LÄÄZ ROCKIT — City's Gonna Burn (review)

LÄÄZ ROCKIT — City's Gonna Burn album cover Album · 1984 · Speed Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
UMUR
"City's Gonna Burn" is the debut full-length studio album by US, San Francisco, California based thrash/heavy metal act Lääz Rockit. The album was released through Target Entertainment in 1984. Lääz Rockit was formed in 1982 and while they are not often mentioned when speaking of the most prolific Bay Area thrash metal acts of the 80s, they were a big part of the development of that scene.

Just like the case are on many other early 80s albums by US thrash metal artists (I could mention early releases by Anthrax and Overkill among others), "City's Gonna Burn" really isn´t that thrashy. The music on the album is instead an attitude filled type of heavy metal with the occasional more speed metal oriented outburst. The tracks are relatively short, to the point and very catchy with anthemic choruses that you can sing along to. Lead vocalist Michael Coons is a great asset to the band´s sound. He has a raw delivery but is also able to sing more clean notes and his performance here is both passionate and convincing. The riffs are memorable (but nothing too much out of the ordinary for the style), the guitar solos well played, and the rhythm section solid.

"City's Gonna Burn" also features an organic, and for the time, very well sounding and powerful sound production. Lääz Rockit actually have a lot of great things going for them on this album and had their material been slightly more original sounding, "City's Gonna Burn" could have been a killer thrash/heavy metal album. As it is there are quite a few other albums in this style I´d pick up before this one, but isolated seen it´s a great listen and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I personally enjoy their later period albums most, but if you like heavy metal/speed metal influenced thrash metal, the first two albums are great material too.
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Good review, I need to listen to more of these guys. Nothing$ $acred has become one of my favorite albums.

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