Lamb of God's follow-up to 2006's exceptionally brutal Sacrament returns the Virginia-based heavy metal outfit to the political soapbox that framed 2004's Ashes of the Wake. While Sacrament positioned itself firmly in the metalcore section of fan playlists, 2009's Wrath wraps itself in a relentless firestorm of Bay Area hrash. Despite a promising, heavily melodic instrumental intro ("The Passing") that fuses Black Album-era Metallica with the sonic artistry of Agalloch, Wrath ultimately descends into a black abyss of atonal riffing, machine-gun drumming, and forgettable lyrics peppered with clichéd metal outrage that stirs up a mighty storm, but no carnage. Wrath's production is as aggressive as ever (thanks to longtime LOG colleague Josh Wilbur), but so is nearly every major label alt/death/black/grindcore release in the 21st century -- all it takes is a few good choruses to separate a band from the herd, something that Lamb of God have done in the past, but not so this time around. The band does occasionally step outside of its comfort zone ("Grace" lives up to its name with some truly inspired early and midsong guitar work, while "Reclamation" mines epic, Sabotage-era Black Sabbath), and there's no denying the sheer "angry basement workout/summer garage weightlifting" potential that Wrath's perfectly acceptable 45-minute running time offers, but without a single hook that sticks around long enough to reel in the fish, all you've got is bait.
Lamb of God are back with their next “epic” release (Jesus I am fucking hilarious…) Wrath. Fanfare in magazines and online, week long devotions on Satellite radio, interviews, itunes samples, etc etc etc. I think it’s safe to say that Lamb of God have turned into heavy metal superstars. Who woulda thunk? I remember listening [...]
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No band has done more for American metal under the Bush years than LAMB OF GOD. For eight years, Virginia's finest upped the ante for modern metal, expressing the rage of a nation over perpetual touring, four outstanding studio albums and previously unthinkable chart success for relatively extreme metal. Now Wrath, the Lamb's latest offering, [...]
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Wrath, Lamb of God's highly anticipated new album, opens with a track entitled "The Passing," which has to be one of the best soft intros ever not written by Metallica in the 80s, before exploding with a typically rockin' riff on the first real song, "In Your Words." It's a rousing start, and one which [...]
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I think I just came up with the stupid taglinge for Lamb of God's new album. Epic, you can make the check payable to MetalSucks. Thanks. ANYWAY, Lamb of God's new album, the imposingly titled Wrath, now has an official release date of February 24, 2009. There's still no track listing. In a statement, drummer/mouthpiece Chris Adler [...]
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Following on from their slaying performance at this year’s inaugural Sonisphere festival, metal aggressors Lamb of God are set to destroy UK towns in February 2010, with a headline tour in support of new album Wrath. Joining them in their mission will be Job For A Cowboy and additional guests to be announced.Tickets are available [...]
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Lamb of God are back with their next “epic” release (Jesus I am fucking hilarious…) Wrath. Fanfare in magazines and online, week long devotions on Satellite radio, interviews, itunes samples, etc etc etc. I think it’s safe to say that Lamb of God have turned into heavy metal superstars. Who woulda thunk? I remember listening [...]
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Lots of you have been emailing us to tell us that Wrath has leaked. Thanks for the memo, but we've had it for weeks, you sillies! In any case, by now those with enough motivation and brianpower to seek out the leaked album have had a chance to listen to and digest the latest from [...]
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Wrath, Lamb of God's highly anticipated new album, opens with a track entitled "The Passing," which has to be one of the best soft intros ever not written by Metallica in the 80s, before exploding with a typically rockin' riff on the first real song, "In Your Words." It's a rousing start, and one which [...]
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No band has done more for American metal under the Bush years than LAMB OF GOD. For eight years, Virginia's finest upped the ante for modern metal, expressing the rage of a nation over perpetual touring, four outstanding studio albums and previously unthinkable chart success for relatively extreme metal. Now Wrath, the Lamb's latest offering, [...]
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| 1 The Passing [Instrumental] |
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| 2 In Your Words |
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| 3 Set to Fail |
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| 4 Contractor |
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| 5 Fake Messiah |
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| 6 Grace |
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| 7 Broken Hands |
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| 8 Dead Seeds |
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| 9 Everything to Nothing |
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| 10 Choke Sermon |
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| 11 Reclamation |
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