"Sacrament" + DVD = 4.627 stars.
Busby | Villa Rica, GA, USA | 03/22/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"when "sacrament" first hit the shelves, like many a Lamb of God fan, i lovingly threw down the cash needed to procure a copy of it.
i put it on, listened to it, enjoyed it to a degree, but (to be blunt) was still WAY too in love with the sound of "Ashes..." to be able to truly appreciate just how awesome this record is on its own, man. (hence the waiting so long to write a review.)
you absolutely can't go wrong with this little jem of awesomeness, man, and while the price of the "bonus DVD" version is a considerable increase from the "disc only" release, dude, i promise, it's WORTH IT!
the "bonus" is no mere 15 miunte behind-the-scenes-and-a-couple-videos thrown-in-'cause-why-not kind of thing, man. it's a 'round about 90 freakin' minute "what we did after we released 'killadelphia' within and outside Lamb Of God" documentary, man, that i thought was just freakin' rad, man. (though some of the ridiculous in-studio antics of producer machine made me want to kill myself a few times.)
one of the coolest chunks of the dvd is the internal debate over mark morton's "nouveau metale" (sp), which eventually became "descending". just interesting to see the in-house division over what seems to have become THE hot-button debate song among many fans, man. (and just in case you were wondering, i myself belong to the "'descending' is AWESOME!" camp.)
overall, "Sacrament" alone is just plain righteous, man, but with the extra goody (that is WELL worthy of being called such) it's just out of sight. enjoy!!!"
Words can't express........
Divine Chaos | The World of Heavy Metal!! | 01/19/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Words can't express how f***ing amazing this album is, it is just straight up one the best heavy metal albums in the last ten years. It is put together so cleanly and damn near flawlessly, that every song is golden and untouchable. Lamb of God is actually one of my top ten favorite bands of all. Every album they've made tops the previous one, and they're all mind blowinly great. And i am sure they'll continue to create aweosme music. I jsut can't wait to hear they're "Wrath" album in the next few months."