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Lamb of God's Randy Blythe rants on 'Resolution' leak

by Tyler Munro

The beauty of Twitter is that a renowned loud mouth like Randy Blythe doesn’t have to sit idly by when his band’s latest album leaked, and he lived up to his reputation when Lamb of God‘s Resolution did just that earlier this month. Rather that make accusations about who leaked it or bitch that it happened, Blythe instead took the opportunity to reminisce about the old days of record consumption and to talk about how leaks kill the anticipation he loved as a young buck.

“Stoked that the leak of “Resolution” is SHIT. Just one reason I actually BUY records. Those that dont wait don’t get the FULL experience ha!” read the first of many tweets. He continued,

I mean think about it- I bought Slayer’s “Reign In Blood” THE DAY it came out. There was no leaking then- I blasted it FULL VOLUME & was like “HOLY FUCK!”. The VERY FIRST TIME I heard “Angel of Death” it was BEYOND AWESOME. I’m so glad I wasn’t robbed of that experience by hearing a crappy copy- it made a FUCKING IMPACT. ” JUGGA JUGGA JUGGA JAGGA…….AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhh…”. BRILLIANT.

Blythe later engaged in a back and fourth with a fan (and by back and fourth, we mean he sent a huge wall of text spread across 16 tweets). Read that below,

“I don’t think waiting to hear a record the way the way it is SUPPOSED to sound is a manufactured experience AT ALL. Waiting is part of a concept that I cherish that I feel is (sadly) rapidly disappearing in this “gimme gimme right NOW” world- this concept was taught to me by my parents & over the years it has served me VERY WELL in life- its called DELAYED GRATIFICATION & it’s all about sitting back, chillin’ in the cut, & biding your time til its right to make a move.

And when you make that move, it is the CORRECT move. Think of it this way- we didn’t sign to the first label that approached us. We could have, and they would have put out our record, but we would have been a far lower priority than we were on Prosthetic (thanks EJ & Dan!). We WEREN’T impatient, and we had a GOOD EXPERIENCE. I look at EVERYTHING this way when I can. REAL G’s don’t rush- they wait for quality in life, people, & products You must think like its a game of chess, like the Wu-Tang Clan- make moves in your life that ensure you maximize EVERY SINGLE experience.

I’m not interested in a sub-par experience of ANY KIND. That is why I employ what my Daddy taught me- PATIENCE. Go for for THE BEST of go the fuck home. I have time for nothing less. Peace.”

Lamb of God’s Resolution is out January 24.