Weapons

Weapons is the fifth studio album by the Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets, released through Epic on 2 April 2012. It's the first record featuring Luke Johnson on drums, after being with two other drummers previously, Mike Chiplin and Ilan Rubin (the latter of whom features in archive recordings included on the "deluxe edition" of Weapons, as well as the hidden track "Weapon" on all versions of the album). Just like the their third studio album it features Latin on the front, which reads deus velox nex. When translated it reads God is swift death. This has been confirmed by guitarist, Mike Lewis. The band started writing new material after finishing the The Betrayed Tour. The album is produced by Ken Andrews at Hollywood. Several songs were debuted before it official release date. "Bring Em' Down" was played live in the warm up shows for the 2011 V Festival, and was aired as the first single from Weapons on Zane Lowe's Hottest Record on 6 February 2012. "We Bring an Arsenal" made its debut on 25 February 2012. The song "Better Off Dead" received its first radio play by BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe as his "Hottest Record in the World". As of 6 January 2012 it was made available for download from the bands official website.[14]