Lamb of God Premiere Video for "Desolation", Trailer For Upcoming Documentary

Most of the time metal/hard rock band documentaries are nothing special, usually hastily assembled after a tourand tacked on as a supplement to a concert DVD, but every so often you get one that’s special, such as Cannibal Corpse’s three-hour Centuries of Torment, Iron Maiden: Flight 666, or the documentary The Boys in Brazil on Rush’s Rush in Rio DVD. Now Lamb of God is the latest band to try something ambitious, teaming up with filmmaker Don Argott to create As the Palaces Burn during their huge world tour. The film is slated for a 2013 release, but the first trailer has been posted on YouTube for all to see.

 

Seemingly much more than your usual tour documentary, the trailer makes the film come across as a blend of Flight 666 and Sam Dunn’s Global Metal, as the press release says As the Palaces Burn “examines the impact that music and particularly heavy metal music has made on people around the globe as they live in a 21st century world full of economic uncertainty, political unrest, social injustice, and under a constant fear of war and violence.” From the clip that’s been posted, it looks very promising. In addition, at the end of the trailer is the new video for “Desolation”, from their latest album Resolution. That’s eight and a half quality minutes right there.

 

Watch the As the Palaces Burn trailer and “Desolation” video here.

 

And as if you needed any more reminding, Lamb of God will he hitting the road across North America this summer, on tour alongside Dethklok and Gojira, as well as making stops at both Knotfest dates in the Midwest, and the big Heavy TO and Heavy MTL fests in Eastern Canada:

 

Wed/Aug-01 Seattle, WA @ WAMU

Thu/Aug-02 Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theater

Sat/Aug-04 Calgary, AB @ Big 4

Sun/Aug-05 Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conf. Centre

Tue/Aug-07 Winnipeg, MB @ Convention Centre

Thu/Aug-09 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom

Fri/Aug-10 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion

Sat/Aug-11 Toronto, ON @ Heavy TO

Sun/Aug-12 Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL

Tue/Aug-14 Grand Rapids, MI @ Delta Plex

Wed/Aug-15 St. Louis, MO @ Family Arena

Fri/Aug-17 Council Bluffs, IA @ Mid America Motorplex/Slipknot Festival

Sat/Aug-18 Minneapolis, MN @ Float-Rite Amphitheater/Slipkno​t Festival

Sun/Aug-19 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater

Tue/Aug-21 Chicago, IL @ Congress Ballroom

Wed/Aug-22 Detroit, MI @ Compuware Arena

Thu/Aug-23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors

Fri/Aug-24 Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheater

Sat/Aug-25 Norfolk, VA @ Constant Convocation Center

Sun/Aug-26 Baltimore, MD @ Pier 6 Pavilion

Wed/Aug-29 New York, NY @ Roseland

Thu/Aug-30 Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Arena

Fri/Aug-31 Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Presents Oakdale Theater

Sat/Sep-01 Philadelphia, PA @ Outside at the Electric Factory

Sun/Sep-02 Asbury Park, NJ @ Convention Hall

Tue/Sep-04 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock

Wed/Sep-05 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

Fri/Sep-07 Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center

Sun/Sep-08 San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Garden

Sat/Sep-09 Dallas, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Tue/Sep-11 Denver, CO @ Fillmore

Thu/Sep-13 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater

Fri-Sep-14 Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheater

Sat-Sep-15 San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic