LAMB OF GOD - Sequencing New Album "Not A Lot Of Fun"
October 3, 2011, 13 years ago
LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe has issued his latest blog, along with the following photo of "My buddy (TESTAMENT guitarist) Alex Skolnick & I thinking VERY HARD about our next records."
An excerpt from Randy's blog follows:
"So after months of writing, demoing, rewriting, re-demoing, preproduction (a fancy term we musicians like to throw around for, yes, that’s right, writing & demoing - makes us feel professional), then finally actually RECORDING these fucking things that seep into our brains, interrupt our sleep, screw up our home life, cause us to have emotional breakdowns & start arguments with anyone who wants to disagree with us at that moment, these FUCKING THINGS CALLED SONGS - it’s time to put them in an order and turn them into an 'album'. And if you’re in a band like mine, that means arguing over which extra songs will go to exclusive releases with Best Buy, iTunes, & the ever popular Japanese bonus track (apparently most Japanese labels want an extra track or they won’t put out a gaijin record), and which songs will go into the circular file, perhaps to be drug out of the digital dustbin later, touched up, and given to someone who wants yet another 'exclusive' track for their iPhone app or deodorant commercial or whatever.This process is known as 'sequencing' the record - i.e. deciding what order the songs go in. I suppose it must be akin to a writer doing his final reread, revision & fat trimming right before he turns his manuscript into his publisher. It’s not a lot of fun, but some stuff has got to go."
To read the rest of Randy's blog, click here.
Lamb Of God's as yet untitled new album is due in early 2012 via Epic Records.
