"Wrath could just be the best Lamb of God album to date"

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9/10

1. The Passing
2. In Your Words
3. Set to Fail Watch the video!
4. Contractor
5. Fake Messiah
6. Grace
7. Broken Hands
8. Dead Seeds
9. Everything to Nothing
10. Choke Sermon
11. Reclamation

Lamb of God is a band that needs no introduction. They are one of the most popular metal bands in the world today. Their thrash/modern metal/deathcore sound has made them a regular on metal shows such as Headbangers Ball.

While Lamb of God’s music has in the past been a pissed off attack at religious and political issues, the new album Wrath seems to be more of an alcohol and testosterone covered satire of life. Musically this album is just so much…(for lack of a better word)… dirtier, than anything they have ever put out in the past. This album is much more of a thrash album than their earlier deathcore material. There are points in the album that it reminds me of Superjoint Ritual. The riffing even seems to have a little bit a southern twang sneaking in (not Maylene and the Sons of Disaster southern, but more like Pantera).

Wrath is full of crushing and groovy guitar riffs, (if you liked the riffing in “Redneck” off the last album you are going to love this one), some great solos and lead parts too. They even added in some acoustic guitar on the tracks “Grace”, “Reclamation” and “The Passing”. The drumming, while still using the ultra tight snare that make LOG so easy to identify, on this album (to steal a line from one of the vocalist I jam with) “is going off”. The vocals are still the same intense harsh vocals we have come to expect from Lamb of God, but on this album they have added group vocals and screams that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. On this album they have also taken steps to adding melody to their songs, …. well baby steps at least.

The album starts with the track “The Passing” which is an instrumental track that warms you up for the @**whoopin’ that is to come. The next track “In Your Words” gives you the first listen to their new dirty sound. Then it is the single “Set to Fail”, which most everybody in the metal world has been already jamming to. Other great songs are “Grace” which brings back the soft guitars. My favorite track “Broken Hands” which is a definite mosh starter. “Dead Seeds” and “Everything to Nothing” are both great tracks too. The final regular track is “Reclamation” which I can best describe as “murder you in the woods” music, and if you have the copy with the bonus track “We Die Alone” then you are in for a treat.

Wrath could just be the best Lamb of God album to date, I really enjoyed listening to this one.

ROCK ON!!!!

Links

Lamb of God on Myspace
Lamb of God's official website
Buy the album

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