As Lamb Of God heads out on the road supporting Slayer on that band\u2019s farewell world tour, they\u2019ve unleashed an incredible collection of covers released under their original name Burn The Priest in order to celebrate 20 years of being a band. This collection highlights the band\u2019s roots and eccentricities in a neat little 40 minute package that actually contains some of the best songs of the year. <\/p>\n
Opening track and first single \u201cInherit The Earth\u201d by Seattle hardcore veterans the Accused is one of the band\u2019s best songs ever. It features great riffs, excellent musicianship, and is a real tribute to a band that most people outside of hardcore circles might not know at all. This is fantastic (and a great way to screw with neighbors). <\/p>\n
Big Black\u2019s \u201cKerosene\u201d is an interesting one, with very simple riffs but which gives Randy\u2019s vocal chords a bit of a breather. It\u2019s definitely a song that grows on the listener after many repeats and is a very much a welcome detour for the band. Melvins\u2019 \u201cHoney Bucket\u201d again shows off their musicianship, which is way above most other metal bands around. A song this complex and all over the place also gives the band a chance to show off their more relaxed side. <\/p>\n
Bad Brains\u2019 \u201cI Against I\u201d is one of the strongest tracks here and one that deserves infinite repeats. Randy\u2019s diehard love of the band comes across loud and clear, and this is key to be able to introduce the Brains to a brand new audience. S.O.D.\u2019s \u201cKill Yourself\u201d is a song I had completely forgotten about, but this version brought it right back to the foreground. It\u2019s just a goof and shows that a band as serious as Lamb Of God knows how to have fun. <\/p>\n
\u201cAxis Rot\u201d by a previously unknown punk band and Agnostic Front\u2019s \u201cOne Voice\u201d are the only real duds here, as neither of them have enough power to carry through to the end. The latter would\u2019ve been better suited as a B-side, but we\u2019ll take what we can get. <\/p>\n
\u201cJesus Built My Hotrod\u201d is just funny, a piss take on the Ministry \u201cclassic\u201d and showcasing the fact that this band doesn\u2019t always take itself so seriously. Randy\u2019s no Gibby Haynes, but the homage is there and you can\u2019t miss it. The band even add two more minutes to this already insane \u201890s jam. <\/p>\n
The real eye-opener of the disc is Quicksand\u2019s \u201cDine Alone.\u201d Randy actually sings the damn thing and the music taking a downturn is quite the shock, but I dig it. It\u2019s very good and should allow people to discover a great band like Quicksand if they haven\u2019t already. <\/p>\n
All in all, this is one of the best covers album to come from a major artist in quite some time. In the end, this record really shows how diverse and unique a band like Lamb of God is, not just to the metal community but to music in general. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10179],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45307","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-burn-the-priest","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45307"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}