YMMV / Underoath

• Broken Base: Oh dear god...Let's just say when Underoath ended up with Solid State/Tooth & Nail Records in 2001 due to the eventual buying of their indie label Takehold Records, let's just say the fanbase just exploded.
  • Who's the better vocalist? Spencer or Dallas? Even more so due to band members dropping like flies.
  • The use of heavy profanities in "On My Teeth" (i.e. fucking) has peeved some more conservative Christian fans. The admission from Spencer himself that Erase Me was made as a statement against Christianity drove away any remaining Christians in their fanbase.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: The Changing of Times. Some fans consider it a fantastic style change after joining Solid State Records. Add to the fact it's also the last album Dallas Taylor sang on the album.
  • Of all the band's records that make up their post-Dallas material, Ø (Disambiguation) definitely counts.
• Growing the Beard: Define the Great Line was their first major hit with critics outside the Post-Hardcore and Christian Metal scenes due in part to the addition of post-metal elements, the band making some distance from emo territory after They're Only Chasing Safety, and Spencer Chamberlain finding his own voice with his Harsh Vocals being more distinguished from Dallas Taylor's.
• Harsher in Hindsight: A shit ton of the band's more optimistic work (such as "To Whom It May Concern") becomes this when Spencer would admit faith made him miserable inside and he truly didn't feel saved, leading to the bitter and angry Erase Me.
• Signature Song: "When the Sun Sleeps" for the Dallas Taylor era. "Reinventing Your Exit" and "Writing on the Walls" for the Spencer Chamberlain era. The latter is probably also their best-known song overall.
• Tear Jerker: Several songs off of Act of Depression can be this: "Burden in Their Hands" being about abortion and "Innocence Stolen" being about rape/molestation. Then there's "Spirit of a Living God" (or "Praise" for some), which one of the members speaks about his belief in Christianity and who the album goes to. While considered 'sappy', it's still a pull on the heart strings, to the point where the guitarist states he can't even speak clearly. The song itself is also pretty touching and will maybe leave you blubbering.
  • Good lord, Cries of the Past. For those who never heard of the story behind it, the album was (supposedly) written in the aftermath of Dallas Taylor losing his fiancee in a car accident (which he sadly caused due to sleeping at the wheel). The entire album is forty-three minutes of anger, frustration, memories, loss and reluctant acceptance.
  • The entirety of Erase Me, considering it's about Spencer's rejection of faith and feeling frustrated at how it ruined him and didn't help him in the grand scheme of things.