I am pretty down with Christcore, but I draw the line at Underoath. Generally speaking I am more down with the Jews, but I can def get into A Day To Remember, Blessthefall, Blessed By A Broken Heart (please add my bro Shred Sean on MySpace) and tons of older "spirit-filled hardcore" bands like Focal Point, Overcome, and especially the legendary UNASHAMED.
This bro has some long fucking fingersEven someone with absurdly low standards like me has to stand up at some point and say "Praise Christ, but this band is fucking AWFUL!" They are far from the only band who relies on a combination of tuneless shrieking and thirdhand Converge/DEP-inspired riffs, but their version of this tiresome formula is particularly shiteous.
This band has always been fucking terrible, but 10 years ago (when they were in 6th grade or whatever) they were an atrocious death metal band rather than an awful screamo outfit. But at least they had some hilarious lyrics that bring the lulz, such as this song about how people who get abortions need a dose of Christ.
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Here are the lyrics- I left the typos and spelling mistakes as I found them on whatever lyrics site because it makes it that much funnier. The especially funny parts are in bold:
BURDEN IN YOUR HANDSI don't know about you, but when I am looking for spiritual advice and direction on how to make life decisions like whether to keep my baby or not, the first place I turn is teenage metalcore bands from the South!
Confusing and scared there is a decision made with this choice a child hasto pay
She puts it's life in her hands, and then she destroys it's only chance to become someone in life
You should of thought aboutthe baby before you had sex, because you have destroyed a gift from God
You kill, you destroyed
Never will this baby be able to grow up or show it's love
You'll never hear it say I love you, I love you
God does not give you the privilege to carry a child for nothing
When you kill, you destroy that child's dreams and hopes
How innocent a baby is... how can you put it to death?
What if you were aborted... you could of never had life
And now you make a choice to take this child's life becayse it is a burden in you hands
A burden in your hands
Destroyed out of convenience
They put an end to you life because you're too big a burden and one that they can not have
So they take your life before your first breath
When will it stop, the killings continue
Babies die everyday because of a pro choice made
Helpless and innocent they are putto death
Then why did the parents choose to plant a seed and then destroy it?
Pray for the people who are killing the kids of tomorrow
How desperately they need Jesus Christ in there hearts
So they take your life because your a burden in their hands
Destroyed our of convenience
They put a end to you life because you're too big a burden and one that they can not have
So they take your life before your first breath,
so they take your life brfore your first breath
The Almost's Aaron Gillespie loves to praise Christ almost as much as he loves to endorse his favorite brandsAbout 5 years ago I was doing this magazine called Flo in which I did a video interview with them. I have interviewed more than 100 bands over the past 15 years and I can say without exaggeration that they are one of the dumbest, least articulate bunch of dipshits I have ever come across-- and that's saying quite a bit because people in bands are pretty retarded as a whole. The worst part was when the stupid ginger who plays drums boasted about voting for Bush in the then-recent 2004 election. I'm not into politics or whatever but fuck, dude!!
I would love to hear what this band has to say about AIDS! It might be even more insightful than MOD's treatment of the issue in their landmark song "Anally Inflicted Death Sentence."Anyhow, I hope this band makes a return to writing holier-than-thou, judgmental songs about things like abortion. Maybe they should look to my series of "contemporary issues" shirt designs for inspiration if they are stuck??
Underoath on Myspace
Something Awful "Garbage Day" in which I hate on The Almost
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You don't like the last two records? I thought "They're Only Chasing Saftey" was great and I don't even really care about that type of stuff. Lots of taking Back Sunday parts and cool heavy riffs and that dudes scream is pretty good for metalcore too. Define the Great Line just sounds like a proto Coalesce, which is awesome. It doesn't grab me as much as the one before it though.
Heh. Connecting to the last post, there's a pretty good writeup on Dudes Tell Stories of when Underoath came to OC in the early 2000's. "Jesus only asked for a last supper: Prepare to be crucified" lol, they weren't received well.
Of course fast forward to 2010 and look up 'Metalcore' in the Encyclopedia Britannica & it would probably say "A subgenre of Christian worship music, often played while wearing form fitting apparel" so I guess these dudes won.
Serious though, I don't really care if the people behind the music I like share my beliefs. I listen to lots of obnoxious Black Metal made my people I would probably hate if I knew. But there's something about this unholy trinity of general creepy rapevert band dude rawk'n'roll! shitbaggery + white conservative reactionary (often racist) assbaggery all layered with mile wide but inch deep religious moralizing & slut shaming that makes these guys, seriously the worst dudes. Could just be here in the South tho.
man underoath weird metal phase was the best, it´s awesome, their posthardcore stuff blows, but their new album lost in the sounds of whatever was pretty tight.
Underoath should have been aborted.
I was a crusty punk kid growing up... it was 97 that i first heard bands like Zao, Training For Utopia, and Living Sacrifice and learned about this new 'Metalcore' thing. It was like some weird At The Gates, ninja fighting, sunday worship service at those shows. It's still surreal to think about those shows... One minute everyone is going bananas to 'Lies of Serpents...." then it's all like, "Jesus died for you".
They are so great that people like you actually have to convince other people that they suck. LOL
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