The Drug In Me Is You is the debut album from glam-metalcore band Falling In Reverse – and our first look at former Escape The Fate lead singer Ronnie Radke, who was released from jail in late 2010.

If you’re looking for Dying Is Your Latest Fashion part two or an improvement from the current Escape The Fate outfit, prepare for disappointment. While the opening song "Raised By Wolves" is quite strong, with listeners being introduced to Ronnie’s familiar and melodic vocals, as well as the vehement growling of lyrics such as "This War Is Mine," and "It Was Always Me," unfortunately it is mostly downhill after this.

This is emphasised by second song on the album "Tragic Magic" – with a taunting "I’m baaaack" and sinister chuckle, Radke proves while he may be back, his time in jail has seemed to make him forget how to write decent lyrics. With obvious jabs against his old band-mates, "Tragic Magic" gives us lyrical gems ensued with hilarity such as "I dug a hole 10 miles wide/so I could throw all of you inside/You’re such a dumb f***/You need to shut up/you bring a picture of me everytime you get a haircut."

As the album continues on, The Drug In Me Is You could easily be seen as the B-sides to Escape The Fates first release Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Some of the songs such as title track "The Drug In Me Is You" or "Sink and Swim" are catchy and have the potential to grow on the listener, but unfortunately contain over-used, typical, metal-core type breakdowns and lack any real lyrical depth. "Good Girls, Bad Guys" is a bit of fun, and quite catchy, but again nothing spectacular.

The Drug In Me Is You gives us a basic structure for each song – verse-chorus-breakdown structure with large, over the top choruses. While Radke’s voice is distinctive, the album doesn’t contain enough diversity for it to not become extremely irritating by the end and the melodies are really just not that great, with all guitar breakdowns being just too generic.

It would be forgiven if you listened to the whole album either cringing or bursting into spontaneous fits of laughter, particularly when Ronnie’s egotistical side comes out (which it does... a lot) demonstrated through lyrics where he proclaims himself as "King of the Music Scene."

In short, The Drug In Me Is You can be described as a spiteful and vengeful attack against Escape The Fate and a glimpse into Ronnie Radke’s life story, served with a nice side-dish of his massive ego. The only message being sent within any song lyrics are of that of Radke being a victim, rather than taking any real responsibility for his actions.

All in all, the album is a massive disappointment – which is a shame because Falling In Reverse do have potential to be able to produce something appealing, and Radke himself does have the potential to be able to write great songs. Due to terrible breakdowns and solos, laughable lyrics and absolutely no diversity, combined with the overuse of the same song structure, the album offers no variety or any real appeal. Fingers crossed by the time the next album comes around, Radke is over his grudge and is putting his attention back to writing real songs.

Highlight songs: Raised By Wolves, The Drug In Me Is You, Good Girls, Bad Guys.

Review Score: 3/10