Sacrament (album)
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| Studio album by Lamb of God | ||||
| Released | August 22, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Early 2006 | |||
| Studio | Spin Studios, Queens, New York/Sound of Music Studios, Richmond, Virginia | |||
| Genre | Groove metal, thrash metal | |||
| Length | 46:14 | |||
| Label | Epic, Prosthetic | |||
| Producer | Machine | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   |
| AllMusic |  |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10 |
| Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 8.5/10 |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| PopMatters |   |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 8/10 |
| Stylus Magazine | B |
Sacrament is the fifth studio album by American groove metal band Lamb of God. Released on August 22, 2006, Sacrament debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 charts with first-week sales of 63,000. The album was the top-selling heavy metal album of 2006 and received the Album of the Year award from Revolver magazine. As of 2010, it has sold over 331,000 copies in the United States.
The song "Pathetic" was performed live on the February 9, 2007 edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. This marked the first major network performance for Lamb of God. The song "Redneck" was nominated in the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance, but lost out to Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane".
Sacrement was nominated for a Grammy Award.
All tracks written by Lamb of God.
The deluxe edition of the album includes a bonus DVD with two videos for the track "Redneck" and a 90-minute making of the album itself, along with an Easter egg video segment entitled "Go Karts". The DVD was produced by High Roller Studios and directed by Doug Spangenberg, the same director from Lamb of God's Killadelphia DVD.
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