Underoath / Ø (Disambiguation) Limited Edition (1,000 Pressed) Vinyl LP

Very good

Well established band.This is their seventh CD and the fourth one with vocalist Spencer Chamberlain ( Who took over from the original vocalist Dallas Taylor ln 2003) The band has benefitted from having a strong settled line up because they have good chemistry based on been familiar with each others playing thus resulting in stong musicality but there in lies the problem with this release. I Think the band are showing signs of complacency ( familiarity breeding contempt) because this CD sounds a bit safe. You still get the loud guitars heavy drumming and solid bass lines but l feel that some of there urgency and aggression has disipated. Still guality songs with the full on screaming vocals fronting the powerhouse noise made by the instrumentation but like I say it just feels that they are resting on Thier laurals a bit and seem more restrained than usual Maybe this is the band displaying a new found maturity that comes from having experience and thinking less is more Overall all you would expect from this hard-core genre specific band. But I would of preferred them to be a bit more adventurous and push there musical barriers Still a good cd no worse or better than anything they have done before but like l said it left me feeling that some of there past vigour and spark was missing (unintentionally or deliberately ) which left me feeling a little bit disappointed with this CD But that is only my opinion right or wrong you may feel different Listen to it yourself and form your own opinion

Ich kannte dieses Album vor dem Kauf bereits. Ich hatte es als mp3-Download schon einmal gekauft.Diese Band wollte ich nun aber in best möglicher Qualität genießen, denn sie zaubern in den melodiösen und trotzdemvoller Kraft strotzenden Refrains einen ungeahnt beeindruckenden Klangteppich in den Raum! Deshalb musste die CDher - und es hat sich gelohnt.In den Strophen kommt Underoath meist mit rhythmischen aber untypisch und frisch wirkenden Gitarrenriffs daher. DieDrums spielen nicht einmal eine Double-Bass - das macht aber nicht. Sie werden so gut eingesetzt, dass auf ganzandere Art und Weise Geschwindigkeit und Energie transportiert wird. Rhythmuswechsel sind an der Tagesordnung.Dies ist ein hartes Album mit melodiösen, kraftvollen Refrains und ausgefeilt, spannenden Strophen.Das Album ist jenen Leuten unbedingt zu empfehlen, die sich auf interessant, komplexe und gut gemachteMusik einlassen können!

L'ancien batteur et sa voix, complémentaire à celle de Spencer (chanteur principal), manque cruellement !!.. L'album est homogène et monotone...