In a latest interview with Tom Robbins of the And Now The Band podcast, bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virgina metallers LAMB OF GOD, who performed their remaining live performance of 2024 on October 30 aboard the Headbangers Boat cruise, was requested if there may be some new LAMB OF GOD music within the works. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “That is kind of what it’s. We simply wrapped up, with the boat, our tour cycle. And now it is time to catch our breath and begin engaged on new stuff.”
When Robbins famous that “everybody is worked up” concerning the prospect of latest LAMB OF GOD music, Campbell mentioned: “Nicely, do not maintain your breath, ‘trigger it is gonna take a while.”
After Robbins opined that LAMB OF GOD‘s songs comply with a particular method, John concurred. “We undoubtedly have a course of,” he mentioned. “We undoubtedly have a approach of doing what we do. And I do not assume that is a slight in any approach, form or kind. We have gotten fairly good at it. And we write music that I completely like to carry out. And I think about myself extremely fortunate to have the ability to be a part of this band and do what we do.”
He added: “There’s so many proficient folks on the market. The luck offers the alternatives, however then you need to do, with these alternatives, one thing that strikes you ahead in a optimistic approach, with extra luck coming in. However there’s an entire lot of luck concerned.”
This previous summer season, LAMB OF GOD accomplished its “Ashes Of Leviathan” co-headlining tour with MASTODON. The trek, dubbed “Ashes Of Leviathan”, additionally featured openers KERRY KING and MALEVOLENCE.
“Ashes Of Leviathan” celebrated the twentieth anniversary of LAMB OF GOD‘s “Ashes Of The Wake” and MASTODON‘s “Leviathan” albums, each of which have been launched on the identical date in 2004 (August 31).
On August 30, Epic Information and Legacy Recordings marked the two-decade anniversary of “Ashes Of Leviathan” with “Ashes Of The Wake (twentieth Anniversary Version)”, that includes new mixes by Justin Ok Broadrick (GODFLESH, JESU),HEALTH and KUBLAI KHAN TX and MALEVOLENCE, in addition to demo and stay variations of the album’s traditional songs.
LAMB OF GOD is Randy Blythe (vocals),John Campbell (bass),Mark Morton (guitar),Willie Adler (guitar) and Artwork Cruz (drums). Fashioned in 1994, the Richmond, Virginia-based band have launched 9 critically acclaimed albums, obtained 5 Grammy Award nominations and are extensively thought to be one of the influential and progressive forces in heavy music. The band’s most up-to-date assortment, “Omens”, arrived in late 2022, with Kerrang! noting that the album finds the band “as reliably heavy, violent, and pissed off as ever,” and Consequence saying the “album will break you all the way down to nihilistic items.”
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