An album that at times could be confused with a horror movie surrounding a hook filled chorus: Underneath is as disturbing as it is outright violent.
Underneath spreads its tendrils in every direction, reaches into the coffers of diverse genres like grunge, industrial, death metal, intellectual dance music, and assimilates them all into a cohesive whole.
One of the most powerful, cathartic, creatively satisfying and bruisingly heavy records of its age.
It’s a mouthwatering aural feast.
The sheer, clear-eyed ambition they exhibit in pursuing the impossible is compelling enough to make ‘Underneath’ an absolute must-hear for anyone who dares to dream differently.
Underneath is, from start to finish, the band’s most satisfying release to date. Now let’s hope Code Orange fans are open-minded enough to embrace it.
Underneath is a glitchy, industrial wasteland.
Underneath can be easy to reduce as more of a good thing, but it's also sneakily different.
Their fourth LP, Underneath, has every nuance they have ever dabbled with shifted into overdrive.
Underneath takes the ambition of Forever and multiplies it multiple degrees. The high points on this album are insane. This however is met with songs that do not have the same grit. More of a mixed bag than the previous, but the high points are insane
Finally... I've finally checked out Underneath by Code Orange. It's an album that I've been dreading listening to, and I have actually heard a little bit of it like 2 years ago when I wasn't super into the Metalcore scene yet (I didn't like it). But I didn't remember much about it. After loving Forever, with its heavy beatdown riffs, and also absolutely loving The Above, which was just pure Alternative Metal Ear Candy, Underneath is the last piece of the puzzle to check out, and so I did.
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Every song on this album is good, although the second half is much weaker than the first. I also didn't care for how jarring some of the transitions were or the little pauses in the middle of the music. I know those were intentional artistic choices, they just weren't for me. They weren't enough to ruin the songs for me still either.
Highlights: Swallowing the Rabbit Whole, In Fear
Low Points: A Sliver, Underneath
1 | (Deeperthanbefore) 1:13 | 73 |
2 | Swallowing the Rabbit Whole 3:47 | 91 |
3 | In Fear 3:21 | 89 |
4 | You and You Alone 3:06 | 89 |
5 | Who I Am 3:46 | 79 |
6 | Cold.Metal.Place 3:04 | 83 |
7 | Sulfur Surrounding 3:47 | 84 |
8 | The Easy Way 4:25 | 79 |
9 | Erasure Scan 2:32 | 79 |
10 | Last Ones Left 3:08 | 79 |
11 | Autumn and Carbine 3:27 | 78 |
12 | Back Inside the Glass 2:34 | 82 |
13 | A Sliver 4:37 | 80 |
14 | Underneath 4:39 | 83 |
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