Welsh band Lostprophet’s released its fifth studio album, “Weapons,” to the further confusion of listeners. The band’s hardcore sound comes off defiant, but whiny. It inspires some emotion, but listeners may swing between intrigue and annoyance, and the powerful emotions it seems they’re burning for don’t quite shine through. It sounds like the band is trying reach a certain angsty audience as well as some of the rock/pop scene they registered in with the radio-hit, “Standing on the Rooftops.” However, the grinding instrumentals don’t quite cut it and actually create an unpleasing noise. The tracks that stick out the most do so for negative reasons, leaving behind a bad taste in its wake.
Grade: D
 
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