Yesterday, it was announced thatLamb Of God have received a Grammy nomination for the track "512" in the Best Metal Performance category! This marks the band's fifth overall Grammy nomination since their inception. "512" is the second single released from the band's latest full-length album,VII: Sturm Und Drang, which scored a #2 first week debut on the Billboard U.S. Top Current Albums chart, #3 on the Top 200, and #1 on both the Rock Album and Hard Rock Album charts.
You can catchLamb Of God on the road this January/February 2016 on their upcoming headline tour featuring support from very special guestsAnthrax, as well as openersDeafheavenandPower Trip. The tour begins January 15[sup]th[/sup]in Pittsburgh, PA. U.S. tour tickets are on sale now.
In addition,Lamb Of God have announced several upcoming festival performances set to take place this spring. See below for all currently confirmed fests and North American tour dates.
Lamb Of God Tour Dates:
2016 U.S. Headline Tour Dates w/ Anthrax, Deafheaven & Power Trip:
1/15 Pittsburgh, PA@ Stage AE (Indoor)
1/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
1/17 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
1/19 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
1/20 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
1/22 Norfolk, VA @ Constant Convocation Center
1/23 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
1/24 Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre
1/26 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
1/28 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
1/29 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
1/30 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
1/31 Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
2/2 Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
2/4 Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
2/5 Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
2/6 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Pavilion
2/8 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
2/9 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
2/11 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
2/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
2016 Spring Festival Dates:
4/30 Fort Myers, FL @ JetBlue Park -Fort Rock
5/1 Jacksonville, FL @ Metropolitan Park -Welcome to Rockville
5/7 Concord, NC @ Charlotte Motor Speedway -Carolina Rebellion
5/13 Council Bluffs, IA @ Westfair Amphitheater -89.7 The River's Rockfest (KIWR)
5/21 or 5/22 Columbus, OH @ MAPFRE Stadium -Rock On The Range(Performance date/time TBA)
About Lamb Of God:
Richmond, VA nativesLamb Of God originally formed in 1994 asBurn The Priestwhile in college together at Virginia Commonwealth University, initially performing in meagre venues and hocking rough demos amongst the local scene. In 1998, the band changed their moniker toLamb Of God, which would mark their impending ascension to top-tier status, as well as one of the only tangible career deviations that the band would ever undertake - having consistently released chart-topper after chart-topper while maintaining a true and constant line-up of members and increasingly growing fanbase; a rarity in modern music. The band's first major release, 2000'sNew American Gospel, was immediately touted as an instant metal classic. AllMusic stated it best,"The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of God's inaugural album. New American Gospel provides a mighty oak upon which gritty American metal's faith is maintained, effectively bridging the '90s' insistence upon drill-sergeant technicality and the old school's determined focus on riff construction."
In 2007, just a short time after putting out monumentally successful releasesAshes of the Wake(Album, 2004, #27 of 200 debut),Killadelphia(DVD, 2004, RIAA Platinum), andSacrament(Album, 2006, #8 of 200 debut),LAMB OF GODwas honored with a Grammy nomination for the track "Redneck". This would mark the first of four Grammy nominations for the band. After the release ofWalk With Me In Hell(DVD, 2008), the second and third Grammy nominations came in 2010 and 2011 for tracks "Set to Fail" and "In Your Words", both cut fromWrath(CD, 2009, #2 of 200 debut). The fourth nomination arrived for the band's track "Ghost Walking", cut from their 2012 albumResolution(CD, #3 of 200 debut). With the release ofVII: Sturm Und Drang, the five-piece have proven their lasting consistency by offering another blistering contribution of the highest quality heavy metal - a record that no one other thanLAMB OF GODcould truly execute.
Having amassed the globe with countless world tours and millions of albums sold, all-the-while overcoming countless hurdles ranging from personal demons to vocalist Randy Blythe's 2013 trial in Prague (which resulted in the acclaimed 2014 full-length feature documentary,As The Palaces Burn,and book,Dark Days: A Memoir, authored by the frontman and released in July),Lamb Of God stands the test of time as the biggest, most influential heavy metal band of the new millennium.
Lamb Of God is Randy Blythe (vocals), Mark Morton (guitar), Willie Adler (guitar), John Campbell (bass), and Chris Adler (drums).
