LAMB OF GOD

REFLECT ON RICHMOND ROOTS WITH VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE BLUNT FORCE BLUES

NEW ALBUM INTO OBLIVION DUE 13 MARCH

PRE-ORDER LP HERE

BLUNT FORCE BLUES  WATCH HERE

As Into Oblivion explores a world of flux, LAMB OF GOD turn inward with Blunt Force Blues, reaching back to their Richmond origins and the local music community that shaped them. The track serves as the final preview of the band’s forthcoming album on 13 March via Century Media / Epic Records.

Vocalist Randy Blythe reflects on their formative years on the new single: “We learned how to play by watching and hanging out with other dudes. That’s what we aspired to do – to keep up with good local bands. They were just as much an influence on us as any of the bigger bands from different cities.”

For guitarist Mark Morton, the song speaks to the perspective they’ve gained over the course of the band’s 25+ year career: “For me, the album is about having the space to breathe creatively and not feeling like we have to keep up with any trend or expectation. It feels nice to be untethered from any agenda beyond rallying around the notion of, ‘Let’s just make music that we think is cool,’ which is really where it all started.”

PHOTO CREDIT: TRAVIS SHINN

In the months leading up to the album, the metal veterans released a trio of blistering singles that offered listeners a taster of the album’s range. Sepsis, the band’s first new song since 2022, paid homage to the early 90s Richmond, Virginia underground scene, with Consequence noting the song’s fresh approach, saying “Morton’s riffs are bruising at this slower pace,” adding that Blythe bellows “like a heavy metal Nick Cave”. Parasocial Christ followed, evoking classic Lamb Of God with a three-minute onslaught that Revolver magazine dubbed an “anti-tech thrasher”. Most recently it was the title track Into Oblivion, which Metal Hammer deemed “ferocious” and Brooklyn Vegan called “as much of a gut punch as you would hope from Lamb Of God”.

Produced and mixed by longtime studio collaborator Josh Wilbur, Into Oblivion was recorded across multiple locations tied closely to the band’s identity. Drums were tracked in Richmond, with guitars and bass recorded at Morton’s home studio. Blythe recorded his vocals at the legendary Total Access studio in Redondo Beach, California, the birthplace of seminal punk records by Black Flag, Husker Du and Descendents. 

Album pre-orders – including remaining limited-edition vinyl variants; a collectible Into Oblivion CD with limited edition zine featuring album art sketches, handwritten lyrics and never-before-seen studio photos; and various album-themed merchandise items – are available now from: 

https://shop.lamb-of-god.com/collections/into-oblivion

INTO OBLIVION | TRACKLIST

• Into Oblivion

• Parasocial Christ

• Sepsis

• The Killing Floor

• El Vacio

• St. Catherine’s Wheel

• Blunt Force Blues

• Bully

• A Thousand Years

• Devise / Destroy

Lamb Of God previously announced a North American tour for March and April, festival appearances throughout the summer in the US and Europe, and their annual five day Headbangers Boat cruise from Miami to the Bahamas on the Norwegian Jewel with an assortment of special guests including GWAR, The Dillinger Escape Plan, In Flames, Zakk Sabbath, The Haunted and many more. 

If a transatlantic trip is pushing the boat too far but you still want to witness the carnage of a live Lamb Of God performance, the quintet headline Bloodstock Festival on Friday 7 August.

ABOUT LAMB OF GOD

Lamb Of God is

Randy Blythe (vocals),

John Campbell (bass),

Mark Morton (guitar),

Willie Adler (guitar) and

Art Cruz (drums).

Formed in 1994, the Richmond, Virginia-based band has released nine critically acclaimed albums, received five GRAMMY Award nominations, sold over 3 million albums, packed arenas around the world and accumulated over one billion streams and counting. Lamb Of God’s most recent album, Omens in 2022, marked their sixth consecutive album to debut in the Top 15 of the Billboard 200. Kerrang! noted that the album finds the band as “reliably heavy, violent and pissed off as ever” and Consequence said, “the album will break you down to nihilistic pieces”.

https://www.lamb-of-god.com/