Underoath is back with another new offering. Today, the band releases their new track, “Survivor’s Guilt,” along with an intense music video that they shot and completed in less than 48 hours.
The video, directed by the band in collaboration with social media content director Jacob Moniz, was crafted on the fly while the group is in the midst of the largest tour of their career, celebrating the 20th anniversary of They’re Only Chasing Safety.
“Survivor’s Guilt” follows last month’s single, “Teeth,” both hinting at what’s to come from the metalcore titans’ next full album, slated for a 2025 release via MNRK Heavy. This track promises to be another exploration of raw emotion, as vocalist Spencer Chamberlain reflects on themes of survival, addiction, and guilt. “I feel this heavy guilt about making it out alive when so many of my friends didn’t,” he says. “There have been many times during my recovery when I’ve felt guilty…but it’s a real feeling.”
Spencer Chamberlain continues: The opening line explains it pretty bluntly. I’ve been off drugs for 7 years, and I’ve lost 8 friends in 2023 alone to the same demon I was entangled with. It’s a heavy feeling to bear because it’s not like you’re better than anyone else out there—you literally just got lucky. I got my shit together before it was too late and I’m grateful for every single day I wake up now, especially because there was a time when I wasn’t sure I would.”
“The song was really fun to work on. The chorus came from the first idea I threw out there. I love when a song has such a powerful feel to the music that the vocals come out completely naturally. It made the sad heaviness feel even more intense. We’ve also never had a song with this type of swing to it, which is hard to pull off without it feeling cheesy, but I love the way this one hits. I could probably say this about every song on the record, but this is one of my favorite Underoath songs ever.”
Regarding the breathtaking music video for the song, guitarist Timothy McTague said “We had the idea to shoot a music video for ‘Survivors Guilt,’ as we really think the song is special and it needed a proper visual representation to accompany it. We are on the longest tour of our lives and had no time before we left, so we decided to shoot one ourselves with our content creator, Jacob Moniz. We spent the first few weeks of tour talking out ideas, and flew into Denver early on our day off and just went for it. We had a plan, but much like a song, you have an idea and if you let the project speak back to you and let it in the driver’s seat, magic happens. Some ideas we had came out better than we thought, other ideas morphed into shots we didn’t know we could capture. We started shooting at 5:30 PM on Wednesday and had the final cut before our show on Friday. I’m beyond impressed by the band and how we all dug in and sacrificed long hours to pull this off and I’m probably more proud of this video than anything we have done in years.”
The band are currently on the They’re Only Chasing Safety 20th Anniversary Tour and will be performing at When We Were Young Festival this weekend in Las Vegas, NV. All dates can be seen below. In addition to special guest Static Dress serving as support throughout the run of dates, Underoath have invited a group of friends to open for them at various local stops for the remainder of the tour. These handpicked acts play an important role in Underoath’s history, having been present during the original touring cycle of They’re Only Chasing Safety, and a few that have crossed paths with them along the way.
Underoath Tour Dates:
10/19/24 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young (SOLD OUT)
10/20/24 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young (TICKETS)
10/21/24 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater (TICKETS)
10/22/24 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory * (SOLD OUT)
10/23/24 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory * ^ (SOLD OUT)
10/25/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades * (SOLD OUT)
10/26/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades * (SOLD OUT)
10/27/24 – San Diego, CA @ Soma * (SOLD OUT)
10/28/24 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre * (TICKETS)
10/30/24 – Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom * (TICKETS)
11/18/24 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater * (SOLD OUT)
11/19/24 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston * (TICKETS)
11/20/24 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom * & (TICKETS)
11/22/24 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works * % (TICKETS)
11/23/24 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavillion * $ (TICKETS)
11/24/24 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *$ (TICKETS)
11/26/24 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom * # (TICKETS)
11/27/24 – Green Bay, WI @ EPIC Event Center * % (TICKETS)
11/29/24 – Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe * ! (TICKETS)
11/30/24 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom * ! (TICKETS)
12/01/24 – Toronto, ON @ History * (SOLD OUT)
12/03/24 – Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo RiverWorks * (TICKETS)
12/04/24 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * ™ (TICKETS)
12/06/24 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater * (TICKETS)
12/08/24 – Richmond, VA @ The National * § (TICKETS)
12/09/24 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel * ¢ (SOLD OUT)
12/10/24 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte * º (SOLD OUT)
12/12/24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle * (TICKETS)
12/13/24 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * (SOLD OUT)
12/14/24 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * ¡ (SOLD OUT)
12/15/24 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * ∞(SOLD OUT)
12/16/24 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * (TICKETS)
* = Performing (tocs) in its Entirety + Fan Voted Set; special guests Static Dress
^ = additional support from Eighteen Visions
& = additional support from Notsew
% = additional support from Her Leather Jacket
$ = additional support from Reece Young
# = additional support from MR SOFT HEART
! = additional support from Twin Stacks
¢ = additional support from To Speak of Wolves
º = additional support from Codeseven
¡ = additional support from Preson Phillips
∞ = additional support from The Handlers
™ = additional support from Bad Luck
§ = additional support from Francis Doom
