John is pretty much dead on in his assessment of the new Iron Lamb. The fact that these reputably talented dudes are wasting time playing C-grade punk/metal/rock'n'roll must mean that they are having too good a time at it to self-reflect. They occupy the nebulous musical crossroads where those three genres meet and everything turns to garbage; many have tried to navigate these waters and many have failed. Iron Lamb are no different and we, the listeners, lose.
The Stockholm crew have taken some flak from the death metal community since they first hit the streets around two years ago and, to be honest, it's understandable in a way. Iron Lamb might consist of three parts Repugnant and one part Daniel Ekeroth, but to say that there's not a hint of extreme metal in "The original sin" is quite the understatement. You can see why the death metallers were plenty pissed, then, as they've probably checked this out on the back of the lineup and been sickened to the bone at the distinct lack of filth. Iron Lamb is punked-up metal that, to these ears at least, is like a slightly more uptempo -- and more technically proficient -- Dog Eat Dog in a lot of places, and often sounds off like a lot of the covers found on Slayer's "Undisputed attitude" album. Despite the obvious potential shown here, from the decent (yet already done to death) songwriting to the musical expertise on offer, "The original sin" fails to hit the highs promised by the involvement of such talent. It's a difficult album to sit through, mainly because of a production that fails to pack the punch it should together with weak-as-water hardcore vocals that lack the vehemence that the music would clearly have benefitted from. This sounds like a band of extremely talented metal musicians who have tried their hand at a simple genre and succeeded in creating something that has been done so much better by so many others in the past. It's a damn shame, because on paper it's a project that I would love to love. - John Norby
Iron Lamb's forthcoming debut full-length album "The original sin" is now recorded and confirmed for release as a digital download via and on vinyl via . No exact release date, but they say it should be ready in late March.
has posted the art for the upcoming Iron Lamb 7" "Peskycostal preaching": http://www.soulsellerrecords.com/
No word on a release date, but it was originally supposed to be out in June.
Iron Lamb will be going into the studio on Friday with Bobbi Rokk to begin recording their debut full-length. "Expect the worse (sic)" they say, sarcastically I'd imagine, but I'm not so sure I doubt it. Listen to a newly-posted 7" track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ironlambofficial
Iron Lamb has scrapped their plans to do a split record with Deadmask, but they are still recording this weekend for their own 7" single as well as a split 7" with Motorbreath, both to be released via Austrian label . As for the band's upcoming full-length, the plan is now to record in May/June for an August/September release via .
No big surprise: Pulverised Records has picked up Swedish all-star death metal act Iron Lamb and will be releasing their debut full-length album in early 2010.
Iron Lamb, the new Swedish all-star "filthrock" act featuring members from Dismember, General Surgery, Repugnant, Tyrant and more, will be releasing a split 12" with Spanish doom act Deadmask via Psychedoomelic Records. No date set yet, but considering that the band aims to record in October/November, I'd say to expect an early 2010 release.
The brand new Swedish "filthrock" act Iron Lamb (feat. members from Dismember, General Surgery, Repugnant, Tyrant, more) will be releasing their debut 7" via Greek label Nuclear Winter Records this coming fall. The band is also working on their live debut which will happen on August 22 at Hornstull Strand as part of Stockholm-based tattoo parlor Swahili Bob's 4-year anniversary party with Poison Idea (thee Kings of Punk!) and Henry Fiat's Open Sore, who will apparently be debuting "a new style," whatever that means (speculation is not positive from what I've seen). Listen to demo tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ironlambofficial
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