Randy Blythe is an excellent lyricist, poetically speaking.

while he takes massive pages out of Metallica’s book (common use of vernacular turns of phrase, somewhat blunt but very poignant political messages), he has a unique and distinct use of language, especially on Ashes of the Wake (which i beleive to be a masterpiece from start to finish: the slow second half is stronger than the singles if you take the time to digest the songs thoroughly. they are dense, but filled with character).

in answer to your question “Who listens to Lamb of God for poetic lyrics?” I do. or did. And i miss them. I’ve written term papers on Blythe’s unique poetic style and sharp wit in poetry classes at a fairly prestigious college and received high marks. he was a great poetic man as well as a brilliant vocalist. I want the old Randy back.

if you want a more in depth diagnosis of precisely HOW poetically viable Randy’s Lyrics are, i’ll be happy to oblige, just email me, or comment on my comment.

-HMK at EMP

the people who write on these pages cant be guitar players “singers” bass players or drummers. and if you are, you all need to stop playing for the sake of yourselves. this album is fucking insane yea it may have a shity part in it or two. but it is FAST and HEAVEY as hell. the drums are fucking recockulos and randys vocals are huge.

I would advise looking into more or less every Death Metal band since the dawning of metal. Cause chances are they wipe the floor with ANYTHING LoG has ever done guitar wise.

Finally, a review that I can agree with! Wrath is by far LoG’s weakest album and I am an honest fan.

In my opinion I doubt they will ever top Ashes Of The Wake. They are becoming more and more dull with each release.

Ashes is by far my LEAST favorite album of theirs. Hell, I even like Sacrament better than that garbage. Laid to Rest is the only song even halfway worth a shit on that album.

That being said I enjoyed Wrath the first couple times I listened to it. Now I pretty much just listen to Reclamation then skip to the next album on my mp3 player. Wrath is actually a very boring album much like Ashes ironically enough. The only way that I can even differentiate most of the songs on Wrath from each other is where the clean guitar parts are on the album. Other than that everything else is just kind of blah. Not very impressed with their progression. As the Palaces Burn I believe is always going to be their best album.

In my opinion I doubt they will ever top Ashes Of The Wake. They are becoming more and more dull with each release.

They really need to take their time with the next release, LoG used to be all about the ripping guitars, now it’s just the same boring riffs over and over.

In my eyes the deed is done and they have alienated me as a fan. I doubt they will ever put out another decent metal album.