LAMB OF GOD Guitarist: 'Having A Top 10 Album Really Blows My Mind'

September 6, 2006

LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton and vocalist Randy Blythe recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's latest CD, "Sacrament", which debuted last week at #8 on the Billboard albums chart, with sales of more than 62,000, indicating that LAMB OF GOD aren't just music for the underground.

"Having a top-10 album really blows my mind," Morton said. "It blew my mind last time when we were in the top 30 [for 2004's 'Ashes of the Wake']. I mean, how can a band that sounds like us be that marketable or widely accepted?"

On the topic of "Sacrament"'s musical direction, Morton said, "It's not like anything else out there, but it's totally us. And I think it's going to reach people we haven't touched before because of the development of our songwriting abilities and Randy's improved performance. This record is definitely on another level for us."

"I've had a lot of weird, f---ed up sh-- happen to me in my life over the years, and I haven't really addressed it because we were writing about politics," Blythe said. "So there's stuff in there about substance abuse — mine and other people's — relationships with chicks and depression. My worldview is very depressing because I think too much about how things really are. I think this place is a sh--hole, and 99 percent of the human race should be eradicated because they're completely useless."

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