Leash Law - Dogface
Black Lotus Records
Power Metal
9 songs (42'28)
Release year: 2004
Black Lotus
Reviewed by Ben

Leash Law is a supposed super group and you know what that means don’t you? One of those damn stickers on the cd that makes it seem like everyone involved is from all these great bands but when you get down to it, Wade Black takes up two (the ex-Crimson Glory and ex-Seven Witches) and then Richard Christy, well you can put out a cd that has a sticker that claims “featuring members from……” and list tons of great acts and get away with having just him in the band. Anyways, what we have here in Dogface is nine songs that are completely underwhelming in every degree. Now, I liked Wade in Seven Witches and thought he was decent in Crimson Glory, but at the same time neither of the albums he sang on are groundbreaking at all so my expectations weren’t really too high for this time around on the mic. I’m too lazy too open the booklet because it’s printed on paper about five times too thick and getting it out or back in is a fifteen minute chore that scrapes up the pages and folds everything all to hell, but whoever the guitarist is he has a few good riffs here and there such as in the opener and probably ten thousandth song named, Fight. The title of the song alone should tell you that nothing new will ever be found in here. Despite the cool intro riff that almost gets you a little excited from the get go, the rest of the track is just plain dull. You know ninety percent of the chorus before it even rolls around, every song named Fight has an easy chorus this being no exception. Since Wade is part of the sell factor here I’ll comment on his singing. Remember, I liked him on Xiled to Infinity and One and Astronomica but here he sounds thin and screechy. Maybe it’s due to the dry production because he sounds like he fell short of his intentioned target by about five feet. Instead of instilling power and emotion in the listener he comes across as a detractor and an annoyance, I don’t “feel” anything coming from him in terms of passion. Actually, that is a pretty good summation of the album as a whole. Other than nice little licks and solos here and there everything else is a smorgasbord of sameness, you’ve heard it all before and you’ve heard it done a lot better. Why Richard Christy is staying in Leash Law and leaving Iced Earth is a mystery to me.

Killing Songs :
A few good riffs every now and then does not constitute a killing song
Ben quoted 48 / 100
Alex quoted 69 / 100
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