Lamb Of God New American Gospel CD

Additional Tracks

Lamb Of God: Will Adler, Duane (guitar); D. Randall Blythe (vocals); Chris Adler (drums); John Campbell (bass).
Producers: Steve Austin, Chris Adler, Lamb Of God.
Recorded at Austin Enterprises, Clinton, Massachusettes on April 15 & 22, 2000.
Lamb of God: D.J. Randall (vocals); Duane, Willie Adler (guitar); John Campbell (bass instrument); Chris Adler (drums).
The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of God's inaugural album (though they had issued a disc under the name Burn the Priest). A veritable cornucopia of double picking and double-kick drumming, New American Gospel provides a mighty oak upon which gritty American metal's faith is maintained, effectively bridging the '90s' insistence upon drill-sergeant technicality and the old school's determined focus on riff construction. Both kick and snare beats are as insistent as pneumatic drilling, and beyond that, they are diamond-precise, riveted flawlessly into place by Steve Austin's Today Is the Day drum-heavy production. Lamb of God plays a brand of heavy -- emphasis on heavy -- metal not unlike Meshuggah having jettisoned some of their mathematical insistence. What elevates this Richmond, VA, quintet's assault above the majority of modern metal is the attention given to constructing definite melody and complete songs; this is a creative act who generally is subordinated by most metallers to the pursuit of heaviness. Lamb of God does both tastefully in the proper balance. [New American Gospel was reissued in 2006 with five bonus tracks.] ~ Patrick Kennedy

CMJ (10/16/00, p.35) - "...Leaning towards the dark side...this is grindcore and death metal for the hardcore kids..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.50) - "[T]his album is dawn for the most brutally aggressive band since Pantera."
NME (Magazine) (10/28/00, p.40) - 8 out of 10 - "...Harks back to the days when Slayer ruled the kingdom of metal with speedy riffs and nihilism....the sound is ferocious..."