Kingcrimsonprog Wrath is Lamb of God's sixth full length studio album. Picking up where Sacrament left off and adding a lot more speed, some more acoustic bits here and there and a lot of straight up metal riffs, the album is a triumph from beginning to end.

Randy's incredible vocals are particularly strong on this new album, in fact he has never sounded better as he Shouts, Screams or Talks (in that creepy Phil Anselmo way) his way through the album with many more voices and sounds than on previous albums. The lyrics are similarly stronger than on previous releases in addition to the vocal patterns being some of the strongest the band have had to date making this album Randy's tour de force.

The production is also superb, the guitar tone is the perfect mixture of clarity and heaviness, the drums are all audible and professional and all the vocals and instruments just gel perfectly.

Lamb of God may be espoused by the kind of people who overuse the word `Brutal,' and Journalists who like to uses phrases like `Guitars that melt your face off,' or `Listening to this will ACTUALLY kill your Grandmother,' but that shouldn't detract from your enjoyment of what has to be one of the most exciting and enjoyable Metal bands out there.

Their musicianship is of such a high standard, every member is an expert at their instrument and no one feels like a weak link, the bass is better than you would expect, the guitar solos are musical and have a more classic rock feel to them than you'd expect, the riffs are entertaining as hell and the drumming is particularly impressive.

The album has a lot of variety from the clean, dual guitar harmony featuring opener, to the super hard and fast `Grace,' and the mixture of twisting build ups and straight metal of `Broken Hands,' to the very diverse album closer `Reclamation,' you'll never be bored by samey songs or one dimensional riffing.

Wrath is an excellent mixture of the catchy and politically charged style of Ashes of The Wake and the brooding, dark and ultra professional style of Sacrament; with songs like the unbelievably catchy `Contractor,' discussing the situation in the middle east to the sound of a fast, chuggy verse with groove metal choruses, sitting alongside the dark and atmospheric closer `Reclamation,' with a more biblical/flood theme and a mixture of acoustic guitar interludes, slow building post rock passages and good old fashion metal finishing the album in style.

Wrath is an absolute joy to listen to, its one of the best albums of 2009 and its one of the best Lamb of God albums out there. Highly Recommended.

UMUR Wrath is the 5th full-length studio album by American thrash/ groove metal act Lamb of God. The album was released in February 2009 by Epic Records. The original album contains 11 tracks but there´s a digipack version available with two bonus tracks. The Japanese version features 3 bonus tracks.

The music on the album is thrash/ groove metal with metalcore elements. All songs are well written and the musicianship is excellent ( especially drummer Chris Adler stands out as being particularly skilled). The main influences are Pantera and mid-nineties Testament. Especially Randy Blythe´s deeper almost growling vocals remind me of Chuck Billy´s ( Testament) vocal style. He screams a lot too though and that´s where the metalcore element comes in. While the quality of the material on Wrath is certainly high, I can´t say that I detect much development in the band´s sound since Sacrament (2006). So if you enjoyed that album, I´m pretty sure you´ll enjoy Wrath too. Personally I think the songs generally sound a bit formulaic. Songs like the opening We Die Alone and the closing track Reclamation, which are both a bit different than the rest of the tracks, are welcome variations.

The production is powerful and suits the music well.

Wrath is another quality release by Lamb of God but while I hear many good qualities in the band´s music I still don´t think the word excellent comes to mind so a 3.5 star rating is deserved.