Erase Me

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AlbumApr 06 / 201811 songs, 40m 15s
Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock
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“Take me to the darkness/Hang me out to dry,” implores Underoath vocalist Spencer Chamberlain over the chiming keys and propulsive beat of “Rapture,” a particularly infectious track from the band’s first album in eight years. Embracing their shadow selves after disbanding in 2013, *Erase Me* finds the Floridian post-hardcore outfit reemerging with a kinetic set of pulsing pop anthems (“Wake Me,” “In Motion”), torrid industrial grooves (“Hold Your Breath,” “On My Teeth”), and soaring power ballads (“Ihateit,” “I Gave Up”), each amplified by expertly wielded electronics.

On their first album of original material since 2010's Ø, Florida post-hardcore outfit Underøath cleared the slate with a different sound and outlook.

8 / 10

Underoath's genre acrobatics have shocked and awed fans — and no doubt made some out of nonbelievers — more than their fair share throughout...

7 / 10

Sometimes a Christian band finds itself lost, or in the case of UNDEROATH 2018, it just lost Christ. If you're old enough, remember when STRYPER ditched the yellow and black spandex and strapped full-on leather and chin gristle for 1990's ill-fated album "Against the Law"? Some figured it a gambit,...

8 / 10

After 8 years without a new album, Underoath is back with Erase Me to show if they still have what it takes to be the household name they are.

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A high-energy genre-bender that may take you by surprise.

3.0 / 5

Underoath - Erase Me review: I don't know / what they told you / but this place is not what you think.