With a title like "Intro To Advanced Poetry", what would you think? Personally, I was hoping for a head nod to poetry's greats such as Sylvia Plath or Edgar Allan Poe. But what we were given instead were 5 Hardcore Punk tracks, that uses poems written by the greats as lyrics. Does it work? Sort of. But for somebody who would love to hear the poetry in the words, the screaming just didn't cut it for me.

"Lord Bryon" is the album's definite highlight. It is full of energy and you can hear quite a bit of stylistic changes despite only being a minute plus long. My favourite part is at the ending where the singer and the guitar were toe to toe on an awesome battle of volume. This track kept my attention way past its duration.

This album is pretty classic Hardcore Punk. You have you open hi-hat, thumping snares and screaming vocals. Even though they consider themselves a Mathcore band, there is not enough messing around with time signatures and sudden start and stops for me to look at them like classic Mathcore bands such as THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN or HELLA. The vocals are very loudly usually it is pretty hard to understand what is being sung, which is a real pity for an album titled "Intro To Advanced Poetry" as I would love to hear the potential poetry in these tracks.

The album starts and ends just as quickly. Sadly, it is just your typical Punk album with a tad bit of Mathcore. Nothing sticks to mind 15 minutes after I hear it. It is a good album to get your blood pumping, but nothing to rave about.