confounding that Underoath chose to stick with Tooth & Nail for yet another album, when they could’ve easily been riding major label dough since 2005 (if not earlier). Sure, their sound is a little jarring for radio or MTV, but it’s certainly FUSE-friendly; their last few albums have achieved massive critical success; they’ve got the Christian leanings; and by this point, they’ve become arguably the biggest band of their metalcore genre.
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"A "credible" metalcore album doesn't exist. It is completely oxymoronic and counterintuitive. The only exception to this statement is Shai Hulud. The ONLY exception." First of all, if you're perceiving this album as 'gutsy' on the basis that the band have a christian audience, the definition of gutsy has just been taken to a whole new level of banal.... second of all, i don't see what 'honesty' has to do with my previous post? If i was a racist and i made an album about sending all the foreigners home, would you still celebrate it because it was coming from my heart? my point is, honesty is subjective. my understanding is that the reason bands like underoath and norma jean are still on solid state is that the standard deal at that illustrious label is for five records. i could be wrong though. @GTscoob: Write your own. That's the great thing about Punknews. my understanding is that the reason bands like underoath and norma jean are still on solid state is that the standard deal at that illustrious label is for five records. i could be wrong though. How come there isnt a review for the only good Underoath albums? Changing of Times >>> anything Underoath will ever put out again Great album, I think I like it better than the last. I enjoy how this band has been able to "keep it real" by not going the route of making super polished sing along songs, which is what they could have sounded like after "...Chasing Safety....". "Perdition City" mostly. It'd be weird if it was "Kveldssanger" a.k.a. their folk album. Which Ulver? Older, more black metal stuff or newer electronic stuff? I've been meaning to check this out for a while. Good review, mind. genre-redefining Underoath doesn't like porn so I have nothing good to say about them, and Sorry, But The Murder City Devils play music that is way better to fuck to than Botch. Brian, your review reads way higher than the score you gave it. What gives? Someone said Botch. I love botch. Botch is the greatest band to make sexmaking to music ever. Sipper! oh yeah and scott heisel cant even drink a beer "A "credible" metalcore album doesn't exist. It is completely oxymoronic and counterintuitive. The only exception to this statement is Shai Hulud. The ONLY exception." whoops i meant maverick. there are too many scotts here! Score is for the_other_scott *Mentions dinosaurs* lol at jesus riding into bethlehem on a t-rex scott, are you intending to come across as pretentious and attention seeking or is this purely coincidental? Man, every time you hit your keypad, the smell of shit gets even more fucking putrid. hmm christian cokeheads Scott, this band believes Jesus rode into Bethlem on a T Rex. There's no way anything they do could be groundbreaking, unless it's sucking harder than anyone before them. i liked Define the Great Line, but im not too motivated to listen to this one. we'll see. Absolutely killer record. Completely uncompromising and genre-redefining. Brian, your review reads way higher than the score you gave it. What gives? Score is for dinosaurs. At least it's not Lil' Wayne. Thank the Lawd! Lil Wayne must be the most referenced artist on these boards this week. Bizzare. lil wayne > this Oh and by the way... The only thing this band is good for is a good laugh. They are the biggest joke since God... so that correlates perfectly to what they embody. I seriously almost pissed my pants when I found out they dropped off warp tour like 2 years ago because Fat Mike made fun of them soooo much. Weird that this is the highest rated record on metacritic right now but it's somehow not on their list of recent top rated records. It got a 92. To put that in perspective, tv on the radio got 88 and critics get off really hard on those guys. This is honest music, whether you agree to their beliefs or not. It takes more guts to sing about this in context of who their audience is rather than a punk rock band singing against the government/religion/whatever that'll easily get you stoked. I agree that Define The Great Line was probably more of a solid album all the way through but there's some legitimately cringe-worthy moments. For which I'll bring up this idiotic quote. There is nothing good about Underoath Score is for the review of the record. dissapointed to see an absence of critical focus on the idiocy of this band's lyricism, shultz. The ridiculously fatalistic vibe of the song titles alone is bad enough, but it gets worse. The lyrics are cowardly and the band is ignorant - "lord have mercy, have mercy on us all, " and "there's a calling ahead" cries the vocalist. oh please. Currently awaiting an influx of idiots all saying "dinosaurs" and "bible study". I haven't listened to the album but I thought this was a solid review, you have to at least give credit where credit is due, they've stuck with an indie label for longer than I expected to. Seven sounds right to me. I dont think this is as consistently good as Define but it's pretty solid. fuck this band. I don't like this band so my rating doesn't really count.. Wasn't this already reviewed? |
