(October 2025) Episode 687 is LAMB OF GOD. They are considered among the vanguard of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal of the late 1990s and 2000s. As such, their music is an amalgam of thrash, death and hardcore metal that transcends efforts to confine them to a category. Throat-screamed vocals (with relative lyrical clarity), speed and groove are prominent features, with the technical precision of an expert clockmaker. Always powerful, never boring. This episode includes the two albums released as BURN THE PRIEST.
Favorite album: Wrath
Favorite song: Sepsis
Compared to expectations: ↑
Recommendation: There’s not a bad album in the lot. Their first album, the eponymously-named Burn the Priest, is a good place to start.
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