Lamb Of God – The Ashes Of The Wake
Author: Alan Wierdak
At the forefront of the upcoming forces in American heavy metal, hardworking Virginians Lamb of God recently released their 4th full length, Ashes Of The Wake worldwide. Driven by the current political situation, the band has remained in their full intense form, bringing a timeless aggressive musical onslaught to listeners everywhere. Criticized with a lacking coherence and poor production from their 1st two releases after the change from their previous Burn The Priest moniker, Ashes Of The Wake is a refined metal machine, with no symptoms of the poor production plague. This album takes the upsides of both New American Gospel and As The Palaces Burn with a new, more melodic sense. Fortunately, this newly found melody doesn’t involve the cleanly sung choruses and constant acoustic breakdowns that are too commonly found in today’s music, as Lamb Of God’s melody is found more so along the lines of dual guitar harmonizing, found in “Hourglass”. Any and all changes made between As The Palaces Burn and Ashes of The Wake should be considered improvements as all key elements that make them Lamb Of God are still intact, with improved production and their new found melody. Randy Blythe’s screams continue to get a little higher with each album, and his vocal range continues to lengthen, and he seems to hold his screams much longer on Ashes Of The Wake more than New American Gospel and As The Palaces Burn. Improved production, and song writing, make Ashes Of The Wake a force so strong, it had better not hit Florida.
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