Jared Leto and co ... the new pathos gods?

Jared Leto leads a double life. The world knows him as an actor, which is one of the best with its 38 years, Hollywood has to offer. Who has movies like "Requiem of a Dream", "Fight Club" and "Panic Room" in the repertoire may be celebrated as one of the most sought after actors.

The breakthrough came 30 Seconds to Mars later with their second album, which can look back to an impressive 2.5 million units sold worldwide.

Ahead of the new album, the song "This Is War" were already (OST of the game "Dragon Age: Origins") and "Kings and Queens" (1st single release) heard. In my opinion, show the two songs very well, the line of approach, which hit 30 Seconds to Mars with this album. "Kings and Queens" is a gradioser song and is one of the pearls of the new long-player. "This Is War" has become a good to very good song and convinces with songwriter qualities. "This Is War" is program - lyrically and musically -

When Jared Leto sings the line "Tell me would you kill to save a life / Tell me would you kill to prove your right" ("Hurricane" feat Kanye West), you get goosebumps and almost feel the dark atmosphere of "This is War "starts. One would have the hands-free Part of Mr. West can get also underline what the intensity of the songs would have increased. (But Is maybe because I can not stand the guy.)

Jared Leto emphasizes that he is an excellent singer who recites the acting world of pain rows with exactly the right mix of desperation and aggression ("Closer to the Edge" and "Search and Destroy"). Mostly he blares even with a fervor into the microphone, which is reminiscent of Marilyn Manson.

With "Stranger in a Strange Land" & "Nigtht of the Hunter" rock 30 Seconds to Mars then finally all gone. The listener is enraptured with 13 minutes ornate pathos that draws one into the spell and not let go.

Some are now probably thinking, why not "5 star"?

Many of the songs are accompanied with a chorus that will go determines many followers after some time on my nerves. For those annoying antics but then there's point deduction in the A-grade.

But now do not misunderstand that album is and remains an absolute must-have for every 30 Seconds to Mars listeners and fascinated from the first to the last minute!

Rating: 8/10

"There's nothing to give it forgets again;
every time you start all over again;
by the war, people are not noble;
he turns them into dogs; poisons the soul. "
(Private Witt, "The Thin Red Line" with Jared Leto)