metallized – blogging for metal

Underoath, the well known religious emocore team of YMCA-ready idiots, continues to assault our intelligence with their new waste of storage space, “Lost in the Sound of Separation.” After 10 years of unrelenting assaults on logic and unwavering defense of the most mainstream institution in the history of Western Civilization, Underoath pursue their mission of making My Chemical Romance sound good.

Lyrics of loss and redemption by their imaginary friend (that would be god) only emphasize the fact that these guys promote the most straight, stuck-up, mainstream, intolerant of dissidents, and conformist institution you can possibly think of: Christianity. No matter how many tattoos you have, when you buy into that Jesus crap you are an enemy of metal: metal as counter-culture, alternative livestyle, rejection of mainstream values, and individual freedom. The Christian metal road leads us nowhere good, because they defend the most retrograde and dangerous form of thought control: absolutism.

Oh, and there’s something paradoxical to their lyrics: if they have found their savior, why all the anguish? The last song of the album is ambiguous on this: they found hope, but the title is “Desolate Earth… The End is Near.” Ok. It makes me think of all those Christians who look forward to World War III because Zombie Jesus will return to save the gullible believers.

Oh, as for the music: it’s really painful.

Available for streaming on Napster, for free (but why would you want to stain your RAM?).