Ruining It For Everybody is the second album by Iwrestledabearonce

Iwrestledabearonce

Iwrestledabearonce is an American heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and currently based in Birmingham, Alabama. They have released one EP and two full-length albums, and have toured with acts such as August Burns Red, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dance Gavin Dance, The Human...

. It was released on July 26, 2011 through Century Media Records

Century Media Records

Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...

 and is the first studio full-length since 2009's It's All Happening

It's All Happening

It's All Happening is the debut full-length album by Iwrestledabearonce. It was released on June 2, 2009 through Century Media Records.-Background:...

. Before preparing for their second record, the band released several remix editions of their songs featured on their debut; most notably, the 2010 remix EP It's All Dubstep

It's All Dubstep

It's All Dubstep is the second compilation by Iwrestledabearonce. The EP was released on November 8, 2010 as a free download. The EP features five dubstep remixes of four different songs from their album, It's All Happening...

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Sound and musical style

Guitarist Steven Bradley states that "It's heavier, catchier, and better organized than anything we've done so far. We took a really spastic blend of genres and made it more cohesive." Beforehand, Bradley hosted a prank when he spoke to MetalSucks about the album being "90% black metal", this news was coupled with photos of the band in corpse paint

Corpse paint

Corpse paint or corpsepaint is a style of black-and-white makeup, used mainly by black metal bands during live concerts and photo shoots. The makeup is used to intensify the bands' imagery of evil, inhumanity, and corpse-like decay. It is most commonly used just on the face, but also on arms and...

 and dark clothing. Although, the controversial gag was revealed as nothing more than a joke weeks later.

Themes

On "Next Visible Delicious", they serve up a warning about the dangers of not thinking for oneself. "People believe anything fed to them if they are told by someone with power that it's truth. Your head will spin trying to rationalize religion, politics, and environment." The song references mother nature becoming fed up with our ways and swallowing us whole. It's a warning of our long-awaited Armageddon. No, not the movie…"

"Button It Up" refers to the kidnapping and soon death of young girls as vocalists Krysta Cameron says ""It's a dark song, It tells the tale of a girl who has her life taken from her. I'd read about young girls exploiting their bodies on the Internet and lying about their ages. The next thing you know, they go missing, are raped, and found dead. It's terrifying."

Reception

Track listing

Charts

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	80
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums	16
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	13
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums	8

Personnel

Iwrestledabearonce

• Steven Bradley – guitar/programming
• Mike “Rickshaw” Martin – bass
• Krysta Cameron – vocals
• John Ganey – guitar/programming
• Mikey Montgomery – drums

Production

• Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Steven Bradley and Ryan Boesch
• Additional Editing by Nicole Oliva
• Mastered By Alan Douches for West West Side