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Lamb Of God - Resolution After touring on Wrath for a couple years and becoming best buds with the dudes in Metallica, it’s fair to say that if The Big 4 were hazing new recruits for their fraternity, Lamb Of God would be the ones who slept on the porch for the last week of nights and is ready to be inducted. The band have always maintained a blunt brutality in their delivery, an aggression like if Metallica had released Master Of Puppets four times in a row, and an excitement in fans that based on the overall hugeness of Lamb Of God now, is self evident. I’m always excited for a new LOG album based on how generally consistent the band is, and how they’ve managed to get even better as time goes on, a feat that even the biggest metal bands seem to have a hard time wrapping their Lulu sized egos around. Resolution is the first time however, that I’ve thought about the ever opposing question to bands like Lamb Of God, and that is relevancy, or in LOG’s case…redundancy. I don’t know where it is, but I imagine I have a limit to how many chugging, thrashy riffs, squarely delivered drum patterns and throaty howls I can actually take, and if Lamb Of God’s steady delivery of said elements will eventually lead to them hitting the wall. If you haven’t already thought the band haven’t hit the point of retread, Resolution might push you. They carry over their usual themes of the redundancy of war, betrayal, dishonor, being punched in the face and kicked in the throat, it’s hard to imagine a new direction for them lyrically without going into Cannibal Corpse gore-filled territory. All of that said, Resolution is one of the most intense albums Lamb of God have ever recorded. It’s minus the instantly engaging chorus lines from songs like Walk With Me In Hell or Laid To Rest, but Randy Blythe sure as shit didn’t get lazy. He pushes extra hard on this outing to make every verse, chorus, interlude, and creepy spoken word bits sound even more intense then ever. That alone could have been the sole ingredient to making a great record, any band that’s been in it as long as Lamb Of God has that shows that they’re not going to let their foot off your throat in terms of overall aggression gets top honors from me. The band themselves show an increased immersion, their sound has really tightened up. One thing I’ve always liked about past records but I’m sure some could take a swipe at it is the blocky nature of their old work. Very much verse-chorus-verse, where there’s no bleeding of riffs in between. Resolution shows off some sweet interplay, like a sweet little jazz inspired breakdown on the song The Number 6, and their seamless integration of string arrangements on the closer King Me is a style of evolution that the band pulls off effortlessly. This is the band that metal deserves, after everything from straight mediocre output to the downright embarrassing from bands that we still consider legend, Lamb Of God I have to say, total stomped on my expectations again and delivered an album that’s just as devastating as and completely original from all of their past work. Arbitrary Score: 8.5
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