Sacrament (Album)
Occupation
- Vocals: Randy Blythe
- Guitar: Willie Adler
- Guitar: Mark Morton
- Bass: John Campbell
- Drums: Chris Adler
Sacrament is the fifth studio album by the American Metal-/Groove-Metal-Band Lamb of God. It was released on 13 October 2006 by Epic Records and reached number eight in the U.S. album charts. The song " Redneck " was nominated performance at the Grammy Awards in the Best Metal category.
Formation
The making of the album was accompanied by major problems. While the musicians were not progressing with the writing of new songs, singer Randy Blythe suffered from writer 's block. On top of that Blythe drank too much alcohol. The musicians set themselves the goal to simplify the songs without losing the progressive approaches. The texts are in contrast to the two previous albums, As the Palaces Burn and Ashes of the Wake stained less political.
In an interview, explained singer Randy Blythe, that he has dedicated his inner demons while writing the lyrics. Thematically it comes to women, the music business and alcohol addiction. Overall, the band wrote 15 songs, eleven of which were used for the album. It was produced and mixed Sacrament of " Machine". The album was mastered by Brian Gardner and Vlado Miller. For the songs "Redneck " and "Walk with Me in Hell" music videos were filmed.
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Reception
The German magazine Metal Hammer has named Sacrament album of the month. Conny shipbuilders by the German magazine Rock Hard designated Sacrament as one of the " most exhilarating and despite all the stylistic sophistication most uncompromising metal albums of the year " and awarded nine out of ten. Michaela plaster from the online magazine laut.de described the album as " a sacrament that one may receive good cheer ." Michael Hinterholzer by the online magazine metal1.info however, criticized the album shows less detail than Ashes of the Wake and a repeat of the melodic parts of the album too often and missed six out of ten.
Sacrament debuted at number eight of the U.S. album charts and sold in the first week after publication 62,000 times in the United States. From the start of the album into the top ten in the U.S., the musicians, however, were less impressed:
"It does not interest me. I got a call from unsrem management, then I ran into the garden to mow the lawn. "
For the song " Redneck " Lamb of God have been nominated for a Grammy performance in the Best Metal category. These were held on February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. However, the award went to Slayer for the song " Eyes of the Insane ". The other nominated artists were Ministry and Stone Sour.