Leveler

     This album has an interesting story. So I am once again at the bargain bin, a couple months ago I might add, and I find this cute little album. An animated destroyed farmhouse with some chickens, seems innocent enough. My curiosity peaks me and I buy it. Well I get home, pop it in my boom box, and press play. Little did I know that I would then have to endure forty-eight minutes of metalcore. For those of you who don't know what metalcore is, the internet defines it as "a fusion genre combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk." Needless to say, it took my ears a little while to warm up to it.

     So from listening to the first track, "Empire," I could have guessed that it was meant to be the single; it was just kind of triumphant and structured in its way. Then it went onto track two; I couldn't tell where or when because it all sort of blended together, but it did. The fourth track "Cutting the Ties" was when it started to get better for some reason or another; probably because my ears were then somewhat used to the constant noise. It stayed pretty consistent through track seven. Track eight, "Salt & Light," was more mellow and had some good guitar licks. I really didn't notice anything else after that on the account that they all pretty much sounded the same. Now I'm not saying that it's a bad sound; I don't mind metalcore, it's just a little forceful. All in all, not what I was expecting from the front cover, but still a good album.