Left for Dead

Well, after hearing “Brain Wash” I got high hopes for this album. That song was fast and sounded like their “Nothing'$ $acred” days including Michael Coons’vocals.

After that, the album really falls flat on its face. For the remaining part it meanders along in midpace with a lot of chugging guitars. As a whole the album does not sound like a reunion but it sounds like how Laaz Rockit could have sounded in 1995 if they had chosen to play post-thrash groovy metal like most other thrash metal bands (Sacred Reich on “Independent”, Anthrax’ “Stomp 442”, Flotsam & Jetsam on “Cuatro”etc) with some Pantera thrown in.

One would have expected Laaz Rockit to at least play a diversity of styles on a reunion album. Styles they were once famous for. Heavy metal on their first two albums, a mix of speed metal and thrash like on “”Know Your Enemy” and “Annihilation Principle” and even the pure thrash metal assault of “Nothing'$ $acred”. None of that here EXCEPT for the earlier mentioned opening track.

Hell, they at times even sound more like Testament during the days of “Low” than themselves. Nuff said, what a waste. This is a typical album that should have been released under a different name. It cannot pass as a reunion album.

Well this is Laaz Rockit-Phase Four. And it sucks. I hope they won’t be playing too much of these songs live next time I see them. Stick to ‘Euroshima’, ‘Fire in The Hole’ and ‘Most Dangerous’ Game…. please….