SACRAMENT (ALBUM)

'''Sacrament''' is the fourth studio album from the American metal band Lamb of God. Released on August 22, 2006, ''Sacrament'' debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 charts. [1]
The album was the top selling metal album of 2006 and received the award of album of the year from Revolver Magazine. This was the second Lamb of God album (As the Palaces Burn, 2003) awarded album of the year.

Contents

Song Meanings

Critical reaction

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Notes

Song Meanings

Frontman Randy Blythe told Ultimate-guitar.com about several of the songs' meanings.
'Redneck:' "Generally, it's not about any one person in particular. It's about people in the music industry whose egos become needlessly inflated and they show it. It's a general song. It's applicable to anyone in their life. If a fan thinks, "Oh, well, this guy is a prick," go ahead and take it and make it yours."
'Forgotten (Lost Angels):' "The song is about specifically music industry people in Los Angeles. They're a bunch of fucking scumbags who are self-important, with inflated egos. They think the world revolves around them."
'More Time To Kill:' "Someone in particular that I really don't like. It's entirely literal. You can read the lyrics and they're exactly what they say. It's this guy I really, really, really dislike, and could give a fuck less if he disappeared. Go fuck off and die. It actually pisses me off that the dude has pissed me off bad enough to write about him. But he doesn't know it's about him. That song also I'm worried that I'm like, "Oh, I'm devoting this energy to it." And then I was like reading it and I was like, "Wow, man! Everybody has somebody they don't like." So that fans can take this and make it their own. That's what it's all about, on this record particularly for me, lyrically. It's kind of taking things and making them so they could be generally applicable to anyone's lives. That way the fan feels a sense of connection with the music."
'Beating On Death's Door:' "It's an amalgamation of my experience with several different people who dance with the needle and how pathetic and self-serving it is."

Critical reaction

The album has been met with generally positive reviews from critics, with Kerrang! comparing it to Slayer's Reign in Blood album and Metal Hammer comparing it to Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power album.

Track listing

#"Walk with Me in Hell" – 5:11
#"Again We Rise" – 4:30
#"Redneck" – 3:41
#"Pathetic" – 4:31
#"Foot to the Throat" – 3:13
#"Descending" – 3:35
#"Blacken the Cursed Sun" – 5:28
#"Forgotten (Lost Angels)" – 3:05
#"Requiem" – 4:10
#"More Time to Kill" – 3:36
#"Beating on Death's Door" – 5:06
A bonus ''Sacrament'' EP from XM Satellite Radio studio sessions includes the following tracks:
#"Laid to Rest" (Live)
#"Now You've Got Something to Die For" (Live)
#"Omerta" (Live)

Notes

★ A music video was produced for "Redneck", and can be viewed here. The song received a nomination for ''Best Metal Performance'' at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.^[1]

★ This is the first album that contains a different font for the album title to the logo.

★ The deluxe edition of the album includes a bonus DVD with two videos for the track "Redneck" and a 2+ hour making of the album itself, along with an easter egg video segment entitled "Go Karts". The DVD was produced by High Roller Studios and directed by Doug Spangenberg, the same director from Lamb of God's ''Killadelphia'' DVD.

★ A bonus 3 track EP from an XM Satellite Radio broadcast in 2004 was packaged with the enhanced version in some Best Buy stores.

★ An edited version of the album was released in both the original and deluxe packages. It removed profanity from the songs that featured it.

★ The song "Bike Scene" by Taking Back Sunday was mislabeled as "Walk With Me in Hell" and distributed as such on P2P file sharing services prior to the album's release.

Personnel

★ Randy Blythe – Vocals

★ Mark Morton – Guitar

★ Willie Adler – Guitar

★ John Campbell – Bass

★ Chris Adler – Drums

Notes

1. Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net; last accessed December 7, 2006.