Front loading or top loading washing machine?

My 2 year old LG top loader has started squeaking when the drum rotates. The sound is like a toy and progressively gets louder when the wash cycle starts. Then after 4-5 minutes it just disappears. I tried to make out the source of noise and it seems to come from back bottom of the drum. Is it scaling or is it something else? I didn't get time to descale the machine from a year.