The Place After This One

Ten albums into their career, Underoath have proclaimed a new era for the band. *The Place After This One* sees the Floridian metalcore stars incorporating even more electronic influences into their music while the album’s theme centers around finding a way forward in uncertain times. Lead single “All the Love Is Gone” takes inspiration from British electronic groups The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. On “Survivor’s Guilt,” vocalist Spencer Chamberlain examines his sometimes uneasy relationship with recovery: While he stopped using drugs years ago, he says he’s lost many friends to addiction and wonders why he made it while others didn’t. “Generation No Surrender” takes on the lies told by those in power while “Teeth” offers a predator-versus-prey scenario that channels the rock/hip-hop crossovers of LINKIN PARK.

Ten albums in, metalcore veterans Underoath continue to deliver chaos and tension.