History Music / LambOfGod

* PowerBallad: "Overlord" from ''VII: Sturm und drang'' is a notable example of this trope.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of the time, a solid 9/10. Though some songs go down to 7 or 8,
** ''Burn The Priest'' and ''New American Gospel'' are both a hard 10/solid 11.

* Mark Morton - guitar (1990-1994, 1997-present)

* Willie Adler - guitar (1999-present)

** TheLeader: Chris

** TheBigGuy: John

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Lamb Of God, not to be confused with the nickname of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} that really famous guy with the beard]], is a five-piece metal band from Richmond, Virginia. They are considered the main band of the "New Wave of American Heavy Metal".

* ''Burn The Priest'' (1999) (As Burn The Priest)

--> '''Mark''': I love Randy like a brother, but that doesn't mean we don't have our problems. So if I have to be the one to say something, then I will... And if that means someone's going to have to [[TakeThatMe sing a lyric about themselves]], [[ShapedLikeItself then they're gonna sing a lyric about themselves]].

* DeathMetal: Some of their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_the_Priest_%28album%29 early]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_American_Gospel albums]] qualifies as death metal, if TheOtherWiki is to be believed.

Lamb Of God, not to be confused with the nickname of [[{{Jesus}} that really famous guy with the beard]], is a five-piece metal band from Richmond, Virginia. They are considered the main band of the "New Wave of American Heavy Metal".

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Bassist John Campbell looks to be somewhere in his mid-early 60's because of his distinctive white hair. He's only 42.
** Randy himself looks to be in his early fifties at times. He's only 44.

* OneOfUs: Randy has admitted to being a nerd in his teen years, and is a fan of Main/DungeonsAndDragons.

* InMemoriam: "The Duke" EP is dedicated to a fan that had passed away from leukemia, complete with a charity event surrounding its release.

** Averted completely, finally, Randy having several tracks where he spoke but never sang, with "Insurrection" off ''Resolution''. The song opens with clean vocals before the growl-scream starts. Also, "Overlord" is almost entirely clean sung in the first half. "The Duke" has Randy sing with clean vocals the entire way through.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "The Duke" EP saw them stray from their {{Groove Metal}}/{{Metalcore}}/MelodicDeathMetal hybrid sound to AlternativeMetal on the title track, complete with 85% clean singing. The rest of the tracks are of their usual affair, however.

** TheLeader: John

** TheBigGuy: Chris

* MetalScream: The general vocal style is a type 3, though it's not so much a scream as... well, who the fuck knows. A growl? A shout? What the fuck is it? The fact that Randy can actually put some musical pitch into it doesn't help the discussion. With that said, he does occasionally use actual screams alongside the growl/shout/whatever, and his brief stint as a live fill-in for Cannabis Corpse demonstrated that he's also capable of full-fledged gutturals.

** Averted completely, finally, Randy having several tracks where he spoke but never sang, with "Insurrection" off ''Resolution''. The song opens with clean vocals before the growl-scream starts. Also, "Overlord" is almost entirely clean sung in the first half.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of the time, a solid 9/10. Though some songs go down to 8,

* MetalScream: The general vocal style is a type 3, though it's not so much a scream as... well, who the fuck knows. A growl? A shout? What the fuck is it? The fact that Randy can actually put some musical pitch into it doesn't help the discussion. With that said, he does occasionally use actual screams alongside the growl/shout/whatever.

* {{Expy}}: The video for "Redneck" is similar to Music/{{Meshuggah}}'s video for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ", which featured the band sitting around on their bus air-instrumenting(even the drummer!) and Jens screaming into a pen instead of a microphone. [=LoG=] openly worships Meshuggah, but they took it UpToEleven in their version by being booked to play a little girl's birthday party and having strippers and beer on the bus.

* GrooveMetal: Starting around ''New American Gospel''; their sound slowly became a mix of this, metalcore, and MelodicDeathMetal.

In January 2014, Randy Blythe announced that he would be taking a break from music, and that there would be no new material from the band for quite some time. Drummer Chris Adler later confirmed this in an interview, stating that legal fees incurred from Randy's trial made a serious dent in the band's finances and they were taking an extended break. The break seems to be over as of April 2015, as the band has been posting pictures of their studio gear and talking about an eighth album on Instagram.

* BannedInChina: In 2013, the band was forbidden from playing any shows in Malaysia after a complaint was filed by the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development.

** Averted completely, finally, Randy having several tracks where he spoke but never sang, with "Insurrection" off ''Resolution''. The song opens with clean vocals before the growl-scream starts. Also, "Overlord" is almost entirely clean sung.

** Averted completely, finally, Randy having several tracks where he spoke but never sang, with "Insurrection" off ''Resolution''. The song opens with clean vocals before the growl-scream starts.

* {{Expy}}: In the video for "Redneck", the band members looked suspiciously similar to the members of another groove metal band: Music/{{Meshuggah}}. Randy even resembled Meshuggah frontman Jens Kidman to a great extent. Some scenes in the video appeared similar to Meshuggah's video for "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".
** Justified as [=LoG=] openly worships Meshuggah.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Bassist John Campbell looks to be somewhere in his mid-early 60's because of his distinctive white hair. He's only 41.
** Randy himself looks to be in his early fifties at times. He's only 43.

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* GrooveMetal

* {{Metalcore}}: They have been strongly associated with the genre in the past, and their prominent use of breakdowns should be noted here. However, there are many non-metalcore bands that use breakdowns (Pantera, Slayer, Sepultura, {{Behemoth}}), and metalcore itself is not that breakdown-oriented (being a trait that was [[{{Flanderisation}} flanderised]] when {{deathcore}} came along), frequently having guitar solos as well as breakdowns.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''As the Palaces Burn'' was less Grindcore and more on the GrooveMetal side of their music.

In January 2014, Randy Blythe announced that he would be taking a break from music, and that there would be no new material from the band for quite some time. Drummer Chris Adler later confirmed this in an interview, stating that legal fees incurred from Randy's trial made a serious dent in the band's finances and they were taking an extended break.

* BlackSheepHit: Possibly "Laid to Rest."

* {{Expy}}: In the video for "Redneck", the band members looked suspiciously similar to the members of another groove metal band: Music/{{Meshuggah}}. Randy even resembled Meshuggah frontman Jens Kidman to a great extent.

In early 2014, Randy Blythe announced that he would be taking a break from music, and that there would be no new material from the band for quite some time.

* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Randy
** TheLancer: Mark
** TheBigGuy: John
** TheSmartGuy: Chris
** TheHeart: Willie