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30 Seconds to Mars’ “America” is not worth high expectations

By Sunny King I have to start out saying that I have liked 30 Seconds to Mars for a while, but I’ve just known their main hits for the most part. Many people may remember their biggest hit, “The Kill” (also known as “Bury Me”, released in 2005), from either the radio or playing it on Guitar Hero. Other popular hits from the band are “This is War” (2009) and “King and Queens” (2009). Other people may recognize the band’s front man, Jared Leto, from Fight Club released in 1999 or 2016’s Joker in Suicide Squad. I had high expectations for the album, “America” by 30 Seconds to Mars, but I cannot say that those were met and I knew that 30 Seconds into each song.

A tiny rant about the cover/title/questionable theme

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nowhere still

2008 or 2018?

There’s good, there’s bad, but not too much ugly.

no auto-tune effect
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