Kev Rowland
It took until 2016 for the Finns to come back with their third album, and even though it is the same quartet who played on the first two, this feels like a totally different band. Yes, they are more polished, as one would expect from a band that now knew what they were doing in a studio, along with the fact that they had been playing live a great deal, but none of that explains why they are now performing fairly standard heavy metal, with a few slight thrash influences. Samy Elbanna has never been the best singer in the world, but he got away with it when the band were trying to beat the sound barrier. Now it has all been slowed right down from where it was, and as someone who really enjoyed how the band used to sound, I found myself being incredibly disappointed. Lost Society used to have a real shot at breaking through some barriers with the way they approached the thrash genre, but with this album they have lost their way. Now, we all know that Megadeth has released the odd duff album, and Metallica haven’t done anything worthwhile since Cliff passed away, so maybe there’s hope for them yet. Let’s hope there is a significant return to form for the next one.