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Title: Sum41's = emopunk with metal/rap touches
Review: Sum41, a discovery of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (their first album came out on BigRig, the Bosstones owned label and then this on pure Island, the Bosstone's signed label), have firmly arrived on the emopunk scene with All Killer, No Filler. Sum41 seems to not only understand how to make a catchy pop punk song, but also how to merge that style with the harsher elements of radio unfriendly punk and add a touch of Beasty Boy's style rap and some 80's Anthrax/Megadeath style metal.This combo of styles makes for a mixed but enjoyable album, sometimes sounding safely like Blink182's radio friendly second album and other times wandering over into the realm of the more punk MxPx and NOFX. Add the fact that the band has a sense of humor and you've got an album that stands up in a crowd of emopunk CD's unleased onto the public.
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