LAMB OF GOD Singer Randy Blythe Says As The Palace Burns "Is A Hard Movie For Me To Watch"
February 22, 2014, 10 years ago
With Lamb of God now off the road, Blythe is working on a book about the ordeal under the working title "Dark Days," which he hopes to finish in time for a summer release.
"We're a heavy metal band," Blythe says. "There's a young man who's dead. That I don't look at as creative fodder. I'm writing a book of my experience of going through this stuff, but it's about a lot more than just that. It's about life. Daniel, who is dead, is not some kind of muse for me. He's dead. It sucks."Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
BraveWords' Mark Gromen was at the Philadelphia premiere of As The Palace Burns - check out his report at this location.
As The Palaces Burn, not to be confused with the making-of documentary packaged with the recent re-release of the 2003 Lamb Of God album of the same name, was conceived to be a documentary focused on the power of music and its impact on cultures around the world and its ability to bring together people of all nationalities regardless of religious or political differences. After a worldwide casting call, filming took place in Colombia, Venezuela, Israel, India, and the United States. As filming reached its conclusion, the documentary was forced to take a major turn when the band’s lead singer, Randy Blythe, was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with the murder of a fan in June 2012. Granted unique access to Blythe’s continuing saga, director Don Argott’s filming covered Blythe’s 38 day imprisonment in Prague, his release and the band’s return to live performances, and finally Blythe’s trial for murder in Prague in February 2013.
