Code Orange - Underneath (2020) Hi-Res

Code Orange was always destined to break beyond the inherently niche boundaries of hardcore punk. Back when they released their 2012 debut as teenagers under the name Code Orange Kids, the Pittsburgh band’s violent finesse rivaled every Converge-indebted group who’d come before them. Two years later on I Am King they dropped the “Kids” and got even heavier; on 2017’s Forever, they injected industrial and alt-metal elements into their black-blooded metalcore, earning them a Grammy nomination. Whatever they did next was either going to label them a fluke or justify their spot in heavy music’s upper echelon, and Underneath is a wind-knocking gut-punch to anyone who ever doubted that they were up for the task.