New Release: Underoath - Ø (Disambiguation) [Deluxe Edition]

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I got it. Yeah, buddy.

While I'm here, have an on time review! (holy shit!!)

The first thing I notice about this album is the intro (what a shock!). Starts off with this cool beat that sort of reminds me of water and then just picks right up with a nice scream. The rest of the track is pretty melodic, definitely piques interest to listen further.

I really enjoyed “Paper Lung.” It was decently heavy but didn’t use screams as much. The guitars honestly remind me a bit of post-metal, like Isis or Jesu. Or parts of it anyway. Despite being heavy, the song manages to be really chill and I just love paradoxical things like that. Song also has a fuckin’ sweet drum outro.

A Divine Eradication was also a strong track. I enjoyed the lyrics I could understand, and it still managed to be strong despite following the In Division (the first track) trend.

I’m not that familiar with Underoath (I need to stop reviewing albums from bands I’m only moderately familiar with) but I’m going to take a stab in the dark and say if you’re a fan of the band/ genre, you’ll like the album. It’s definitely a strong album with lots of good moments. Although the album is strong overall, there doesn’t seem to be all that much variety from one song to the next. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, the songs are good, but I personally do enjoy a decent amount of variety in an album.

There were a lot of songs that had a very similar structure to the first track. I’m sure I’m being just a little overly critical, but that made a few of the later songs boring for me. On the bright side, they did a lot of cool and interesting things with drums, be it nice beats or effects, so that was cool.

I’m fucking tired (as you can tell by my vast use of numerous adjectives) and feeling sorta lazy tonight, so I’m not planning on going as in depth as I usually do. I’m sure all four of you will be sorely disappointed. Overall score: 8.5 out of 10. It’s got a hell of a lot of strong moments and it’s a very good album, but unless you’re a big fan of the band, I imagine you’re going to lose some level of interest in the album after the 8^th track or so.

As for the extra tracks on the Deluxe edition, the remixes are pretty cool. Different spin on the songs. I’d say they’re worth hearing.

Anyway, enjoy the album!