LAMB OF GOD - "This (New) Record Is More Like A Band In Front Of You Playing It"
December 8, 2008, 15 years ago
LAMB OF GOD's Mark Morton is featured in a new interview with Synthesis discussing the band's forthcoming album, Wrath. An excerpt appears below:
Q: What kind of changes are we going to expect as opposed to the last record, Sacrament?
Morton: "There are definitely some changes; fairly significant ones, I would say. Overall I would characterize this record as a bit more raw, a little more aggressive and organic. To me, this record is more like a band in front of you playing it, where as on Sacrament there was more studio polish going on. It’s not to knock it, but it’s just a different approach to making a record. We were really trying to achieve a certain level of perfection when it came to Sacrament, which largely we did, but with Wrath we were trying to go for more of a character, you know? There was a lot of stuff on there that weren’t perfect takes, but we left it because they sounded cool and had their own identity."
Q: Do you have any worries trying to live up to the last CD’s accomplishments?
Morton: "No, I don’t think so. Those are things that are out of our control. We just made the record that we wanted to make. That’s what we’ve done this time, and that’s all we’ve ever done. How many units we sell or whether or not it goes up for a Grammy again or whatever, I don’t have anything to do with that. I’m certainly pleased that those things happened and appreciate the honors, but at the end of the day it really has very little to do with me, I just make the music."
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