Lamb of God Release “Blunt Force Blues”

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As Into Oblivion explores a world in flux, Lamb of God turn inward with “Blunt Force Blues” (https://lamb-of-god.lnk.to/BluntForceBlues), reaching back to their Richmond origins and the local music community that shaped them. The track serves as the final preview of the band’s forthcoming album, which arrives on March 13 via Epic Records.

Randy Blythe reflects on Lamb of God’s formative years on the new single: “We learned how to play by watching and hanging out with other local dudes. That’s what we aspired to do – keep up with good local bands. They were just as much of an influence on us as any of the bigger bands from different cities.”

For Mark Morton, the song speaks to the perspective they’ve gained over the course of the band’s 25+ year career: “For me, the album is about having the space to breathe creatively and not feeling like we have to keep up with any trend or expectation. It feels nice to be untethered from any agenda beyond rallying around the notion of, ‘Let’s just make music that we think is cool,’ which is really where it all started.”

Earlier this week, the band announced a nationwide series of listening parties, with more than 140 independent record stores celebrating Into Oblivion’s release weekend (March 13 – 15). Exclusive merch, including free Lamb of God swag (while supplies last), prizes, and an indie-exclusive, limited edition Poltergeist vinyl variant of the new album will be available. A full list of participating stores can be viewed via Lamb of God’s social channels.

In the months leading up to today’s announcement, the metal veterans released a trio of blistering singles that offered listeners a taste of the album’s range. “Sepsis,” the band’s first new song since 2022, also paid homage to the early ‘90s Richmond underground, with Consequence noting the song’s fresh approach, saying “Morton’s riffs are bruising at this slower pace,” and adding that Blythe bellows “like a heavy metal Nick Cave.” “Parasocial Christ” followed, evoking classic Lamb of God with a three-minute onslaught that Revolver dubbed an “anti-tech thrasher.” Most recently, it was the title track, “Into Oblivion,” which Metal Hammer deemed “ferocious,” while Brooklyn Vegan called it “as much of a gut-punch as you’d hope for from LOG.” 

Produced and mixed by longtime studio collaborator Josh Wilbur, Into Oblivion was recorded across multiple locations tied closely to the band’s identity. Drums were tracked in Richmond, Va., with guitars and bass recorded at Morton’s home studio. Blythe recorded his vocals at the legendary Total Access studio in Redondo Beach, Calif., the birthplace of seminal punk records by Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, and Descendents.

Album pre-orders are available now, including remaining limited-edition vinyl variants, a collectible Into Oblivion CD with a limited-edition companion zine featuring album art sketches, handwritten lyrics and never-before-seen studio photos, as well as additional album-themed merch items (https://shop.lamb-of-god.com/collections/into-oblivion).

Into Oblivion album cover

Into Oblivion tracklisting:

1.    Into Oblivion

2.    Parasocial Christ

3.    Sepsis

4.    The Killing Floor

5.    El Vacío

6.    St. Catherine’s Wheel

7.    Blunt Force Blues

8.    Bully

9.    A Thousand Years

10. Devise/Destroy

Into Oblivion North American tour dates:

March 17 National Harbor, MD The Theater MGM National Harbor

March 19 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

March 20 Toronto, ON GCT Theatre

March 22 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre

March 24 Minneapolis, MN Armory

March 25 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

March 27 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium

March 28 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center

March 30 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds

March 31 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater

April 1 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum

April 3 San Francisco, CA The Masonic

April 4 Inglewood, CA YouTube Theater

April 5 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre

April 7 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center

April 10 Austin, TX Moody Amphitheater

April 11 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

April 12 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall

April 14 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium

April 15 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre

April 16 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater

April 18 Reading, PA Santander Arena

April 19 Virginia Beach, VA The Dome

April 21 Buffalo, NY Buffalo RiverWorks

April 23 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount

April 25 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

April 26 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Additional 2026 tour dates:

May 9 Daytona Beach, FL Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival

May 17 Dayton, OH Welcome to Rockville

May 20 San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico

July 24 Istanbul, TR Bonus Parkorman

July 25 – 27 Plovdiv, BG Hills of Rock

July 27 – 31 Râşnov, RO Rockstadt Extreme Fest

August 1 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air

August 3 Leipzig, DE Haus Auensee

August 5 Lisbon, PT Vagos Open Air

August 6 – 9 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Open Air

August 7 Walton-on-Trent, UK Bloodstock Open Air

August 11 Copenhagen, DK K.B. Hallen

August 12 – 16 Dinkelsbühl, DE Summer Breeze

August 13 – 15 Sulingen, DE Reload Festival

August 14 – 16 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo Metalfest

October 30 – November 3 Miami, FL Headbangers Boat

Photo credit: Travis Shinn

Lamb of God is Randy Blythe (vocals), John Campbell (bass), Mark Morton (guitar), Willie Adler (guitar) and Art Cruz (drums). Formed in 1994, the Richmond, Va.-based band has released nine critically acclaimed albums, received five GRAMMY® Award nominations, sold over 3 million albums, packed arenas around the world, and tallied over one billion streams and counting. Widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative forces in modern heavy music, Lamb of God’s most recent collection, Omens, arrived in late 2022, marking their sixth consecutive album to debut in the Top 15 on the Billboard 200. Kerrang! noted that the album finds the band “as reliably heavy, violent, and pissed off as ever,” and Consequence said the “album will break you down to nihilistic pieces.”

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