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The Almost can be an emo solo project by Aaron Gillespie, drummer and occasional lead singer for Underoath, the Christian metalcore outfit he co-founded in 1998. Choosing to turn out from behind the skins like his idol Dave Grohl before him, the Florida-bred Gillespie (who relocated to Sodium Lake Town …

Since their inception, Florida’s Underøath have evolved from a run-of-the-mill Christian metalcore band right into a fluid, dynamic, and energized rock and roll group that adeptly blends emotive melody, charged punk rock and roll rhythms, along with a chunky, participating bottom end. Underøath shaped in 1998 in vocalist Dallas Taylor’s …