Ahead of Lamb of God’s release (which was pushed back from its original May 8 date because of the pandemic), the candid and thoughtful vocalist spoke with us about making music in the age of Trump, the ongoing George Floyd protests, whether live metal shows can resume before a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, and the secret to keeping his voice in grand, gravelly shape. It’s no surprise, then, that Blythe-who was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic in 2013, stemming from a 2010 incident in which a concertgoer died following a fall from the band’s stage-doesn’t hold anything back in conversation. Bush’s Iraq War, and is evident again on the band’s new collection, which takes no prisoners in eviscerating modern societal shortcomings. It’s a tack that dates back to 2004’s Ashes of the Wake, which cast a critical eye at George W. Still, despite boasting a howl that would sound right at home in the bowels of Hell, Blythe is no one-note purveyor of doom and gloom on the contrary, he continues to be an engaged and outspoken critic of American failings. The lanky, dreadlocked 49-year-old author, photographer and frontman wields arguably the most distinctive growl in metal, and his roar remains in imposing form on Lamb of God. And it proves that, more than two decades after first bursting onto the scene under their former moniker, Burn the Priest, the Richmond, Virginia, quintet has lost none of their crushing might.Īs anyone who’s heard Lamb of God knows, central to that power is vocalist Randy Blythe. The first to feature drummer Art Cruz after the 2018 departure of founding member Chris Adler, the band’s eighth full-length LP is a righteously angry sonic assault, tackling everything from environmental decay and school shootings (“Reality Bath”), to corrosive consumerism (“Gears”), drug addiction (“On the Hook”), the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access pipeline (“Routes”), and our discord-sowing commander-in-chief (“Checkmate”).ĭriven by the blistering guitar duo of Mark Morton and Willie Adler, and bolstered by the muscular bass of John Campbell, it’s a no-holds-barred blitzkrieg of thunderous riffs and socially conscious lyrical wrath. For example, here is a funk rhythm and a crisp drum fill.Lamb of God is the voice of pure politicized American fury, and the heavy metal titans’ new album-the self-titled Lamb of God-plays like the ferocious soundtrack to our present domestic moment of mounting authoritarianism, racial and economic strife, and enraged protest.
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