It's quite impressive when, in this age of splitting hairs between definitions of power metal, pure metal, old school and progressive metal, a band bounds to the edge of the stage with a maelstrom of all of the above built unselfconsciously of their many complex histories. The intriguingly named Leash Law is, of course, a fairly hyped and discussed b-level supergroup, containing Wade Black of Seven Witches, Crimson Glory and Tiwanaku fame, along with guitarists Rick Renstrom and Emo Mowery, bassist Stephen Elder and perhaps most famous dude of the bunch, drummer Richard Christy. It's funny... add up the bands these guys have been involved with, like Nocturnus, Death, Iced Earth and Rob Rock, and you get a sense where this is going - complicated, frantic, and power metal-ish of a pure and old school and sort of doomy variety, namely Eidolon but with a more dangerous, loose, unpredictable edge, production being a little midrangey and raw. Quite enigmatic really, Shadowkeep and King Diamond coming to mind as well, given this sense of percussive battery and old British metal values. I dunno... there's a huge Metal purity here, Wade leading the clarion call with a wholly convincing energy and a mountain of great vocal melodies (check out 'Martial Law' and 'Hellhole'). So yeah, back to the original premise: I think this kind of fruitful bounty just falls out cornucopia-like. You can't contrive it. The guys, and where they've been have caused Dogface to be a creative triumph, sort of the loose and wild Women And Children First of a genre that is usually way too tight and self-serious.