Resolution - Lamb of God
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: The seventh album for the metal band was produced by Josh Wilbur.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Jan 24, 2012
    83
    Resolution is sharp, focused, restless, and pitilessly ferocious.
  2. Feb 24, 2012
    80
    The record is their most musically ambitious to date, while still maintaining the unrelenting, thrash-influenced Southern heavy metal they do best.
  3. Jan 26, 2012
    60
    While the five-piece continue to write virtually the same song over and over again (hell, practically in the same key), there are new proggier and acoustic bits (Ghost Walking) on display.
  4. Jan 24, 2012
    39
    Lamb of God's general lack of adventurousness makes them mostly indistinguishable from their heroes and, budget excepted, the bulk of their contemporaries.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Lamb of God are one of the very few metal bands that are unable to disappoint. Each of their albums remains heavy and creative, yet they all simultaneously carry the kind of weight many metal bands only strive to reach. With Resolution, Lamb of God have proven that they don't plan on slowing down any time soon. This is miles ahead of Wrath, and their best album since Ashes of the Wake. All band members continue to show creativity in highlight songs such as album opener Straight For the Sun, Ghost Walking, The Undertow, The Number Six, and their best album closer yet, King Me. To say that these are highlights of the album, however, also would imply that they're "better" songs. That's the beauty of this album as well...there is no filler. Each song serves its purpose and illustrates why Lamb of God are one of the best modern metal bands of the era, and thankfully, they're here to stay. Thank God for Lamb of God. Expand
  2. Pitchfork Media, what do you mean lack of being adventuress? What do you mean they sound like their contemporaries? Have you even listened to the whole album? Look at songs like King Me and To The End! Songs with more variation and technicality than any of the albums they've acclaimed. And look at songs like The Number Six and The Undertow! They sound nothing like The Devil Wears Prada or any of these awful metalcore/deathcore bands that do nothing but have breakdowns every microsecond. Clearly you need to stop listening to something with more variation, technicality, and intelligence. Expand
  3. Just about as good as their previous release, this album does little to shake up the tried-and tested lamb of God formula (other from the one track where there is almost some singing! All in all it is a very good album, but it has a couple of flaws that keeps it back from achieving the perfection it shoud have, It is not quite as catchy as the older stuff, while this could be seen as a boon to other fans I find it a little disappointing. The vast majority of tracks are brilliant, but there are a few which are relatively stale, which is a shame: which brings me onto the biggest flaw I had with the album; it is too long. It's too long considering the fact that some of the songs are very similar. You should definitely pick it up if you're a fan, but don't expect to be blown away, which is a shame because it could very easily have been their best album yet. Expand
  4. 7
    If you are a fan of metal bands that stick to the same sound, this may be an interesting album for you. This album is nothing more or less than what they were throughout their career. Expand

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