![]() Your flock will only stick around and pray at your shrine if they have a place to sleep, a full tummy and a clean environment, so building up your village to create a somewhat acceptable place to live is the first order of business. Obviously you accept, and your life as a cult leader begins.Īny good cult leader knows that you need to look after your devoted followers, and you’ll spend a lot of your time in Cult of the Lamb doing just that. If you agree to start a cult in his name he’ll grant you the powers you need to take down the baddies about to slice off your head. Fortunately for our fluffy protagonist a mysterious chained entity known as The One Who Waits has a plan in mind. I doubt I’ll be in charge of a cult any time soon though, so I guess Cult of the Lamb will have to do.Īs a poor innocent lamb on the way to be sacrificed to four ancient gods, life isn’t looking great for you. ![]() Okay sure ruining the lives of people for your own benefit is a bad thing to do, but having an army of loyal minions to help with the washing up and make me feel important would be pretty great. Ghost Cult makes a small commission on a sale.So it’s probably not a great thing to admit, but I can definitely see the appeal of being a cult leader. And while Lamb of God may never again quite reach the heights of the standards they set on As the Palaces Burn and Ashes of the Wake, arguably their finest works, Omens remains stands tall as a solid addition to their catalogue. Notably the guitar work is absolutely superb throughout, Lamb of God have always been known for their outstanding riffs, and on Omens there are some cracking examples with the groove-heavy chorus of ‘Greyscale’, and on the rolling chorus of ‘Gomorrah’ where the production on the tone is sublimely crisp. ‘Ditch’ is sure to be a new live favourite with its huge sing-a-long chorus of, “Down down in a ditch, that you built yourself … You can live or die, by the hand you’re dealt” On ‘Denial Mechanism’, the guys channel the aggression of pure old school hardcore in a way that is going to get the pit circling in fury, while Morton gives his whammy bar a good thrashing on the solo. Elsewhere, we are treated to flashes of thrash, such as on ‘Vanishing ’ which features some pulsating lead guitar work, very early Megadeth -esq with Blythe providing some tortuous sounding screams towards the end. On other groove heavy tracks such as ‘To the Grave’, ‘ Omens ’ and ‘III Designs’, Lamb of God sound like they’re making an album that would have slotted easily into the latter works of Pantera, with Blythe certainly sounding not unlike a prime Phil Anselmo throughout patches of the record. Opening with a chugging riff on ‘Nevermore’, Randy Blythe’s spoken word vocals as the track gets going remind me of Iggy Pop’s intro on White Zombie ’s classic ‘Black Thunder’ from La Sexorcisto – Devil Musi Vol.1, before he belts out the chorus, masterfully flipping vocal styles, while the technically impressive riffing of guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler are straight out of the 1990s school of metal. And they continue to do it very well, without going anywhere near ripping up their well-established rule book. ![]() The band finds themselves in somewhat of a purple patch right now, with Omens ( Epic Records/Nuclear Blast) landing hot on the tail of their self-titled effort released in 2020, following a five-year gap since VII: Sturm und Drang (2015), pretty much doing everything you would expect from Lamb of God right now. Since the name change at the beginning of the millennium, Lamb of God have proven themselves as one of the premier contemporary metal bands, progressing from their earlier more death metal style, into the kings of modern groove metal, which has seen multiple Grammy nominations and some almighty tours including this year’s monster outing with Megadeth, Trivium and In Flames, which they are about to follow up with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Baroness, Spiritbox and Suicide Silence in support. And the Virginia natives have found a winning formula with their sound, which has been honed over nearly thirty years since they began life as Burn The Priest. ![]() At this stage in their career, Lamb of God can pretty much do what they want, when they want. ![]()
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