Cries of the Past released

In 2000, keyboardist Christopher Dudley joined Underoath, and the five-song, forty-minute long record, Cries of the Past was released, quickly selling 3,000 copies. In 2001, Corey Steger left the band; he died in a car accident on March 17, 2021. Takehold Records was bought out by Seattle ‘s Tooth & Nail Records and Underoath was subsequently signed to the label’s subsidiary, Solid State Records . In January 2002, bassist Grant Brandell joined Underoath. The band then began working on their Solid State debut, The Changing of Times , with Cries of the Past producer James Paul Wisner. The album was released on February 26, 2002, and produced one single: “When the Sun Sleeps”. Dallas Taylor explained that the lyrics on The Changing of Times were about “people playing with other people’s emotions and how it can leave you bitter” and “struggling through life’s hardships and trying to find God in all of it.”