Lamb of God ready new album

Virginia metal-based quintet Lamb of God are set to release new album ‘Sacrament' on August 21st through Sony BMG.

The follow-up to 2004's critically acclaimed ‘Ashes of the Wake' was once again produced by legendary knob-twiddler Machine (White Zombie, Bloodsimple, Every Time I Die) and is set to contain 11 tracks of relentless and face-melting metal. Guitarist Mark Morton comments:

"The music's influenced by what the five of us are listening to, what we're writing about, the context in which we're writing, our lives and our experiences. We made a deliberate effort not to be so politically motivated this time. We still care about and think about those things, but at this point, creatively, we wanted to step out of that for a moment, and address some other things. So the lyrics are more introspective and more personal, and I think just about anybody will relate to them. Not everybody pays attention to the war or politics."

The album's lead single ‘Redneck' is currently available for streaming at www.sacrament2006.com along with several sneak-peak clips which can be found by moving the ouija around the board once the track has finished. A music video for the cut is nearing completion and will begin airing in the coming weeks.

Lamb of God will hit UK shores in October as part of the ‘Unholy Alliance' tour. Also on the bill are Slayer, In Flames, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed.

Dates are as follows:

Oct 30 2006 - Cardiff Arena
Nov 01 2006 - Birmingham NEC
Nov 02 2006 - Glasgow SECC
Nov 03 2006 - Manchester MEN Arena
Nov 05 2006 - Dublin Point Theatre
Nov 19 2006 - London Brixton Academy
Nov 20 2006 - London Brixton Academy

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