UNDERNEATH has returned with It Exists Between Us, and this time, they’re not just treading familiar ground—they’re obliterating it. After wiping their entire back catalog from streaming platforms, fans were left wondering what this “rebirth” meant for the band. The answer? A darker, faster, and far more vicious approach. This isn’t the same UNDERNEATH from From the Gut of Gaia, and you can feel it from the very first riff.
On this release, UNDERNEATH is finally operating as a full band, and it shows. The album isn’t just brutal for brutality’s sake—it’s calculated chaos.
With more lightning-fast grind riffs inspired by bands like PIG DESTROYER and GAZA, It Exists Between Us hits harder than any of their previous work.
While there’s still the knuckle-dragging deathcore breakdowns they’re known for, the focus on speed and condensed song structures gives the album a maniacal energy that’s impossible to ignore.
The band blends a variety of tempos and riffs in a way that sometimes feels jarring, but that dissonance is also what makes the record so captivating. It’s an embodiment of modern death metal’s relentless pace, yet it still clings to its metalcore roots, offering a fresh hybrid that’s sure to turn heads in the scene.
The former clings to a sliver of hope, an idea of shared human experiences, but the latter crushes any optimism under the weight of its slow, dread-filled tempo. It’s the most suffocating moment on an otherwise breakneck record.
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If you’re wondering what changed between It Exists Between Us and their earlier work, it’s simple: UNDERNEATH has matured, but they’ve also gotten meaner. The band’s influences are apparent in the way they fuse death metal’s chaotic energy with metalcore’s crushing breakdowns.
UNDERNEATH haveve wiped the slate clean, embraced their collective strength, and delivered one of the most brutal, grinding death metal/metalcore hybrids of 2024. If KNOCKED LOOSE can fill massive concert halls today, It Exists Between Us might just be the beginning of a similar ascent for UNDERNEATH. Right now, almost no one is talking about this album, but we could be witnessing the birth of a future key player in the genre.
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For a more in-depth breakdown of It Exists Between Us by UNDERNEATH, check out the full review at Sputnikmusic magazine, written by artificialbox.
