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"Underworld" is the fourth studio album by Australian band Tonight Alive, released on 12 January 2018. It is the last album to feature founding member and guitarist Whakaio Taahi, who departed the band upon the record's completion. The album was recorded in Thailand by producer Dave Petrovic, who has worked on nearly every Tonight Alive release to date. Underworld is the first album of the band's to be released on Australian independent label UNFD. It features contributions from Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, as well as PVRIS vocalist Lyndsey "Lynn Gunn" Gunnulfsen.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Sometimes things just don’t work out the way you want them to.It seems like Tonight Alive have learned and remained vocal about that in the aftermath of 2016’s ‘Limitless’, an album that – with hindsight – never felt like a true representation of the band. With ‘Underworld’ though, it seems as though the sun is peaking through the clouds – and things are getting back on the right track.
The now-four-piece have never shied away from delving into whatever style they see fit in the moment, and ‘Underworld’ is at its most exciting when they really let loose. ‘Temple’ is a ’90’s-flavoured stomper up there with the finest songs they’ve ever penned, while the dreamy atmosphere of ‘Disappear’ (featuring PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn), and undeniable grooves driving ‘Crack My Heart’, demonstrate reinvention at its most invigorating. On the other hand, the balladry-based finale of ‘Looking For Heaven’ and ‘My Underworld’ feels a tad saccharine, and the likes of ‘For You’ and ‘Last Light’ get rather lost in the static.
Despite its more slippery moments, ‘Underworld’ finds Tonight Alive honing in on and owning their identity again; and given the bigger picture, taking a huge step in the right direction.
Reviewed by Jack Rogers for rocksound.tv.
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