Lamb of God — Sacrament

From the blazing Redneck, which garnered a 2007 Grammy nom, to Pathetic, performed live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Sacrament put Lamb of God squarely on the map to a whole legion of new listeners. Walk with Me in Hell and Descending quickly became concert staples, and Sacrament rose to 330,000-plus copies sold and growing.

In support of the Sacrament album, Lamb of God ground it out on some heavyweight tours, including The Unholy Alliance with Mastodon, Slayer, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed.

Side 1:

1. Walk with Me in Hell
2. Again We Rise
3. Redneck
4. Pathetic
5. Foot to the Throat
6. Descending

Side 2:

1. Blacken the Cursed Sun
2. Forgotten (Lost Angels)
3. Requiem
4. More Time to Kill
5. Beating on Death's Door

Way back in 2007, the fifth long-player from the lords of groove metal landed at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 — and swamped the Richmond, Virginia quintet in publicity. This revealing article in Revolver looks at how Lamb of God's definitive album almost killed them.