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Emotional bloodletting never quite fit 30 Seconds to Mars. Perhaps it was residual prejudice from Jared Leto's status as actor-turned-musician, but they always seemed to skim the surface, even when they pushed roiling emotions to the forefront in the best traditions of grunge and screamo. When they were mining a post-grunge or nu-metal or emo vein, this was a liability, but now that they’ve shifted their music with the shifting times, adopting a hybrid of the Killers' retro new wave and My Chemical Romance's gothic prog, they’ve wound up with a sound that suits their stance. Qlikview Server 11 on this page. Which isn’t to say that they’ve gotten any less ridiculous; if anything, they’re more absurd, piling up Auto-Tuned vocals, gurgling synthesized loops, Kanye cameos, and a children's choir on almost every other song.

Producers Steve Lillywhite and Flood, both veterans of U2, do give This Is War an appropriately epic scale, although 'appropriate' seems an inappropriate word for such an ungainly mix of synth rock, metal, and prog, the distillation of all manner of brooding ‘80s teenage obsessions. What saves it from being nothing but thirtysomething wish fulfillment is that this move toward goth-glam requires 30 Seconds to emphasize hooks and gives them aural variety, which doesn’t make them seem any more serious, but does make them considerably more palatable. [The 2010 reissue of the albums adds three bonus tracks, including their collaboration with Kanye West as well as covers of Kanye's 'Stronger' and Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance,' done for a BBC session. Patch Vozes Brasileiras Textaloud. The set also comes with a DVD made up of videos, short films, and a documentary.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine.

See also: 30 Seconds to Mars were sued for breach-of-contract by their record label,, in mid-2008. The label sought $30 million in damages, claiming that the band had failed to produce three of the five records they were obligated to deliver under their 1999 contract with the now-defunct Immortal Records. In 2004, Virgin took over the contract. Responded to some of the claims in the suit on the band's website and was coerced into dismissing rumors that the group had disbanded.