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Monday, March 9th 2009
LAMB OF GOD DRUMMER CHRIS ADLER CHECKS IN FROM 'WRATH' WORLD TOUR TO SALUTE AND THANK FANS
With its debut selling over 68,000 units, LAMB OF GOD’s explosive new album,
Wrath, rocketed to #2 on the Billboard Top 200, their highest chart position
ever (February 24 release / Epic Records). The remarkable achievement is not
only a huge step for the band, but for the heavy metal genre as a whole.
While poppy trends and fads have come and gone, heavy metal music has only
continued to gain in strength. With their #2 debut (between Taylor Swift and
The Jonas Brothers), LAMB OF GOD has made a statement – the music industry
is heading in a new direction and they are leading the charge.
Drummer Chris Adler commented on the success of Wrath from a tour stop in
Indonesia: “Tonight we are in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tomorrow is the last show
of the first leg of the ‘Wrath’ tour. I can’t express in words how things
have changed for us in the past 6 weeks. Wrath has debuted at #2. We are
literally astonished. With the economy brittle and an abundance of copycat
artists, we were able to shock the music world and pull off what no one else
has done. To get a better understanding, the record industry has declined
30% since our last album, Sacrament, debuted in August 2006, yet we
prevailed and outsold that record….with a new record that is brutal slap
to the face of all popular music. I could not be more proud of the band for
making the record we wanted, but more importantly you, the friends and
family of this band, are the ones that made it a reality. The credit is
yours. The revolution is ours.
“This is a triumph not only for us, but for metal. I look at it as
objectively as possible – this is not about us in Lamb of God, this is the
tide turning against the sing-song, look-alike pretty-boy industry. It’s
unreal to be a part of, and at the moment leading, the charge in this
important direction. I rejoice in the dent we have created in the
establishment, but it never could have happened without you. I mean that.
This is the time for us all to raise a glass to each other and understand
that together we are dictating the future of real music. I can’t tell you
how amazing that is to me. I now look forward to the future of music and the
evolution of metal. Nu Metal is officially dead, and we can all hopefully
begin look forward to cute teenage girls no longer being exploited with
jingles written in back rooms by old men with music formulas. Together we’ve
shocked the world, and we are proud and honored to have your support. This
is your victory as much as it is ours. We are lucky you have our back!
“We did not do this in a void. Many bands before us, that came before their
time, have influenced us and helped us create who we are. There are too many
to list, but I can tell you that we are children of the ’80s metal/punk
scene. We are the kids that skipped first period to smoke cigarettes and
listen to our cassette Walkmans, just like you. We are the outcasts, the
ones with “limited potential” and “no future.” Follow your dreams and do
what is in your heart. There is no better advice I can give. To all that
tried to stop us as individuals and as a band, I say unto thee, thank you.
You have made it all so much sweeter.
“If you are reading this, you get it. We’ve never schemed to do anything
other than have fun and be the best we can be. Love us or hate us, you have
to admit that we are shattering doors that should have been opened long ago.
All hail metal.”
The Lamb of God North American WRATH TOUR kicks off April 2nd in Phoenix, AZ
with As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid, and Municipal Waste
supporting.
www.lamb-of-god.com
The following dates are confirmed:
With As I Lay Dying, Children Of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste
April 2 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
April 3 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
April 4 San Jose, CA Events Center
April 5 Fresno, CA Crest Theatre
April 7 Seattle, WA Paramount
April 8 Vancouver, BC UBC Thunderbird Arena
April 10 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Center
April 11 Calgary, AB The Coral
April 12 Saskatoon, SK Prairieland
April 13 Winnipeg, MB Convention Center
April 14 Thunder Bay, ON City Auditorium
April 16 Toronto, ON Ricoh Coliseum
April 17 Montreal, QC Cepsum
April 18 Worcester, MA Palladium
April 19 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
April 21 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
April 22 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
April 23 Lafayette, LA Blackham Coliseum
April 24 Houston, TX Verizon Theatre
April 25 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete St. Amphitheatre
April 26 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
April 28 Denver, CO Fillmore
April 29 Kansas City, KS Uptown Theatre
April 30 St. Paul, MN Myth
May 1 Chicago, Il Congress Theatre
May 2 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
May 3 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian
May 5 Louisville, KY Expo Five
May 6 Detroit, MI Fillmore Theatre
May 8 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
May 9 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Center
May 11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
May 12 Boston, MD House Of Blues
May 13 Albany, NY Washington St. Armory
May 15 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues