Lamb of God

Lamb of God is a five-piece thrash metal band from Richmond, Virginia, USA with elements of progressive and death metal in their music.

Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell formed

Lamb of God is a five-piece thrash metal band from Richmond, Virginia, USA with elements of progressive and death metal in their music.

Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell formed the band in 1990 at Virginia Commonwealth University where they were floor mates. Morton left to pursue a master's degree, so a new guitarist, Abe Spear, was found. Randy Blythe was added on vocals when the band decided to retire from its instrumental sound. At this point in their career they were known as Burn the Priest. Morton re-joined the group and Burn the Priest released a self titled full length album soon after. Abe then left the band which opened a place for Chris Adler's brother, Willie Adler. A year after Willie Adler joined the band changed its name to Lamb of God and they signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records.