30 SECONDS TO MARS This Is War - 2009 US 2-LP vinyl pressing
Format: Vinyl Condition: New Year of Release: 2009 Cat. No.: 309433 Label: Virgin
On 'This Is War', 30 Seconds to Mars shift their music with the shifting times, adopting a hybrid of the Killers retro new wave and My Chemical Romance s gothic prog, winding up with a sound that suits their stance.
Producers Steve Lillywhite and Flood, both veterans of U2, do give 'This Is War' an appropriately epic scale, helping to bring into focus this mix of synth rock, metal, and prog flavors with Auto-Tuned vocals, gurgling synthesized loops, Kanye cameos, and a children's choir on almost every other song.
This move toward goth-glam requires 30 Seconds to emphasize hooks and gives them aural variety, which makes this their most appealing album.
~ Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
TRACK LISTING:
1 Escape 2 Night Of The Hunter 3 Kings And Queens 4 This Is War 5 100 Suns 6 Hurricane 7 Closer To The Edge 8 Vox Populi 9 Search And Destroy 10 Alibi 11 Stranger In A Strange Land 12 L490
