YES! Lamb Of God soon to be back in the UK!

[Matt_C]

For those of you amongst us that are fans, LoG are back in the UK in Feb, headlinging the Defenders Of The Faith show @ The Brixton Academy in London!

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?reg...d&event=288413

Fantastic! Saw them last year sometime (supporting Heaven & Hell) at Wembley and they are truly and AWESOME band, and fantastic live!!!!

Can't wait for this!

[aphex232]

amazing!!! i will be in attendance at the manchester academy on the friday!

[Matt_C]

I am so excited I might even book tickets for Manchester aswell - even tho I live next to London! LOL

[Matt_C]

God-DAMN I love Lamb of God!

[aphex232]

i like your style!

[karkus30]

I want to like them.......the reviews of their live performances are amazing! I just cant quite seem to gel with the music........just another angry band with monster vocals is my first thoughts and I just cant get beyond that.

[Matt_C]

See I differ wildly from that view - the vocals are my least favourite part, but any other vocal style just wouldn't work anyway. But the music is astounding - it's "metal" enough to keep the non-muso's happy, and it's "progressive" enough to keep the technical fans happy - and they just have the perfect balance between downright violent, and intericate and "educated" playing - if you follow what I mean...

From a drummers point of view (mine) then Chris Adler alone is worth listening to. The guy is one of the best drummers to hit the metal scene for ages - probably, IMO, the most exciting drummer since Mike Portnoy, Gene Hoglan, Raymond Herrera, or even way back to Dave Lombardo! The guitarists are VERY VERY good at what they do, and way better, both technically and musically, than 90% of the other "death/shouty/growly/speed" metal bands out there. To me, they are probably the best metal band to emerge in the last 10 years

[karkus30]

Originally Posted by Matt_C

See I differ wildly from that view - the vocals are my least favourite part, but any other vocal style just wouldn't work anyway. But the music is astounding - it's "metal" enough to keep the non-muso's happy, and it's "progressive" enough to keep the technical fans happy - and they just have the perfect balance between downright violent, and intericate and "educated" playing - if you follow what I mean...

From a drummers point of view (mine) then Chris Adler alone is worth listening to. The guy is one of the best drummers to hit the metal scene for ages - probably, IMO, the most exciting drummer since Mike Portnoy, Gene Hoglan, Raymond Herrera, or even way back to Dave Lombardo! The guitarists are VERY VERY good at what they do, and way better, both technically and musically, than 90% of the other "death/shouty/growly/speed" metal bands out there. To me, they are probably the best metal band to emerge in the last 10 years

Right thats helping a bit and Chris Adler is very good. Best album to cut my teeth on ? I know Sacrament is always recommended, but is Ahes a better bet ?

Matt as your a drummer.........have you had a listen to Jojo Mayer ??

[Matt_C]

Originally Posted by karkus30

Right thats helping a bit and Chris Adler is very good. Best album to cut my teeth on ? I know Sacrament is always recommended, but is Ahes a better bet ?

Matt as your a drummer.........have you had a listen to Jojo Mayer ??

Yes, seen Jojo a few times! Very fine drummer indeed

Sacrament is a fantastic record but I still think ashes is still the best (IMO) - specifically Hourglass, Laid To Rest and Now You Have Something To Die For...

[aphex232]

Originally Posted by karkus30

I want to like them.......the reviews of their live performances are amazing! I just cant quite seem to gel with the music........just another angry band with monster vocals is my first thoughts and I just cant get beyond that.

if you appreciate technical ability then im suprised LoG dont interest you, what they play is really hard to play (trust me i cover "redneck")

[heathen666]

Damn, Lamb of God and Overkill on back to back weekends, I'm going to be a mess!!!

[karkus30]

Originally Posted by aphex232

if you appreciate technical ability then im suprised LoG dont interest you, what they play is really hard to play (trust me i cover "redneck")

Thats the point, they do interest me but everytime I have tried to get into them the vocals have put me off. I have loads of music by monster vocalists and cant quite get over the ......not another one, boredom factor.......it's like having mustard with everything you eat. I like mustard, but after a while it gets annoying and I just want some brown sauce. Trouble is that I have never enjoyed those monster vocals and have just put up with them for the sake of the music, it's almost too much trouble to get through.


and they ruined that little girls Birthday party

[Matt_C]

Originally Posted by karkus30

Thats the point, they do interest me but everytime I have tried to get into them the vocals have put me off. I have loads of music by monster vocalists and cant quite get over the ......not another one, boredom factor.......it's like having mustard with everything you eat. I like mustard, but after a while it gets annoying and I just want some brown sauce. Trouble is that I have never enjoyed those monster vocals and have just put up with them for the sake of the music, it's almost too much trouble to get through.


and they ruined that little girls Birthday party

What are you talking about? She LOVED it! Did you not see her great big smile at the end?

[heathen666]

And if you're free the following Saturday.. how about:

PRIEST FEAST featuring Judas Priest, Megadeth and Testament comes to Wembley Arena: 21 February 2009

Shame it's Wembley Arena, $"£"ing hate that place with a passion.

[Matt_C]

Yeah I just got an email from Wembley newletter thing about that - must admit I am very tempted! Caught 'Deth recently and they were back on FINE form, not got a lot of Testament stuff, but what I do have I quite like, and I've never seen the Priest!