Nothing has been posted for a month so I thought I would type a album review. Enjoy. In 2004 Lamb of God released Ashes of the Wake one of the must brutal and pure metal albums to come out in a very long time. Nobody could think that it could be beaten, but in 2006 Sacrament was released and there was once again a new stronger, better sounding Lamb of God then before. 2009 rolls around and Wrath is released. Our review after the jump.
Wrath is not really progressing that much further, the band has done in previous albums and has taken a left turn for a new surprising twist on what we know of previous work. This time the band is looking for a more gritty, garage band like album.(Not that is sounds anything like a 'Garage Band", But it is definitely not as "Epic" as their previous album Sacrament. I will say that there are times where the album goes into a mesmerizing climax into pure metal heaven...or should I say hell, but It also has the catchy sing-a-long single Set to Fail just like Sacrament has its Redneck.
The problem with Wrath is that is has a lot of potential, but is fails to put it all together in a Complete absorbing metal album. That’s not say it's not good. It's hard to compare it to other Lamb of God albums, but to compare with other "metal" albums it's a great head banging achievement. A new twist to Wrath is its acoustic parts to songs. Not included on every track but definitely used some of the time. Much like Metallica's Black Album, Lamb of God decided to experiment. They used the acoustic bits in a very good way not making a whole song unplugged, but adding it to beginnings and endings of songs then starting the mayhem with Electric guitar, drums, screaming,etc... It makes a great buildup to songs and makes the rest of the track sound extra heavy.
Some parts of the album definitely have taken some material from the old school days of Burn the Priest and by mixing it with current sounding Lamb of God makes it a really amazing hybrid of Brutally heavy Burn the Priest and the melodic precision from Lamb of God.
I could go on and on about the album, but if your a metal head reading this review you probably stopped reading around the first paragraph and are just interested in a score so that’s a wrap.
