Hank Williams III’s metalcore/psychobilly band Assjack’s self titled album debuted in the top 100 on the Billboard charts in it’s first week, selling 4,700 copies.

Roadrunner Records has uploaded this clip of Lamb Of God front-man Randy Blythe and guitarist Mark Morton, breaking down each track of Wrath. Lamb Of God: Wrath will be released tomorrow, February 24th. As if you didn’t know that already.
 

Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton was recently interviewed by Synthesis Blog. He talks about the new record and says the same thing he said before, that it has a raw, more organic sound. He also gives his take on the music industry, record sales and file sharing. Here is a short excerpt from the review:
Branching off of that then, what are your views on piracy?
I don’t think my band would be what it is today without file sharing and people passing music around. I think that was the foundation of us initially promoting the band. For me to have …read more

If you didn’t like the excessive over-production of Lamb Of God’s Sacrament, then you just might dig their February 4th release, Wrath. This time the band opted to use Josh Wilber and not “Machine” who produced their last two efforts, Ashes Of The Wake and Sacrament. Mark Morton told MTV.com The metal File:
Certainly, nothing was broke with Machine, who is a phenomenal producer and still a good friend — but this time around, from a purely artistic standpoint, to serve our purpose of trying to really do something a little different, I think it made the most sense to …read more