Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake Album Art

"Laid to Balance" redirects hither. For the 2009 horror film, see Laid to Rest (film).

2004 studio album past Lamb of God

Ashes of the Wake
Studio album by Lamb of God
Released	Baronial 31, 2004
Studio	Sound of Music, Richmond, Virginia H2o Music Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre	Metalcore[1] thrash metallic[2] groove metal death metal[iii]
Length	47:40
Label	Epic Prosthetic (EK 90702)
Producer	Machine Lamb of God
Lamb of God chronology
Every bit the Palaces Burn (2003) Ashes of the Wake (2004) Killadelphia (2005)
Singles from Ashes of the Wake
"Laid to Rest" Released: Baronial 2004 "Now You've Got Something to Dice For" Released: March five, 2005[ citation needed ]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Blabbermouth.net	7/x[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
PopMatters	favorable[6]

Ashes of the Wake is the third studio album and first major-characterization release by American heavy metal band Lamb of God, released in 2004 via Epic Records. The anthology debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, selling 35,000 copies in its first week and was rated by Guitar Earth as the 49th greatest Guitar Album of all Fourth dimension.^[7] This album also was rated by Metallic Hammer as the fifth greatest Metal Album of The 21st Century.^[viii] The anthology was inspired by the events that took place during the state of war in Iraq with songs such as "Ashes of the Wake" (which includes snippets of former Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey in an interview afterwards his return from the Republic of iraq War), "At present Yous've Got Something to Die For", "One Gun" and "The Faded Line". The quote at the beginning of "Omerta" is a paraphrase of the Sicilian Mafia'southward code of silence.^[9] As of August 2010, Ashes of the Wake has sold 398,000 copies in the Usa.^[10] X years subsequently its release, as of 2014, sales have topped 400,000 copies sold and is Lamb of God'south acknowledged record.^[11] The anthology was certified gold past the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2016.^[12]

Releases [edit]

The first pressing came with a bonus disc titled "Pure American Metal", including songs taken from the ring's previous albums (Burn the Priest, New American Gospel and As the Palaces Burn), a live recording of the song "Blackness Label" from DVD Terror and Hubris, also as a pre-product demo of the song "Laid to Rest".

The Japanese edition included a bonus song "Another Nail for Your Coffin" which was released worldwide in 2010 in a iii-CD box fix called Hourglass: The Album. The song was later included on the 15th anniversary edition of the album.

A DualDisc version was released in the United States. The DVD side contained the album in LPCM ii.0, and Dolby Digital 5.one environment audio, equally well as diverse video clips, including the promo videos for "Now You lot've Got Something to Die For" (intended to promote the Killadelphia release) and "Laid to Rest", a short on the New England Metalfest, a "Come across the Ring" and a clip from the Terror and Hubris DVD. A product mistake in the v.1 mix of "Break You" causes the vocals to pitch shift high and low throughout the vocal.

Reception [edit]

The album was more often than not well received; Blabbermouth.cyberspace gave it a 7 rating.^[5] Johnny Loftus of AllMusic gave it a 4 out of five star rating.^[4] He praised Blythe's vocals, saying they became, "Lamb of God's threshold of hurting conduit."

Track listing [edit]

All tracks are written past Randy Blythe, Willie Adler, Chris Adler, Mark Morton and John Campbell.

Ashes of the Wake track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Laid to Rest"	3:fifty
2.	"Hourglass"	4:00
iii.	"Now You've Got Something to Dice For"	three:39
4.	"The Faded Line"	iv:37
5.	"Omerta"	4:45
6.	"Blood of the Scribe"	iv:23
seven.	"One Gun"	3:59
8.	"Break You"	3:35
9.	"What I've Become"	iii:28
10.	"Ashes of the Wake"	5:45
xi.	"Remorse is for the Dead"	five:41
Full length:		47:40

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Another Nail for Your Coffin"	four:37

Pure American Metal (First pressing bonus disc)

No.	Title	Length
one.	"Bloodletting" (from Burn down the Priest)	1:58
2.	"The Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion" (from New American Gospel)	4:10
3.	"11th Hr" (from As the Palaces Fire)	three:43
four.	"Black Characterization" (live, from Terror and Hubris)	4:37
5.	"Laid to Residual" (demo)	3:47

15th anniversary edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Another Nail for Your Bury"	iv:37
thirteen.	"Laid to Residue" (demo)	three:47
14.	"Ashes of the Wake" (demo)	5:32
15.	"Remorse is for the Expressionless" (demo)	iv:20

Personnel [edit]

Lamb of God Randy Blythe – vocals Marking Morton – lead guitar Willie Adler – rhythm guitar John Campbell – bass Chris Adler – drums Boosted musicians Alex Skolnick (of Testament) – second guitar solo on song "Ashes of the Wake" Chris Poland (formerly of Megadeth) – tertiary guitar solo on song "Ashes of the Wake" Artwork Ken Adams – fine art management, pattern[xiii] Greg Watermann – photography

Production Machine – producer, engineer, recording, mixing Lamb of God – production John Agnello – engineer Tony Schloff, Todd Parker, Dan Korneff – Pro Tools Ted Immature, Al Weatherhead, Casey Martin, Jeremy Miller, and Cam DiNunzio – assisted Pro Tools Marking Wilder – mastering Management Paul Conroy – management for Amusement Services Unlimited Scott Greer – product director Kaz Utsunomiya – A&R Tim Borror – booking agent for Face up the Music Touring Jeffery R. Cohen – legal for Millen, White Zelano & Branigan

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

See likewise [edit]

• List of anti-war songs

References [edit]

1. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (August 31, 2017). "xiii Years Ago: Lamb of God Release 'Ashes of the Wake'". Loudwire . Retrieved August 25, 2018.
2. ^ ^{a b} Vincentelli, Elisabeth (2004-09-17). "Ashes of the Wake Review". Amusement Weekly . Retrieved 2012-06-23 .
3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (June 28, 2016). "Lamb of God Albums Ranked". Loudwire . Retrieved August 25, 2018. Lamb of God dipped their toes into the metalcore craze with 2004's 'Ashes of the Wake,' but only then far as to successfully comprise the way rather than assuasive information technology to disfigure their already well-adult thrash-groove-expiry amalgam.
4. ^ ^{a b} Loftus, Johnny. "Ashes of the Wake - Lamb of God". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-10-10 .
5. ^ ^{a b} "Ashes of the Wake - Lamb of God". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved 2012-03-22 .
6. ^ Begrand, Adrian (2004-10-05). "Lamb of God: Ashes of the Wake". PopMatters . Retrieved 2012-03-22 .
7. ^ "l Greatest Guitar Albums". Guitar World. 2009-02-19. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2012-03-22 .
8. ^ Hammer, Metal Hammer 2018-ten-12T22:37:52Z Metallic. "The 100 greatest metal albums of the 21st century". Metal Hammer Mag . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
9. ^ "Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - What Is The Mafia".
10. ^ "Week Ending Aug. one, 2010: The Downloading Of Eminem - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. Baronial 4, 2010. Retrieved October x, 2011.
11. ^ Schafer, Joseph (September 3, 2014). "Lamb of God's Ashes of the Wake Turns ten". Invisible Oranges - The Metallic Blog. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
12. ^ "Golden & Platinum - RIAA".
13. ^ "LAMB OF GOD – Ashes of the Wake". www.K3n.comm. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2018-07-10 .
14. ^ Chart Log UK: "DJ Steve 50. - LZ Love". UK Albums Chart. Zobbel.de.
15. ^ "Official Stone & Metal Albums Nautical chart Acme 40". Official Charts Company.
16. ^ "Lamb of God Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
17. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake". Music Canada. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
18. ^ "British album certifications – Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
19. ^ "American anthology certifications – Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake". Recording Industry Association of America.

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