![]() ![]() All parties involved have remained quiet about the exact circumstances surrounding Adler's departure - with the most pointed information coming from the drummer himself in an October 2019 Facebook post. Then in July of the following year, the band - Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler (who's also Chris' brother), and bassist John Campbell - issued a brief statement announcing Cruz would permanently replace Adler. In 2018, Lamb of God recruited touring drummer Art Cruz (Winds of Plague, Prong) to take over live duties for Adler while he was recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Most visibly, it's the first album without founding drummer Chris Adler, who performed on all seven previous Lamb of God releases, as well as their two albums as Burn the Priest (1999's self-titled and the 2018 covers record Legion: XX). Over the past two decades they've risen to the top of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal class, earning multiple Grammy nominations, Gold records and legions of worldwide fans along the way.īut the new self-titled record does mark a couple of firsts for the band. This winning formula of headbanging think-pieces has served them well. Stretching back to their 2000 debut, New American Gospel, the Richmond crew have paired their ferocious, technically stunning metal with scathing sociopolitical commentary and intense self-reflection on topics ranging from police brutality ("O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E") and the Iraq war ( Ashes of the Wake) to unchecked music-industry egos ("Redneck") and Blythe's own 2012 ordeal of imprisonment, trial and acquittal of manslaughter charges in Prague ("512"). Tackling topical issues and confronting human nature's darker side is not new for Lamb of God. ![]() That's me talking to Randy because I was going fucking nuts." That's not me being pedantic and preaching at people. "'Memento Mori' is about waking up: 'Wake up, wake up, wake up!' And that's me talking to myself. ![]() "You can't live in the media because it's going to drive you nuts," he says. In light of the current news frenzy, Blythe points to the themes of opener "Memento Mori." He explains the song was born out of his own obsessive newsfeed monitoring and realization that regular disconnection is crucial to his mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Video of Lamb of God - New Colossal Hate (Official Lyric Video)īlythe is in town to discuss his long-running Virginia band's new and eighth record, Lamb of God - a powerhouse 10-song collection of gnarly groove metal on which the singer drills down into a range of issues that plague modern society: from mass shootings, xenophobia and the opioid epidemic to vacuous consumer culture and impending ecological destruction. ![]()
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