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LAMB OF GOD's self-titled album has had its release date pushed back to June 19 from the previously announced May 8.
The band announced the date change in a press release earlier today.
LAMB OF GOD said: "Regrettably, we have to announce that the release date for our upcoming self-titled album is being moved five weeks, to June 19th.
"We're in extraordinary times due to the current global reality and the delay of shipments of all-but essential goods needed in the fight against COVID-19. After talks with our labels, there is no other option than to delay the release so that fans who pre-ordered the album can receive the record they paid for.
"We appreciate your patience during these times — a global pandemic is not something people in the music industry usually take into account when scheduling album releases, but as you know, this thing has affected everyone across the board, and we are no exception. We will, however, be releasing a new song,
'New Colossal Hate', this Thursday, April 23rd and plan to release a 4th song from the album before the full album is released in June.
"Thank you for your understanding.
"Wash your damn hands, let us know what you think of the new tunes, and see you on the road sometime!"
"Lamb Of God" will be released via
Epic Records in the U.S. and
Nuclear Blast Records in Europe. The follow-up to
"VII: Sturm Und Drang" marks
LAMB OF GOD's first recordings with
Art Cruz, who joined the band last July as the replacement for the group's founding drummer,
Chris Adler.
"Lamb Of God" was recorded with longtime producer
Josh Wilbur (
KORN,
MEGADETH,
GOJIRA,
TRIVIUM) and includes special guest appearances by
Jamey Jasta (
HATEBREED) and
Chuck Billy (
TESTAMENT).
Regarding
LAMB OF GOD's decision to make the new album a self-titled effort, singer
Randy Blythe said: "Putting only our name on it is a statement. This is
LAMB OF GOD. Here and now."
"Lamb Of God" track listing:
01.
Memento Mori
02.
Checkmate
03.
Gears
04.
Reality Bath
05.
New Colossal Hate
06.
Resurrection Man
07.
Poison Dream (feat. Jamey Jasta)
08.
Routes (feat. Chuck Billy)
09.
Bloodshot Eyes
10.
On The Hook
On the topic of the guest appearances on the new
LAMB OF GOD album,
Blythe told U.K.'s
TotalRock Radio: "On one song, I have my friend
Jamey Jasta [
HATEBREED], on a song called
'Poison Dream', that he did guest vocals on. I've been really good friends with him for years, and the guys in
HATEBREED — some of my dearest friends. Both my guitar player
Mark Morton and I have both have done stuff on
Jamey's solo records, and for a while, I've been, like, 'I wanna get
Jamey on a song.' And it's about environmental pollution by chemical factories and so forth, which both
Jamey and I have lived in areas where there's been a lot of pollution in the waters. So I reached out to him — I heard a certain part of the song I wanted him to be on — and he was totally down. It's just family for us. And there's another song called
'Routes' that
Chuck Billy from
TESTAMENT is on, and that was inspired by my trip to Sandy Rock, North Dakota during the #NoDAPL pipeline movement, which was a Native [American]-led movement, so it was important for me to have a Native voice on that. And
Chuck Billy happens to be a gigantic Pomo Indian from California, so he was really down to do that. I'm just really pleased he was able to do that… He did a great job on the record, and so did
Jamey. And I'm really pleased we got this done before this whole fucking pandemic happened. At least we got a record in the can."
LAMB OF GOD's previously announced spring 2020 European tour with
KREATOR and
POWER TRIP has been postponed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
LAMB OF GOD still hopes to launch a North American tour with
MEGADETH,
TRIVIUM and
IN FLAMES on June 12 in Bristow, Virginia, pending the containment of the disease. Dates are scheduled through November 13 in Reno, Nevada.