Sacrament - Lamb of God

Being a huge fan of Lamb Of God i knew that this album was going to be something definitely worth investing in for the fourth time i was not disappointed. A lot of people hate on L.O.G mainly based on listening to a track or two but if you want the real feel of what this band has to offer i have to say that this album would be the one i would recommend. Vocally i have to say that its all getting a bit repetitive but time after time i am handed a chorus tha just send a shiver down my spine. Musically i have never heard a band play so well together, they are VERY tight in terms of timing and in 4 albums worth of music i haven't heard a single off note. The guitar riffs are ...  Read the complete review

Lamb of God is exactly the sort of band I'm usually inclined to hate, for cheapening the metal genre with hardcore influences and all that other rubbish. I was a bit disappointed to realise that their popular 2006 album 'Sacrament' is actually pretty good, certainly a hell of a lot better than the albums I'd previously heard where the drumming style was indistinguishable from a CD skipping. Lamb of God would still be classed as metalcore, but there's enough of a groove metal foundation to keep this appealing to metal fans, replete with guitar solos and heavy riffs. The over-the-top hostility of the vocals is annoying, especially in the pointlessly sweary ...  Read the complete review

The most recent album to come out of one of the most commercialised metal bands at the moment. Sacrament boasts the same lamb of god trademarks as the album's predessecors such as "Ashes of the Wake" and "As the Palaces Burn". The bands overall production and sound quality seems to have improved from album to album but in my opinion, which seems to be highly controversial between my group of metalhead mates, is that this ISN'T the best album to emerge from the riff writing fingers of Willie Adler and Mark Morton. There are some definite memorable tracks on this album such as "Redneck" which has some cracking catchy aggressive ...  Read the complete review