Released: Jan 24, 2012
Genre: Groove Metal, Metalcore
Label: Epic, Roadrunner
Number Of Tracks: 14
The seventh studio release from Lamb Of God, "Resolution" is another chapter in a great discography by the band. "Resolution" is both musically aggressive and lyrically cerebral and a great listen besides.
ResolutionFeatured review by: UG Team, on january 24, 2012 6 of 11 people found this review helpful
Sound: Lamb Of God has released consistently good material since Randy Blythe joined the group and they changed their name to Lamb Of God from their previous incarnation as instrumental band Burn The Priest. "Resolution" is no different in delivering solid heavy music. Lamb Of God entered the studio in February 2011 to begin recording, once again bringing in Josh Wilbur for mixing and producing (who also worked with the band on "Wrath"). On January 19th, Lamb Of God released an animated music video for the lead single from "Resolution" titled "Ghost Walking", which debuted on Vevo and YouTube which is a very good example of what you can expect from the album. "Resolution" has 14 tracks and clocks in at over 56 minutes, which is almost an ideal length for an album.
Lyrics and Singing: Lamb Of God's lyrics have always used biblical references, criticized politics and society, and attacked organized religion. Some albums have tended to focus on one subject more than another and in "Resolution" the focus seems to be on armageddon and death. If you listen to "Invictus" on the album, the lyrics "Yeah, we're all gonna die/ You brand it a crisis/ I name it an honor/ To face what arises/ To remain unconquered", then this will give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect from a lyrical theme standpoint from "Resolution". My favorite lyrics would have to be the first verse from "Desolation", "Spoken sideways and indirect/ Without a single word left unchecked/ And by your own admission no one is ever above suspicion/ Defenses never to be let down/ The lies readily abound, gaping jaw tightly wound".
Randy Blythe's vocal delivery is impressive throughout the album. I've never been a huge fan of the screaming/demon voice/growled type of vocals that Lamb Of God is known for (okay, maybe it isn't the same as the "demon voice" vocals a lot of black metal bands use, but close enough for me), but you have to respect his skill in going from super low notes to high pitched screeches and his lyrics are still coherent enough to understand. What I look at as a handicap with many metal bands Randy manages to turn into a boon for Lamb Of God, using his voice to express the emotions behind the lyrics. Also, as a thought, I hear a lot of comparisons between Pantera and Lamb Of God and to me the really huge difference is Lamb Of God has a great vocalist/songwriter. // 8
Impression: I was really impressed with "Resolution", as I have enjoyed Lamb Of God's music casually in the past but not really grabbed by any of their previous releases, but this was different for me. My favorite songs from the album are "Ghost Walking", "King Me", and "Desolation". I like that Lamb Of God's music, especially on "Resolution", manages to feel both very aggressive and also cerebral (from a lyrical point of view). My least favorite track would have to be "Straight For The Sun", which starts out very aggressively but then doesn't really feel like there is much movement in the song after that to me. I love the acoustic intros on a few of the new tracks and makes me wonder what an acoustic set from Lamb Of God would sound like – but I'm not holding my breath.
There are a lot of great albums coming out in 2012 and this is one of the earliest to hit the streets, and I'll be spending time with it in the weeks ahead and really becoming more familiar with it. // 8
Resolution
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coreytaylor15, on january 24, 2012 2 of 13 people found this review helpful
Sound: Lamb Of God's new album "Resolution" is just what you would expect from these masters of their craft. Amazing guitar playing, drumming and all topped off with Randy Blythe's fantastic vocals. The album reminds me a lot of LOG's first two albums because of the intensity and ruthless power in this new record. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: I haven't read the lyrics yet but I've been able to hear some of what Blythe's been singing and the sections I've heard fit the music perfectly. He knows when to hit the highs and lows amazingly well so no complaints of his singing at all. // 10
Impression: As I said earlier it's a lot like the first two albums. Very ruthless and powerful. The songs that really make me think "wow" would be, "Desolation", "The Undertow" and "Straight For The Sun". I have to say that I love every bit of this album and nothing has been too bad on this album. // 10
Resolution
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LambOfGod117, on may 10, 2012 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Sound: Much more technical than anything in their past albums, though I think switching to drop C was a bad transition for them. I found the bass to be much more oriented in this album, with multiple bass solos in many songs. Although being slightly softer, it is a new, fantastic sound for Lamb Of God. // 8
Lyrics and Singing: Good Ol' Lamb Of God lyrics. I do enjoy their lyrics in every album. And I personally, (from experience in a Metalcore band), more Metalcore - oriented vocals, as opposed to a thrash sound in their older stuff, which I quite enjoy. This album can be enjoyed by all metal heads and Lamb Of God fans alike. // 9
Impression: Definitely something Very new for Lamb Of God, compared to any of their other work, their is much more technicality in this albums as opposed to a previous sound. To me personally, it seemed to be leaning more towards Metalcore, rather than Thrash. Any real Lamb Of God fan will accept and enjoy the change. I know I sure did. // 8
Resolution
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unregistered, on january 24, 2012 0 of 3 people found this review helpful
Sound: Lamb Of God is widely considered one of the best modern bands, with hit albums like "Ashes Of The Wake" and "Sacrament", some would say that these are such masterpieces that they're not possible to top, that the band should give up now. Well I'm happy to say this is not the case AT ALL with "Resolution"! It seems like Lamb Of God are listening to all of their previous albums, picking them apart and choosing the bits that made them really unique and better than most other modern bands, and improving on those parts while experimenting with new. People who were worried about a "Wrath 2" or an "As The Palaces Burn" failed throwback should not worry, while LoG definitely have a signature sound (which is largely explored here) there will NEVER be a day when Mark Morton or Chris Adler or any of the guys throw up their hands and not produce revolutionary music. From the new 7 string riffs in "Straight To The Sun" to the full orchestra in "King Me", and the circle pit anthem Cheated and the groove ridden "Ghost Walking", this is an album that once again changes everything. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: Randy's vocal talents on previous records were limited to low, medium, and high. Then sacrament came around and he could do a bit more of a range. Then in "Wrath" we had songs like "Set To Fail" and "In Your Words" with a full range of pitches. Now we have a song with clean vocals from him, "Insurrection". While for most of the album he does his signature growl, there are many moments where he experiments with spoken and more of the full pitch range from "Wrath". Lyrics aren't of "Palaces" quality, but they're still brilliant. "Desolation": "A Dying man might take you with him \ until then I'll split the difference \ all that for nothing, what a f--king waste of time \ I'm gonna take what is rightfully mine". // 9
Impression: This album doesn't feel like it was made by a Lamb Of God, this stuff must have come from God himself. This really does feel like a turning point, where the best elements of each of the modern bands are culminated into one album. I can't recommend this enough. If this album was stolen, the only replacement I could think of for it would be Led Zeppelin's "Mothership", or "As The Palaces Burn". The guitar work rivals the work of Brent Hinds from Mastodon, and Nergal from Behemoth. The drums skills leave no one to rival. And the vocals are what ties the whole album together. There is an issue with the tone of the album however, when listened to in one sitting the change of pace comes about 2 songs later than it should. Of course when it does change, it changes in force, in amazing quality. Individually however, the songs shine. Buy it, and you won't look back. // 10
I've had today marked on my calendar for some time now. I'll be heading down to HMV on my lunch break and will promptly proceed to destroy my co-workers when I return.
Ehhh... Gave it a listen, desolation and ghost walking are good tunes, king me was the only song I thought was great though, and the rest of the album sounded recycled and boring.
"Also, as a thought, I hear a lot of comparisons between Pantera and Lamb Of God and to me the really huge difference is Lamb Of God has a great vocalist/songwriter."
Ummmm.....what?
"Also, as a thought, I hear a lot of comparisons between Pantera and Lamb Of God and to me the really huge difference is Lamb Of God has a great vocalist/songwriter."
Ummmm.....what?
Ehhh... Gave it a listen, desolation and ghost walking are good tunes, king me was the only song I thought was great though, and the rest of the album sounded recycled and boring.
this album totally sucks !!! and by sucks i mean it rocks harder than anything i have ever heard!!! oh my lamb of god is single handedly keeping metal alive!!!!! L.O.G.
Lamb Of God are kind of like geniuses at writing low tuned riffs with two guitars
The lowest they go is Dropped D flat.
Either way, I've heard half of it now and I'm actually pretty impressed. Straight For the Sun blew me away.
I haven't listened to the whole album, but "Straight for the Sun" is in B (whether dropped or on a 7-string, I don't know). But otherwise, yeah you're correct.
So far, I'm really liking it. It'll be some time before I decide where it fits in the discography of how great it is, but I'm glad they took what was good in their backlog and refined it.
this album totally sucks !!! and by sucks i mean it rocks harder than anything i have ever heard!!! oh my lamb of god is single handedly If you think that, check Down, Phil Anselmo, Kirk Windstein, Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower and Pat Bruders.
Straight-up Heavy Metal.
This album takes a big ol' Taco Bell shit on Sacrament and Wrath. It's a perfect amalgamation of everything they've done musically. I'm thoroughly impressed with every track and everything is well written down to the last note.
This album is a way better version of Wrath. I keep waiting for a return to the Ashes of the Wake sound, but I think I'm just going to have to get over that. Regardless, this album will kick the shit out of you.
Maybe I can be a fan of glamourized groove metal, but this band is still completely foreign to me, I hear good riffs and so on, but it just never clicks with my head. Maybe I'm just bored of all their songs having the exact same tonality and feel, or maybe I'm bored of the blurred and numerous use of the blues scale on the lowest D string. But I've only finished the first song and I'm already bored to death.
This album is a way better version of Wrath. I keep waiting for a return to the Ashes of the Wake sound, but I think I'm just going to have to get over that. Regardless, this album will kick the shit out of you.
i can;t pick a favourite so when i listen to it i go in order, i love all the songs honestly, i like how you can tell they played 2 or 3 songs with out stopping the recorder, thats cool.
Ehhh... Gave it a listen, desolation and ghost walking are good tunes, king me was the only song I thought was great though, and the rest of the album sounded recycled and boring.
This.
Oh UG... I get downvoted, but the guy who quotes me and says nothing but "This" gets upvoted...
Ehhh... Gave it a listen, desolation and ghost walking are good tunes, king me was the only song I thought was great though, and the rest of the album sounded recycled and boring.
This.
Oh UG... I get downvoted, but the guy who quotes me and says nothing but "This" gets upvoted...
there you go. i upvoted you just to make you happy
This album is a way better version of Wrath. I keep waiting for a return to the Ashes of the Wake sound, but I think I'm just going to have to get over that. Regardless, this album will kick the shit out of you.
Agreed. Ashes is just a masterpeice.
I kinda wish randy would change his vocals back to likes it was on ashes, its growing on me, some really good tracks
Been listening to the album all day. I think The Undertow is my favorite song but that will change. On twitter Mark said Willie wrote that song. 10 out of 10 from me.
i absolutely love this album! the main thing i was wanting to hear was Randy's cleans on insurrection, and i love them. i cant wait to see these guys live in anchorage on march 9th!
I didn't mind that review until he took the needless stab at Phil. Seriously? He's one of Randy's idols, hence the comparisons. I don't write a review saying "many compare Trivium's sound to the sound of Metallica, the difference being that herp derp I like Trivium better", because that would be stupid.
awesome record. i had a few suprises while listening, like randy singing in insurrection. and the chorus in king me. heavy album, great way to kick off 2012
Finally just got it yesterday and I love it. The vocal range resembles Wrath, and there's a few riffs here and there that I find similar, but for the most part, I find Resolution to resemble Sacrament and Ashes of the Wake most. Sacrament is one of my all time favorite albums, and just a masterpiece so I love that they went back to that more. Everytime I hear the drum bit at the end of Straight From The Sun, I get chills. So sick. And then the intro of Desolation reminds me of a mix between Redneck and Black Label and it's just perfect.
In my opinion, Wrath is the most brutal album ever by Lamb of God but Resolution is still good too, reminds me the heavier version of Sacrament go on pick this up, it's worth it. It's Lamb of God guys! ****ing Lamb of God!!! I
Bought this two days ago along with Thirt3en and this album make 13 feel like a complete joke! I really wished I bought 13 when it came out in November, maybe then I would of liked it but I made the terrible mistake of buying it at the same time as. LOG album! \m/ \m/
Shor-T Zero wrote on 01/24/2012 - 01:55 pm / quote |
SkepsisMetal wrote:
Lamb Of God are kind of like geniuses at writing low tuned riffs with two guitars
The lowest they go is Dropped D flat.
Either way, I've heard half of it now and I'm actually pretty impressed. Straight For the Sun blew me away.
I haven't listened to the whole album, but "Straight for the Sun" is in B (whether dropped or on a 7-string, I don't know). But otherwise, yeah you're correct.
Broken Hands has one guitar in standard D flat, and the other in drop B
Where did you see a suggestion that palaces was a failure?
Also:
'If this album was stolen, the only replacement I could think of for it would be Led Zeppelin's "Mothership", or "As The Palaces Burn"'
Also, as a thought, I hear a lot of comparisons between Pantera and Lamb Of God and to me the really huge difference is Lamb Of God has a great vocalist/songwriter.
Utter crap man...I've listened to all albums of both lamb of god as well as Pantera and Phil's versatility coupled with his range clearly surpasses Randy's
That aside..love the new album.. been a fan of LoG since New American Gospel days..new album goes on the lines raw sound of Wrath..\m/\m/
Maybe I can be a fan of glamourized groove metal, but this band is still completely foreign to me, I hear good riffs and so on, but it just never clicks with my head. Maybe I'm just bored of all their songs having the exact same tonality and feel, or maybe I'm bored of the blurred and numerous use of the blues scale on the lowest D string. But I've only finished the first song and I'm already bored to death.
in fact there's no more D string... it's tuned in drop C#.....
I think this album is more industrial and less death/groove/thrash metal ¿u know?... nevertheless is an excellent album but it's far from becoming the best although the sound is outstanding. We the L.O.G. "old-school" fans gotta admit that 'Wrath' was the beginning of a 'more worldwide and easy-listen' Lamb of God music, and RESOLUTION is a sample of that.
Visitation kills me every time. favorite song on this album. Randy's vocals in general are amazing on this album. his progression even from the holy "ashes of the wake" album is amazing, he is so much better now
Visitation kills me every time. favorite song on this album. Randy's vocals in general are amazing on this album. his progression even from the holy "ashes of the wake" album is amazing, he is so much better now
I think it's 50/50 when it comes to his progression and the post-production. Both are benchmarks now-a-day for Metal Vocals (screams/roars/screeches/etc.)
Lamb Of God are kind of like geniuses at writing low tuned riffs with two guitars
The lowest they go is Dropped D flat.
Either way, I've heard half of it now and I'm actually pretty impressed. Straight For the Sun blew me away.
Sorry to say it, but the opening track, Straight For The Sun, is in drop B. Great album, but I'm leaning towards the idea that the band are tuning lower again so as not to sound stale.
Lamb Of God are kind of like geniuses at writing low tuned riffs with two guitars
The lowest they go is Dropped D flat.
Either way, I've heard half of it now and I'm actually pretty impressed. Straight For the Sun blew me away.
Sorry to say it, but the opening track, Straight For The Sun, is in drop B. Great album, but I'm leaning towards the idea that the band are tuning lower again so as not to sound stale.
Burn the priest were not a instrumental band. i know this because i have the album when they were known by that name, and Randy was the vocalist then, as with all the albums. I think all LOG's albums are awesome, in terms of progression there isnt that much between albums, but they're always brutal, punch to the face music, with meaningful lyrics. and resolution for me is LOG at their very best, some people find it boring, i find it another reason to headbang to within a inch of my life once again! they're as good now as they've ever been - thats my opinion anyway!
The record they did release under the name Burn the Priest did have Blythe on vocals, yes. But before they included Blythe, BTP was purely instrumental.
