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"Voyeurist" by Underoath

 ALBUM REVIEW: Voyeurist - Underoath - Distorted Sound Magazine

Welcome back to Thrak Attack, what's your adventure? Todays adventure takes us to the early 2000's where screaming rock music and metal were all the rage. Underoath was always a quiet favorite among fans, never to be in the full spotlight but never pushed aside. The band is under appreciated though, especially with their 9th studio album "Voyeurist". 

It's only been 4 years since Underoath's last album and I thought it was a lot longer. Fortunately that amount of time really allowed the band to breath and take their time with this music and it shows. The album is very well paced and even though it feels like a fast and in your face style there is a lot of nuance to it. There are a lot of great songs if you take the time to listen. 

There are so many of these tracks that made it onto the 2022 playlist including "Hallelujah", "(No Oasis)"and "Numb" but there is so much to like here that if you're into this style you'll really enjoy. The problem that I felt with the album is what most Metalcore bands suffer from and that is these songs get stale. Fortunately, Underoath understands this problem and does a great job at creating different sounds and slows it down every once in a while to give us time to breath. 

The thing that really shines for me, especially as a drummer, is Aaron Gillespie's drumming. It is spot on and does not miss a beat. Instead of just thrashing on the drums as fast as he can, like most metal drummers do, he has such inflection on the drums and some of the fills are out of this world. He also sings the clean vocals on the album which is very impressive as well.

When reviewing an album I take the 5 star average of the songs on the album and the other stars for production, concept, musicianship, aesthetic, and overall feeling. This album gets a 4 star average with other stars for production, musicianship, aesthetic, and overall feeling.

"Voyeurist" by Underoath gets 8 out of 10.


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