The Silver Tongue spoke with LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

The Silver Tongue: What are the advantages and disadvantages to being in a band with your brother (guitarist Willie Adler)?

Adler: "(Laughs) Well, I guess the biggest advantage is it would take a unanimous vote to kick me out of the band — and I’d have to kick his butt (if he did)! But no, we didn’t realize it at the time, but after so many hurdles the band has seen, we certainly celebrate the idea that we’re blood and that we’re doing this together. And we really do connect musically because we grew up together listening to the same thing. We have a strong business relationship, and certainly the personal relationship is as well."

The Silver Tongue: What’s the most challenging part of drumming for you?

Adler: "Challenging part — I think obviously I’m very fortunate and blessed to have some natural talent. I told my mother that Willie is the most talented guy I know. I have a little talent, but I’m very motivated. Willie is talented beyond any measure. He’d be sitting in his house playing guitar with or without me. For me, it’s keeping that motivation in check and trying to find that potential because I really don’t know what it is yet. There are kids coming up today and learning how to play things I didn’t know how to play after 15 years of playing.

The Silver Tongue: What’s the latest on the next album?

Adler: "We just had a meeting the other day to discuss. We got together at Mark’s place and listened to a couple songs he put together, a couple that Willie put together. We mapped out structures and so forth. As soon as the clinic tour is done (March 16), we head into rehearsal, and we’ll rip ‘em apart and glue them onto the other ideas and try to come out with something better than Wrath. The last time we left the studio after Wrath, we were all really happy. Normally, someone’s complaining about something. So it’s going to be fun trying (to top that). The stuff that I heard, I don’t know if I can . . . it’s not that I don’t want to tell you. But from my listening to it, it’s a little, guitar-wise, just a little less, hmmm . . . I don’t know how to describe it. It’s a little sounding like motorcycle gang music where it’s mean and loud and heavier. But who’s to say what’s going to come out? That’s from my perspective."

Read the entire interview here.