Shock Value is the only album made by the metalcore band, Twelve Gauge Valentine.

However, if you delve a little deeper into the music you realize that they've got solid musicianship backing him up, delivering that one-two punch that Southern metalcore really needs to stay alive.

[5] Mark Sherwood of Cross Rhythms writes "This Louisiana band describe themselves as "metal n roll" according to their Myspace web page and "imagine the.

The guys apparently come from a sleepy town where nothing much happens and this gave birth to the "creative havoc" that is 12 Gauge.

There is not a single ballad on Shock Value, which is a definite plus because it would have ruined the creativity of Twelve Gauge Valentine.