Lamb of God

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band which is currently signed to Roadrunner records. They formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1994. They initially formed as the band Burn the Priest but renamed themselves after one album.

The band consists of 5 members- John Campbell (bass), Willie Adler (rhythm guitar), Mark Morton (lead guitar), Chris Adler (drums) and Randy Blythe (vocals).
They have released 6 albums and 3 live DVDs. Their debut album was the self titled album "Burn the Priest" which was recorded and published in 1999. Due to being banned from playing at a number of venues due to their name they renamed to Lamb of God.

Sporting their new name and a record contract they released the album "New American Gospel" in September 2000 and it received some favorable reviews and sold moderately well.

In May of 2003 the band released their third album titled "As the Palaces Burn" and the album was a tremendous success. It is widely regarded as their breakthrough album and was praised by Rolling Stone, Metal Storm and won album of the year from Metal Hammer, Revolver Magazine, and Guitar Magazine.

It was on tour in support of "As the Palaces Burn" album that Lamb of God filmed their first live DVD which was entitled "Terror and Hubris". This DVD was released in 2003 and was a large hit.

Lamb of God released their 4th album, "Ashes of the Wake", in August 2004 and it was highly successful in regards to both reviews and sales. It won album of the year again from several prestigious music and rock sites and publications.

Their music video from Ashes of the Wake for the song "Now You've Got Something To Die For" was awarded best music video of the year for 2004 and toured for two years to support their album.

In August of 2006 after much anticipation Lamb of God released their fifth album entitled "Sacrament" which doubled the sales of all previous albums and is one of the most critically acclaimed metal albums of all time. I highly recommend buying this one, you won't be disappointed.

It was on tour in support of "Sacrament" that they filmed their second live DVD and documentary "Walk With Me in Hell". I highly recommend purchasing this DVD if you are a fan as it contains 5 hours of concert footage. This includes their spectacular performance at Download Festival in England to a crowd of more than 100,000 people.

After three years of touring Lamb of God returned to the studio and on February 23, 2009 their sixth and latest album was released, entitled "Wrath". This album received mostly positive reviews from critics but the fan response was excellent and as such this album outsold "Sacrament".

They have become one of the world's most successful heavy metal bands, selling well over 2, 000,000 albums. They are currently on tour in support of their Wrath album and are playing a number of huge shows with metal superstars Metallica as well. In the past they have played with the likes of: Machine Head, Children of Bodom, God Forbid, Slayer, Mastodon, DevilDriver, Megadeth and Shadow's Fall.

While they may be one of the better known metal bands I recommend you give them a listen or purchase one of their more popular albums if you have not heard of them before. You can check them out at their official site below, which offers merchandise, tour dates, band news and information as well as it allows for streaming of their videos.

Official Band Site: http://www.lamb-of-god.com/

Below are two of my favorite songs you can check out:

Walk With Me In Hell


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