Year : 2026 (Japan Edition)
Style : Groove Metal , Metalcore
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 121 mb
Bio:
Lamb of God (sometimes abbreviated as LoG)is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994 (as Burn the Priest), the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler. The band are considered a significant member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement.Since their formation, Lamb of God has released eight studio albums (including one released as "Burn the Priest"), one live album, one compilation album and three DVDs. The band's cumulative sales equal almost two million in the United States. In 2010 and 2011 the band received Grammy nominations for songs from their 2009 album Wrath. Lamb of God has toured with the Ozzfest twice and appeared on Slayer's The Unholy Alliance Tour in 2006. Other appearances include Download Festival and Sonisphere Festival in the UK, Soundwave Festival, Mayhem Festival 2010 and Gigantour. From 2008 to 2010 they toured as part of Metallica's World Magnetic Tour.
Album:
Japan edition with 2 bonus tracks.Into Oblivion is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Lamb of God.It was released on March 13, 2026 through Century Media Records and Epic Records.With just over 25 years now in the rearview, or more than 30 if counting their formative years in the mid to late 90s under the moniker Burn The Priest, Virginian natives Lamb Of God have seemingly explored the furthest extremes of America’s post-80s metal landscape. Often credited as the outfit to carry the groove-oriented style pioneered by Pantera and Exhorder into the 20th century and make it more palpable to the punk sensibilities of the concurrent metalcore scene explosion, they’ve never been one to pull their punches in terms of both sonic and lyrical heaviness, leaving few topics untouched while adding a more kinetic, thrashing character to the stylistic template first codified by the aforementioned bands’ 1992 offerings in Vulgar Display Of Power and The Law respectively. Now 10 full length studio albums deep into their career, their latest entry Into Oblivion finds a band sticking close to their stylistic home while still managing a few surprises here and there.Sticking to a highly concise and methodical approach to songwriting, this quintet dishes out an auditory smorgasbord of bite-sized crushers that falls mostly in line with where things have been since original drummer Chris Adler’s exodus from the fold and the release of the 2020 eponymous album. For his third go behind the kit in the studio, Art Cruz proves just as formidable as his predecessor in making an explosive ruckus and gelling seamlessly with bassist John Campbell’s dark thuds to form a truly colossal foundation. The guitar duo of Mark Morton and Willie Adler remain a highly effective pair of killing machines in the riff department, delivering one crushing pass after the next in the same spirit as Dimebag Darrel Abbott with a healthy side order of Bay Area thrash stylings, the former also serving up numerous fits of bluesy shredding to further complement an already highly kinetic arrangement. But the impresario at the center of it all, namely vocalist Randy Blythe, continues to steal the show with his overwhelmingly aggressive growls and shrieks in true berserker fashion.While the individual performances of this evenly yoked union of seasoned veterans’ amount to a veritable force of nature, the anthems of fury and discontent that they weave strike a surprisingly disciplined and methodical tone. The opening trifecta of neck-destroying power to kick things off artfully blur the lines between this band’s obvious 90s groove metal roots and the more rapid fire style normally associated with the likes of Testament, Exodus and Death Angel. Be it the generally fast-paced and harsh opening foray of the album’s title entry “Into Oblivion”, the blazing rage of “Parasocial Christ” or the sludgy crawl turned frenzied thrashing mayhem of “Sepsis”, there is a continual balance of 90s southern punch and 2000s Bay Area revivalism at play. Other similarly ferocious shots across the bow like “The Killing Floor” and “St. Catherine’s Wheel” follow the same scheme in a slightly more drawn out and elaborate fashion, with Campbell’s bass work being especially auspicious one the latter and Morton delivers one of his flashier solos about a minute before its conclusion.Though compared to some of the more expansive opuses during their middle era this is a more streamlined undertaking, Into Oblivion is pretty far from a one-dimensional musical affair. Amid all of the cynical and shout-steeped sonic carnage stands a dreary fit of balladry with an occasional bite in “El Vacio” that sees Blythe explore cleaner, crooning territory, while the guitar tapestry painted by Morton and Adler takes on a far more nuanced and haunting tone, culminating in a sort of 2020s answer to Pantera’s “This Love”. On the other end of the spectrum, the hyper-kinetic riff machine “Bully” sees the technical chops of the aforementioned guitar duo shine extra bright at every groove-thrashing turn; ditto the slightly shorter closing hurrah “Devise/Destroy”. But insofar as coup de grace moments, both in terms of musical execution and ear worm hooks, the difference is split between the mid-paced groove with enough cowbell to sate Christopher Walken via “A Thousand Years”, channeling some obvious The Great Southern Trendkill vibes, and the crushing thrasher with a menacing edge “Blunt Force Blues”.Into Oblivion is one of those albums that check all the obligatory boxes for what one looks for in a textbook Lamb Of God album. In many ways it channels the same spirit of unmitigated fire and fury through a controlled lens that first put this fold on the mid-2000s map with Ashes Of The Wake, though it ultimately plays things a bit safe in the innovation department and largely winds up in the solid territory that was the 2020 self-title album and 2022’s Omens. It’s a well-rounded listen that lends itself well to being heard from beginning to end without need of the skip button, yet one can’t help but come away feeling that they’ve heard something that’s very good rather than something life-changing. To the uninitiated it might come off as a less pretty version of what typified metalcore in the mid-2000s, but to those who have been riding this groove train since said time period, this is business as usual, even though what passes for business as usual with Lamb Of God’s name on it seems to be anything but that.
Line-Up:
Randy Blythe - Vocals (1999-present) - See also: ex-Burn the Priest, Halo of Locusts, ex-Cannabis Corpse (live), ex-The Kris Norris Projekt
Mark Morton - Guitars (1999-present) - See also: ex-Killing Cycle, ex-Burn the Priest, Born of the Storm, Corntooth, ex-Axis, ex-Fatty Love, ex-Hgual, ex-Nascar Drag
Willie Adler - Guitars (1999-present) - See also: ex-Burn the Priest, ex-El Tigre
John Campbell - Bass (1999-present) - See also: ex-Burn the Priest, ex-Fatty Love, ex-RPG
Art Cruz - Drums (2019-present) - See also: Mark Morton (live), ex-Prong, ex-Winds of Plague, ex-Enthral, ex-Azusa
Production:
Recorded At – Total Access Recording Studios
Distributed By – Epic Records
A&R – Ezekiel Lewis
A&R [A&R Admin] – Francesca Grassi
A&R [A&R Label Relations] – Bekah Connolly
A&R [A&R Operations] – Vivian Yohannes
Art Direction – K3n Adams
Artwork [Art By], Design [Design By] – K3N
Artwork [Production Artist] – Goldie Gareza
Booking [Agent] – Sound Talent Group, Tim Borror
Creative Director – Tina Ibañez
Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Drums] – Will Beasley
Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Vocals] – Steve Ornest
Engineer [Engineered By] – Josh Wilbur, Kyle McAulay
Keyboards [Keys By], Programmed By [Programing By], Sound Designer [Sound Design By] – Josh Wilbur, Willie Adler
Legal – Adam Mandell, Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan
Management [Business Affairs] – Angela McMonagle, Audrey Jackson (4), Eric Taylor (18), Laura Kozel
Management [Worldwide Management] – 5B Artist Management
Marketing – Victoria Huber
Marketing [Digital Marketing] – Jonathan Ayaz
Mastered By – Josh Wilbur
Other [Release Planning] – Dominick Stragapede, Maximillion Sholl
Producer [Produced By], Mixed By – Josh Wilbur
Public Relations [Publicity (UK)] – Cosa Nostra*, Kirsten Sprinks
Public Relations [Publicity (US)] – Monica Seide-Evenson*, Speakeasy PR
Public Relations [Publicity] – Derek Sherron
Written-By – Lamb Of God
Tracklist:
01. Into Oblivion (03:34)
02. Parasocial Christ (03:20)
03. Sepsis (03:38)
04. The Killing Floor (04:16)
05. El Vacio (04:17)
06. St. Catherine's Wheel (04:05)
07. Blunt Force Blues (04:11)
08. Bully (04:13)
09. A Thousand Years (03:53)
10. Devise / Destroy (03:49)
11. Wire (03:35) (Bonus Track)
12. Children of the Grave (04:47) (Bonus Track)
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