wut?
Lazarus AD - Beneath the waves of hatred
I'm seriously so disappointed, these guys had a great debut, metal blade contract, a ton of great tours and are so set up for success yet I have a feeling this album will bomb. It feels like they experimented for pop success (far more groove, dropped tunings, clean vocals in some parts like metallica, less emphasis on thrash and brutality, pop hooks) yet it did not work at all. I don't mind experimentation and I definitely don't mind not sticking 100% to thrash (I am in a band that has synth on 3 thrash songs and melodies haha) but it feels like they did it to try to break through with their second and have a huge hit but it just failed miserably. This is the only truely amazing song on the CD along with the first one I think (they tried being poppy here and it works) while all the others plod along and while listening I honestly didn't even notice the album had ended. 2 greats and an album full of filler, quite a shame.