Lamb of God offers ‘Creative brutality’ with “Resolution”

Solitude has never been so destructive. In their new album titled "Resolution", Lamb of God offers an atomic bomb explosion radiating from the speakers and a punch to the throat to leave you breathless.

Formed in 1994 in Richmond, Virginia, Lamb of God has followed a revolution of death metal led by the barbed-wired fists of Pantera.

Lamb of God has intertwined 80's thrash metal with Pantera's groove and has ridden the crazy train since.

From their last album release in 2009, Lamb of God has been touring with Metallica and Mastodon; circulating through European festivals on the Metal Magnetic Tour.

Resolution, their seventh studio album, was released this Tuesday after a year of much hype and enthusiasm.

As a scene from a bloodbath massacre, "Straight from the Sun", hogties your ears as Randy Blythe's crocodile voice grumbles with the colossal drop of guitar rhythm.

It's a machine gun of an entrance compared to their 2009 album "Wrath", which led with such grace and indifference it seemed to be a congested cough. The phlegm is gone and the armory is reloaded.

The leading single, "Ghost Walking", introduces a groovy guitar lick at the hands of lead guitarist Mark Morton.

The brassy, double stringed acoustic lead quickly escalates into a mosh pit of a triplet drumming and tremolo guitar picking.

Though Lamb of God has surely stuck to their roots of steel-veined, good ol' fashion metal, their songs quickly mold into a continuous scream lost behind a filter of belting drum lines and distorted guitar licks.

Lamb of God is surely in their last bit of creative brutality.

The last section of the album disappoints as the vocals Blythe resonate like a crocodile with bronchitis.

Song drops and heavy breaks in the music composition are second nature and repetitious as Chris Adler's drumming is replaced by Animal from the Muppets.

Resolution signifies the conclusion of an era and serves as a turning point in the long reign of high school kids moshing in their closets and work out junkies fueling their muscles in a public mirror.

Though repetitious at times, Lamb of God has stuck to their roots and hasn't given in to corporate pressure such as All That Remains and Korn. It's definitely worth buying.