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Lamb of God Information
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'Lamb of God' is a five-piece thrash metal band from Richmond, Virginia, USA with elements of progressive and death metal in their music.
Biography
Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell formed the band in 1990 at Virginia Commonwealth University where they were floor mates. Morton left to pursue a master's degree, so a new guitarist, Abe Spear, was found. Randy Blythe was added on vocals when the band decided to retire from its instrumental sound. At this point in their career they were known as Burn the Priest. Morton re-joined the group and Burn the Priest released a self titled full length album soon after. Abe then left the band which opened a place for Chris Adler's brother, Willie Adler. A year after Willie Adler joined the band changed its name to Lamb of God and they signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records.
Lamb of God combines the raw energy and speed of thrash metal with the growling vocals of the death metal genre.
The band's style is generally considered a mix hybrid of thrash metal with death metal overtones. Their lyrical themes tend to cover politics and capitalism ("As the Palaces Burn"), American history ("In Defense of Our Good Name"), war ("Ashes of the Wake"), religion ("Ruin"), substance abuse ("11th Hour"), and other topics.
Discography
Studio releases
*Sevens and More - (1998 released under the name Burn the Priest)
*Burn The Priest - (1999 released under the name Burn the Priest)
*New American Gospel - (2000)
*As the Palaces Burn - (2003)
*Ashes of the Wake - (2004)
*Killadelphia - (Live, 2005) (NOTE: This is a separate release from the DVD)
Other releases
*Split With ZED (Split CD, 1996)
*Split With Agents Of Satan (Split CD, 1997)
Videography
*Black Label (Music video, 2000)
*Terror and Hubris (DVD, 2003)
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*11th Hour (Music video, 2004)
*As the Palaces Burn (Music video, 2004)
*Laid to Rest(In Studio) (Music video, 2004)
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*Killadelphia (DVD, 2005)
Line-up
*Randy Blythe - Vocals (1994-)
*Willie Adler - Guitar (1999-)
*Mark Morton - Guitar (1990-)
*John Campbell - Bass (1990-)
*Chris Adler - Drums (1990-)
Former members
*Abe Spear - Guitar (1994-1999)
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