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Lamb of God
Lamb of God
Lamb of God
Background information
Years active1990–present
MembersRandy Blythe
Mark Morton
Willie Adler
John Campbell
Chris Adler


Lamb of God is a five-piece post-thrash/metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as Burn the Priest.

Biography

The roots of Lamb of God were planted in 1990 when Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell were floor mates at Virginia Commonwealth University. After graduation, Morton moved to Chicago to pursue a master's degree, but the band continued. A new guitarist, Abe Spear, was found. Randy Blythe was added on vocals when the band decided to move past its instrumental sound. At this point in their career, they were known as Burn the Priest. Morton re-joined the group and Burn the Priest released a self-titled full length album soon after. Abe left the band in 1999 after admitting himself to a rehabilitation center outside of Williamsburg, Virgina. This opened a place for Chris Adler's brother, Willie Adler.

Their lyrical themes tend to cover religion, pain, misery, politics, heresy as well as other often personal topics.

"We play music that straddles the line between prog and traditional rock," explains Campbell. "I think we make prog-rock more listenable without cheapening the progressiveness of it. The complexity of our music appeals to people who like technical playing, but the arrangements are not so extreme that they fly over the average listener's head. It's a good balance."

After two well received releases and a DVD (Terror and Hubris) on Prosthetic Records, the band signed a new recording contract with Epic Records in late 2003. Their first release for the label, "Ashes Of The Wake", debuted at No.27 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and has sold over 250,000 copies in the U.S. to date .

On August 29 2005, the band announced that their DVD, "Killadelphia", which chronicles the band on tour supporting their album "Ashes of the Wake", had received Gold certification from the RIAA. The DVD features a complete live performance at the Trocadero in October 2004 in Philadelphia, and also contains three of their music videos, commentary by the band, outtakes, soundchecks, and plenty of backstage shenanigans.

On January 25 2006, a press release announced the rerelease of Lamb of God's debut album, New American Gospel. The original, along with the self titled debut Burn the Priest, were both produced by Steve Austin, known for his work with Today Is the Day, Converge and Unsane. The re-release will be remastered and repackaged with four new tracks, exclusive liner notes from the band and a re-imaging of the album art by longtime band collaborator Ken Adams. The album was rereleased on April 4 2006.


Their newest album Sacrament met with immediate success, debuting at #8 on the U.S. Billboard charts.

After the release of Sacrament, the band took part in the 2006 The Unholy Alliance tour in North America and Europe with Slayer, Mastodon, In Flames, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed. Soon after, the joined onto the North American portion of Gigantour, headlined by Megadeth and including Arch Enemy (band), Opeth and Overkill. They are currently touring Europe.

Instruments

Lamb of God play in Drop-D but also tune down the high E string to D, making it a (D-A-D-G-B-D) Tuning.

Discography

Studio albums

Album Cover Album Information
File:Lamb of God - New American Gospel.jpg
 New American Gospel
File:Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn.jpg
 As the Palaces Burn
Ashes of the Wake
  • Released: August 31 2004
  • Chart Positions: #27 (U.S.)
  • Label(s): Epic Records
  • Singles: Laid to Rest, Now You've Got Something To Die For
File:Lamb of God - Sacrament.jpg
 Sacrament

Live albums

Videography

Music Videos

Members

Former members

  • Abe Spear - Guitar

Video Game Involvement

Lamb of God's song "Laid to Rest" is featured in Guitar Hero II. Lamb of God's song "Black Label" is featured in Tony Hawk's Underground 2. Lamb of God's music can also be found in Babo Violent 2.

Other releases

Chart positions

Year Album U.S. UK Internet Albums Top Canadian Albums
2004 Ashes of the Wake #27 #126 -
2006 Sacrament #8 #89 #11 #14

Wall of Death

Main article: Wall of Death

The wall of death occurs at the beginning of the song "Black Label," usually the last song in the set. The crowd divides to the left & right sides of the floor area, and then on Randy's direction, run wildly towards the other side. This is much more intense than circle pits which are also seen at Lamb of God concerts.

Due to concert-goers getting hurt, and the threat of many lawsuits, Randy Blythe no longer orchestrates the wall of death during "Black Label." But the fans still sometimes do it without being asked to.

Two quicktime videos (6-8mb in size) document the wall of death on the video page of the official Lamb of God website, found here.

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