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In 1998, Underoath formed with Dallas Taylor, and guitarist Luke Morton, in Taylor's bedroom in Tampa, Florida. Morton devised the name Underoath "from somewhere in the Bible." Drummer Aaron Gillespie, who attended Morton's church, was asked to play with them. Gillespie agreed, and the group recruited guitarist Corey Steger and bassist Octavio Fernandez; the band members were all in high school.

After a year of playing at festivals and touring the area around Florida, Underoath signed to Alabama's Takehold Records in 1999. Luke Morton had left the band without appearing on any of their formal recordings. They released their debut Act of Depression, which sold 2,000 copies.