Lamb Of God
Ashes Of The Wake and Lamb Of God livestreams
Two albums played in their entirety and in sequence, with aplomb.
‘Relentless’ is the only description that fits these two livestream performances from one of the finest metal bands of this era, in which the five-piece play the current self-titled album and 2004’s Ashes Of The Wake in their entirety on two separate nights at the Broadberry in the band’s home town of Richmond, Virginia. And they’re ferociously magnificent.
The first stream has all of the Lamb Of God album in sequence, with scarcely any pause. They clearly understand that playing without an audience requires a different mind-set, and adapt supremely well. Just about the only times frontman Randy Blythe addresses the watching fans directly is when he dedicates Reality Bath to late Power Trip vocalist Riley Gale, and when introducing new song The Death Of Us (recently recorded for the film Bill & Ted Face The Music) during the four-song encore.
A week later, in the same venue the band repeat the format when tearing through 2004’s Ashes Of The Wake, again in sequence. There are no awkward moments of silence, the band are obviously relishing the occasion, and for the three song encore they take us back to 2000’s New American Gospel with purpose and power. Final tune Black Label is towering.
It’s tough for bands to make livestreams work when they’re forced to play without an audience, but Lamb Of God do it inspirationally.