History Music / Underoath

Underoath is a Main/{{Metalcore}} band from Florida founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton in 1997 and currently fronted by Spencer Chamberlain and Aaron Gillespie. They are currently signed with Fearless Records.

* EpicRocking: The bulk of their early material-the shortest song on ''Act of Depression'' clocks in at 5:50, while the shortest song on ''Cries of the Past'' is 7:36. Also shows up on ''Define the Great Line'' with the last song "To Whom It May Concern" which is 7:02 and ''Voyuerist'' with the last song "Pneumonia" which is 7:12.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The 2010 album, ''Ø'', was made without founding member Aaron Gillespie, leaving the band with no more original members. Vocalist Spencer Chamberlain took over Aaron's clean singing along with the HarshVocals he had been dedicated to for the previous three albums. Musically, the album borrows heavily from [[DoomMetal sludge metal]] and mathcore, resulting in a very dark and intense sound.

[[RevolvingDoorBand Due to several line-up changes]], none of Underoath's original members remain with the group (last original member, drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie left in 2010). With original vocalist Dallas Taylor, they released three albums with a more {{Black metal}} inspired sound. Following his departure, Spencer Chamberlain became lead vocalist. The band then released the {{new sound album}}s ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' and ''Define the Great Line''. These two albums have given them more mainstream and commercial success.

* ''Ø'' (Disambiguation) (2010)

* RevolvingDoorBand: The band went through a lot of lineup changes until none of the original members appeared on ''Disambiguation'', though, aside from Aaron's departure and eventual return, they have otherwise been stable from the time Spencer joined the band (2003) to the time James left (2023).

* LongRunnerLineUp: While originally a RevolvingDoorBand, the current lineup qualifies as a Type 5, lasting from 2003 to 2010, and then again from 2015 to present.

* RevolvingDoorBand: And how!

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* James Smith – rhythm guitar (since 2003)

* CrisisOfFaith: The band as a whole experienced this between their breakup and reunion, not helped by Spencer's drug addiction. When the band reunited, they publicly renounced all ties not only with the Christian rock community but with the religion as a whole, and as detailed, ''Erase Me'' has this trope as its overarching concept.

** ''Erase Me'', at least from a lyrical standpoint. It marks the first time the band ever fully distanced themselves from their religious themes. Also apparent with the f-bomb in "On My Teeth".

* CrisisOfFaith: The band as a whole experienced this between their breakup and reunion, not helped by Spencer's drug addiction. When the band reunited, they publicly renounced all ties with the Christian rock community, and as detailed, ''Erase Me'' has this trope as its overarching concept.

* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Have been catagorized as {{Metalcore}} for the most part, but have also been labeled PostHardcore, {{Emo}}, PopPunk (in their lighter songs) and Screamo. ''Lost in the Sound of Separation'' even has elements of progressive metal and post-metal.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their first two albums were 8-9. ''The Changing of Times'' is a 7 with moments of 8 and 9. ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' is mostly a 6. ''Define the Great Line'' and ''Lost in the Sound of Seperation'' are 7, with occasionally bordering on 8. Ø (Disambiguation) is mostly 8 with moments of 6 or 5. Finally, ''Erase Me'' hovers mostly around levels 6 and 7, with a few level 8 moments like with "On My Teeth".

* YouAreNotAlone / YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: ''Define the Great Line'' has these themes, especially with the song "To Whom It May Concern" which basically says don't let life throw you down, push yourself through no matter what.

* EpicRocking: The bulk of their early material-the shortest song on ''Act of Depression'' clocks in at 5:50, while the shortest song on ''Cries of the Past'' is 7:36. Also shows up on ''Define the Great Line'' with the last song "To Whom It May Concern" which is 7:02.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Erase Me'', at least from a lyrical standpoint. It marks the first time the band ever fully distanced themselves from their religious themes. Also apparent with the f-bomb in "On My Teeth".

* LeadDrummer: Aaron Gillespie serves as this, being part of the VocalTagTeam with Spencer Chamberlain.

** ''Erase Me'' features themes of betrayal, loss, anxiety and disillusionment when holding onto a belief and faith, a ''complete'' 180 from their religious nature.

* SopranoAndGravel: Aaron (soprano) and Spencer (gravel). After Aaron's departure, Spencer has been doing both roles. Averted with the band's reunion and Aaron's return.

* ReligionRantSong: In a rather surprising turn of events, the song "On My Teeth" is this. Spencer claimed that [[https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/christianity-ruined-life-underoaths-spencer-chamberlain-talks-moving-past-setting-fire-rule-book-album-8/ Christianity ruined his life]] and the song "On My Teeth" is about how Spencer felt betrayed by Christianity since it did not help him with his drug addiction. Matter of fact, much of ''Erase Me'' falls into this trope as the "Hate the God" variety.

* ReligionRantSong: In a rather surprising turn of events, the song "On My Teeth" is this. Spencer claimed that [[https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/christianity-ruined-life-underoaths-spencer-chamberlain-talks-moving-past-setting-fire-rule-book-album-8/ Christianity ruined his life]] and the song "On My Teeth" is about how Spencer felt betrayed by Christianity since it did not help him with his drug addiction.

** Considering the lyrical themes/band's shtick with Christian themes, there's a possibility the album is about the end of the world.

* MetalScream: Both Aaron and Spencer have utilized this on occasions.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Erase Me'', at least from a lyrical standpoint. It marks the first time the band ever fully distance themselves from their religious themes. Also apparent with the f-bomb in "On My Teeth".

* YouAreNotAlone / YouAreBetterThanYouThink: ''Define the Great Line'' has these themes, especially with the song "To Whom It May Concern" which basically says don't let life throw you down, push yourself through no matter what.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their first two albums were 8-9. ''The Changing of Times'' is a 7 with moments of 8 and 9. ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' is mostly a 6. ''Define the Great Line'' and ''Lost in the Sound of Seperation'' are 7, with occasionally bordering on 8. Ø (Disambiguation) is mostly 8 with moments of 6 or 5.

Underoath is a [[ScreamoMusic metalcore]] band from Florida founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton in 1997 and currently fronted by Spencer Chamberlain and Aaron Gillespie. They are currently signed with Fearless Records.

* LighterAndSofter: Everything after ''Cries of the Past'', though ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' was by far the poppiest when it first dropped. Starting with ''Define the Great Line'', however, the band began moving back in a DarkerAndEdgier direction as far as both sound '''and''' (by extension) themes went. ''Erase Me'' -- for the most part -- puts much bigger focus on AlternativeRock trappings with the occasional bursts of IndustrialMusic here and there, thereby making it the lightest and softest Underoath release since their 2004 LP.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Spencer seems to be lip synching underwater in the video for "In Division."

* ConceptAlbum: ''Lost In The Sound of Separation" has many shades of this, with [[FadingIntoTheNextSong many songs merging into each other]] and each song telling some kind of story, implied to be about the Apocalypse.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Erase Me'', which features the band's distancing themselves away from their religious themes. This is also apparent with the profanity in "On My Teeth".

* LighterAndSofter: Everything after ''Cries of the Past'', though "They're Only Chasing Safety" is by far the lightest and softest. Starting with ''Define the Great Line'', however, the band began moving back in a DarkerAndEdgier direction.