#345 LAMB OF GOD Into Oblivion Album Review

“It’s like we’re missing someone…”   Released Friday, March 13, 2026, INTO OBLIVION, the latest offering from Richmond, Virginia’s LAMB OF GOD, features a new logo and an album cover that hints at the darker atmosphere that dwells within.   “It’d be wrong to do a clinky without Russ…”   Chock full of enough sick grooves, primal screams, and disgustingly brutal riffs to give anyone who hears it a healthy case of “stank face”, INTO OBLIVION checks all of the prerequisite boxes necessary to maintain the interest of the most loyal fans while also offering enough sonic surprises to capture the curiosity of potentially new LAMB OF GOD fans. In short, it’s everything you’ve come to expect with a little extra texture thrown in for good measure.   “This is so weird without Russ here…actually, it might be better without Russ here…”   Get ready for a whole bunch of “hot takes”, because we’ve got Embering Effigy back in The Bunkerpoon with us, and we didn’t waste any time with the usual foreplay and got “right into the meat” with this episode. Find out which band “doesn’t belong in The Big Four” and remember JD’s sage words of wisdom “if you don’t want a gut” when you JOIN US (and special guests Embering Effigy) as we sprint INTO OBLIVION with LAMB OF GOD. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “Alright, let’s go bitches…”/ “It’s like we’re missing someone, who is that?”/ “I’ve got an idea for 2 Asian airlines…” (“Here we go…”) / “Pho gets pho’d…” / “It’d be wrong to do a clinky without Russ…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** /  ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST AND ALSO WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS: EMBERING EFFIGY!!!***/ “This is so weird without Russ here…actually, it might be better without Russ here…”/ “I am not subbing for him, that sounds weird…”/ “Let’s just get right into the meat…” (without lube and without delay).   (4:00): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PRESENTS: LAMB OF GOD – INTO OBLIVION / “How many cokelines would you give our album?”/ “Every band doesn’t have to have a tittlee…”/ #titletrack / “She’s like the female version of me…it’s like you with a vag…”/  “Everybody has one marriage that’s like a mulligan…”/ #LambOfGod #IntoOblivion / Released Friday, March 13, 2026 / “What do y’all think about the new logo?”/  “It looks like a D12…it’s a 12- sided die…last night we played D&D…in the AirBnB…”/ “Mmmm…hot dogs…”/ #BeardInterviews / “Are we making the same jokes as last time?”/  “We’re all about the hot takes here…” (09:50): INTO OBLIVION / “It’s like they blended their original sound with the modern metal sound…”/ “That’s my hot take…” (Resolution vs Into Oblivion) / “It might be a grower…”/  “The artwork is a smidge different…” / “You can’t do the same thing over and over…”   (13:24): PARASOCIAL CHRIST / “That’s a busy drumline…”/ “That’s almost got an #Exodus feel to it…”/ “The first time I ever saw Lamb of God…”/ #WallOfDeath / “Chrissss?” / SEPSIS “That’s a fucking meaty bass sound…that’s just ugly…”/ #StankFaceRiff / “I think the Italian folks do this…chef’s kiss…”/ “If it looks like pasta, RUN…especially with marinara on it…”/  “If you don’t want a gut, put it in the butt…”   (19:10): THE KILLING FLOOR / #usethoseheadphones / “That was off the boat…” / #deathburp / “It’s the whole moving up and down the fretboard…that’s how you know it’s old school (thrash)…”/ “You stimming over there?”/ “I found this new monster…”/ #markthetime / #RiffMonsterATL (on YouTube) #podcast / “Surge...you could taste the grit in it…the taste of Chernobyl…”   (23:27): “The void…”/ “Void, empty, or vacuum…so also the butthole…”/ EL VACIO /  “It sounds like something and I can’t place it…it almost sounds like ‘Floods’…that kinda sounds like #Mastodon vocally…Hushed And Grim style…”/ “The next one, if I recall, might be my favorite one…”/ “Is there a backstory to this at all?”/ “This has all the ingredients…it’s like Prego…it’s in there…”   (26:25): ST. CATHERINE’S WHEEL / “Ohhh, it’s a torture method…”/ “The breaking wheel…”/ “THAT is the best Lamb of God album…” / #Sacrament / “What he said…”/  BLUNT FORCE BLUES / “Oh, he’s the Winds of Plague drummer…” / #Prong / #ArtCruz / “His first one was the self-titled…”/ “Do y’all ever notice…whenever a band does their self-titled album, to me it’s like their Black Album moment…” /  “A self-titled can either be a really good album or it can be kinda mediocre…there is no in between…” / #metalElvis / #onmicburp / “I’m sorry, what did you say? I didn’t hear you…”/  “It’s like there’s two of ‘em in here now…”/ “Bro let’s fist…usually I don’t have to fist across the table…”/ “Form of…dildo. Shape of…balls.” / #WonderTwins   (32:27): BULLY / “It’s like a chime…” / “That sounds like old school #LambOfGod right there…”/ “I like that little chimy thing… it just adds a degree of creepy to it…”/  A THOUSAND YEARS / “That fucking bass sound!” / “Guys…we need more cowbell…”/  “Hot Take: #Megadeth doesn’t belong in #TheBigFour…”/ “Megadeth’s album was the last one that came out…and Megadeth is jazz metal, not thrash.”/ “I think he’s trying to save you from yourself…” (38:38): #killercloser / DEVISE/DESTROY / “I got a hot take about this…here’s my hot take…”/ “That’s 2 for 2…”/ “I feel like now, in 2026, there’s no reason for any band to have shitty production…”/ “We’ve had 30 something years of people learning how to mix extreme metal…”   (42:54): “What are y’all’s thoughts on A.I.?” / “The better it gets, the creepier it gets…”/ #TillyNorwood / #AI / “I’ve seen Terminator 2, dude…I know how it ends…”/ “If I know I’ve got three weeks…I’m gonna go do…all three at the same time…with Embering Effigy …”/ “Thank y’all for being the Guest Pod Hosts? Guest VJ’s sounds like guest Vag’s…”/  #WithinTheMindOfMattWheeler / “That should be a segment now…”/ Check out #LambOfGod and check out #EmberingEffigy / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! #untilthenext / #outroreel