Let's start at the beginning, aka why I am making this post... I got up today, and much like any other Sunday where I happen to be off work, I decided to pull up YouTube on the living room TV and queue up whatever music videos I had on my mind for my family to jam out to. We are all fervent metalheads, even my 2.5 yr old son, and like any other red blooded metal lovers from the southeast portion of the United States, we love some Lamb of God. I searched Lamb of God, and lo and behold, one of the top results was a video I didnt know existed which was a live performance style music vid for the song Desolation. (Highly recommend the vid if you havent seen it) Seeing this video and listening to this song got me thinking... I sincerely LOVE the Resolution album, it's easily in my personal top 3, and I feel like I can make a valid argument for it being objectively in their top 5 as far as songwriting goes. Just a fucking incredible album. And yet I dont think I'm going out on a limb when I say it is easily their least discussed from the Chris Adler era. My question to you guys is...
What the fuck? Why not? Any theories? Any context I may not be remembering that explains why this album didnt seem to make an impact on the fanbase or their live set over time? I know they toured for the album and did a couple music videos, but man I feel like this album is just beyond interesting. Possibly their most dynamic offering when you sit and listen to the whole thing. I just wanna know what everyone thinks about it regardless of any of that though.
What are your favorites from the album? What are the best deep cuts from the album? What are your favorites that they did actually play live back during that era? Why was this album lost to time?
Personally, I absolutely loved a lot of the obscure tracks, even tho the singles were absolute heaters. I love the thrash and groove of The Undertow. The Number Six was a bit of a foray into prog territory, and I thought they did a fucking great job on that. Love the song. Cheated was a freaking speedball in song form, still jam that one pretty regularly. And the album closer "King Me" is one of their most incredible songs in my opinion.. a very raw and vulnerable offering from Randy Blythe about the iron grip alcohol had on him and the resultant darkness in his life. That song gives me chills to this day
Anyway, sound off if ya feel like it, otherwise thanks for reading and have a sick day, long live LoG, even if I still romanticize the Chris Adler days.. which, who can blame me, right?