Backing Vocals Jamie Oliver (UK) & Ken Andrews. Writers Ian Watkins, Ilan Rubin, Jamie Oliver (UK) & 4 more. One wonders why Weapons achieved such a feat. Producers Aaron Rubin, Jamie Ellis, Ken Andrews & 1 more. The band's previous effort, The Betrayed, didn't even come out in the U.S. Lostprophets have been stuck in the same musical recycling tactic for eight years now, and Weapons shows little signs of growth. By time I hit track seven, 'Better Off Dead,' I realized the album wasn't going to get any better. These songs could be about anything and played in any order.

Limp guitars and synths attempt to soar while frontman Ian Watkins wails his nondescript lyrics. After that, though, the album quickly devolves into mediocre mall emo. Weapons opens with the anthemic one-two punch of 'Bring 'Em Down' and 'We Bring an Arsenal,' and while the tracks lack grit, they certainly deliver in radio ready hooks. Give the band credit for packing in the singles, though. in the description section, those comparisons, sadly, aren't inaccurate. This record is streaming over at AOL right now, and while it's weird seeing the band compared to Linkin Park and P.O.D.

While Weapons isn't quite as overproduced, it still lacks punch. This approach bottomed out with Liberation Transmission. I still rock The Fake Sound of Progress on occasion, from back when the band could ostensibly be considered 'metal.' Starting with Start Something, however, Lostprophets gravitated towards a slicker, cleaner and, ultimately, more sterile sound.

There's just not much left to find there. release, though), mines the same sound heard on breakthrough Start Something. Weapons, the group's fifth full-length (only fourth to see U.S. While the band has cycled through a few different genre identities over the years, it's primarily been of the mall emo variety. It's awkward checking in with Lostprophets after all these years.

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