Sacrament [Clean]

• Artist: Lamb of God
• Rating:
• Release Date: August 22, 2006
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Virginia metalcore kings Lamb of God get personal on the blistering Sacrament, an 11-track onslaught of machine gun riffs and larynx-shredding vocals filtered through an immaculately mapped-out rhythm section that owes as much to progressive rock as it does traditional heavy metal. Producer Machine, who helped craft 2004's Ashes of the Wake into one of the best metal records of the year, has returned, tightening his wrench and experimenting on Randy Blythe's voice like a fever-mad scientist. Longtime fans will no doubt debate the virtues of Sacrament's commercial bullet, the scathing White Zombie-meets-Megadeth single "Redneck," but the rest of the album is as brutal as anything they've ever done. Melodic opener "Walk with Me in Hell" culls inspiration from Piece of Mind-era Iron Maiden, "Pathetic" wraps itself around a sinewy lead that sounds like a snake swallowing dinner, and "Blacken the Cursed Sun," easily one of the best metal songs of 2006, shows further evidence of the band's potential to become the American version of Opeth. If Sacrament suffers from anything, it's a pounding sense of sameness. They rarely stray from the "Drop D" tuning, resulting in a second half that tends to blur, shake, and sputter out a bit, but there's no denying Lamb of God's almost unnerving power to conjure wind from the tiniest of stereo speakers. [This is the clean edition of the album.] ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Walk with Me in Hell	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(5:11)
Again We Rise	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(4:30)
Redneck	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(3:40)
Pathetic	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(4:31)
Foot to the Throat	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(3:13)
Descending	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(3:35)
Blacken the Cursed Sun	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(5:28)
Forgotten (Lost Angels)	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(3:05)
Requiem	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(4:11)
More Time to Kill	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(3:37)
Beating on Death's Door	Lamb of God	Lamb of God	(5:07)

Credits

Jeremy Miller (Assistant), Larry Mazer (Management), Brian Hoffa (Assistant), Vlado Meller (Mastering), Josh Wilbur (Digital Editing), Josh Wilbur (Guitar Engineer), Josh Wilbur (Drum Engineering), Tamra Feldman (Management), D. Randall Blythe (Group Member), Willie Adler (Group Member), Chris Adler (Group Member), Mark Morton (Group Member), Ian Whalen (Guitar Engineer), John Campbell (Group Member), Jim Feeney (Engineer), Jim Feeney (Assistant), Richard Stoltz (Digital Editing)