UNDEROATH reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. Even when the band almost combusts, the crackling
energy coalesces into something deeply resonant for millions.
Each time they have a chance to do something safe, Underoath challenges themselves instead, with integrity and attitude. Their pair of gold albums and three Grammy nominations stand in stark defiance of the idea of commercial
compromise. The Underoath catalog weaponizes noise, aggression, and ambiance as skillfully as melody. The combination of heaviness and headiness found on Define the Great Line makes it the only record of its kind to debut
at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
The passion and power are as undeniable on tours with Alice In Chains or Bring Me The Horizon as they are in the sweatiest of intimate shows or their genre-redefining runs on Vans Warped Tour.
Erase Me (2018) reintroduced Underoath to the world with straightforward riffs and melodies. It’s an almost uplifting album, though not devoid of the confessional desperation powering their songs. The band described Voyeurist (2022) as “high-def violence.” Placing it among the Top 25 Albums of 2022, alongside records from Slipknot, Ghost, and Meshuggah, Revolver called it “brilliantly unhinged.”
The heart of their sound, which delivers naked vulnerability with thrilling force and cinematic lushness, can be heard in generations of bands who’ve pursued their trail. But Underoath refuses to sit still. A provocative and inspiring
musical missive, “LET GO” ushers in a new era for the band.
Walking an artistic tightrope between immersive access and isolationist otherness, Underoath owns the space between huge choruses and forward-thinking heaviness, both on record and onstage.
Held.
HELD. ISN'T SO MUCH A BEGINNING AS IT IS A CULMINATION. DOUGLAS ROBINSON AND SAL MIGNANO (BOTH OF THE SLEEPING) AND JOSH EPPARD
(CO-FOUNDING MEMBER OF COHEED AND CAMBRIA) SHARE PASSIONS FOR AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION AND GENUINE CREATIVITY.
THE POST-HARDCORE TRIO'S DEBUT ALBUM, GREY, ARRIVES FULLY REALIZED, NOT AS THE TENTATIVE FIRST STEP OF NEWCOMERS, BUT AS THE COLLECTIVE
FIRE OF SEASONED LIFERS DISCOVERING A NEW LANGUAGE TOGETHER. IT'S THE SOUND OF RAW INSTINCT COALESCING WITH EARNED WISDOM. GREY
DOESN'T ANNOUNCE ITSELF SO MUCH AS IT EMERGES, INEVITABLE AND UNDENIABLE, LIKE THUNDER ROLLING ACROSS A DARK HORIZON. IT'S A FORCE THAТ FEELS ETERNAL.
HELD.'S MUSIC FEELS ELEMENTAL, EVOKING STORMS CRASHING AGAINST JAGGED CLIFFS OR BURNING EMBERS KINDLING, READY TO REIGNITE AT ANY
MOMENT. IT'S URGENT AND RELENTLESS, YET ALSO SPACIOUS, TEXTURED, AND DEEPLY HUMAN. THERE'S GRAVITY IN EVERY NOTE, THE KIND THAT COMES
FROM SURVIVAL TURNED INTO STRENGTH.
THEIR SOUND IS BORN OF PARADOX: FIERCELY OLD-SCHOOL IN ITS EMPHASIS ON LIVE PERFORMANCE AND FEEL, BUT MODERN IN ITS PRODUCTION AND SCOPE. EACH SONG SOUNDS BOTH TIMELESS AND TIMELY.
HELD. IS LESS A BAND THAN A FORCE: FIERCE YET VULNERABLE, RAW YET REFINED. THEY PLAY AS IF THE WALLS THEMSELVES ARE TREMBLING,
CHANNELING A PURITY THAT FEELS RARE IN AN AGE OF ALGORITHMIC NOISE. LISTENING ISN'T CONSUMPTION-IT'S RECOGNITION, LIKE REDISCOVERING
SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN YOU.
HELD. CARVE OUT A PLACE THAT FEELS BOTH UNSHAKABLY GROUNDED AND DANGEROUSLY ALIVE. IT'S MORE THAN MUSIC-IT'S AN INVOCATION, А
REMINDER OF THE RAW PULSE THAT CONNECTS STRUGGLE TO TRANSCENDENCE. FOR THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE STORM, HELD. OFFER NOT ESCAPE, BUT RESONANCE: PROOF THAT INEVITABILITY CAN SOUND LIKE LIBERATION.
