Every year I slog through Christmas music, hoping it'll inspire me like it used to, but every year it starts to sound monotonous... until I found this album. Metalcore meets Christmas, and does it WELL. ABR managed to take a genre sometimes beleaguered by formulaic and predictable writing, and make creative, interesting, exciting Christmas music with it. Appropriately placed break downs and blast beats, full of humor and never missing a single note of melody, this album has been my only Christmas listen of 2016 so far (yes, it was released 4 years ago, I'm behind). For $5 on amazon at the time of this writing, why not give it a shot?PROS:1) Lead guitar plays all of the melodies to perfection, and usually adds a harmonized/unison track.2) Drummer never misses a hit, never sounds like he's trying to keep up, but rather NAILS it perfectly, each time.3) Track-to-track variety (from heavy metal anthems, to upbeat rock, to folk, to straight metalcore) that demonstrates a real creativity and pushes the boundaries of the genre (IMO)4) Nearly entirely instrumental (can be shared with others with screamo-sensitivity)5) Musical surprises throughout, such as occasional strings, piano, even banjo and acoustic breakdowns6) Two original tracks that again show creativity and fit well with the spirit of the album (and Christmas)7) Odd meters, syncopation, quick picking, unisons - the band is actually quite technicalCONS:The ONLY con I have for the CD release is it doesn't include "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" or "Joy to the World". I'm not sure if those were on imported releases, or digital only, but they are two of my favorite tracks, and I was very sad not to see them on the CD release here.Still, if you're looking to break up the monotony of slow, ballad-y type Christmas music, grab this album and get ready for a fantastic ride.