Lamb of God is gearing up for the release of their tenth studio album, Into Oblivion, arriving March 13 on Epic Records. In the lead-up to the heavy metal titans’ new record, frontman Randy Blythe recently sat down for an interview on the “Hardlore” podcast to discuss the band’s evolved writing dynamic and why they finally decided to update their iconic logo.
When asked about the creative process behind Into Oblivion, Blythe noted that their core approach to songwriting hasn’t drastically changed from recent records.
He said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “Much in the same way we went about approaching album number nine, number eight, number seven.”
What has changed, however, is how the bandmates interact with one another during the writing phase. Over the years, the five members of Lamb of God have learned how to put the music first and leave their personal egos behind.
“I think the biggest difference with us as a band, particularly over the last — I don’t know — five or six years, is we have consciously tried to shelve the ego individual members have and try and keep in mind the greater whole. ‘Cause when you’re a younger band — and we’re five very different people — when you’re a younger band, it’s, like, nobody hands you a handbook, ‘This is how you be a band.’ But you’re so passionate and it’s so important to you, and what you put into the music is so personal that when someone says, ‘Eh, I don’t know about that,’ in the band, then you’re, like, [hurt]. And we were very contentious for a long time — writing was very contentious. Somehow in our old age, as we wander off into Alzheimer’s-riddled legacy territory, we’ve learned to get along better than we ever did. So we get along great now. And it’s because, I think, when we’re writing, we’re all, like… There’s a quote attributed to [American playwright and screenwriter] Tennessee Williams: ‘You must be willing to murder your darlings.’ Meaning your contribution, your art cannot be so precious that if someone else looks at it and is, like, ‘That doesn’t serve the greater whole,’ you gotta cut it. And it’s painful. So for us, we’ve kind of learned as a group to sort of shelve the individual egos and think more about the whole.”
Blythe emphasized that the band now operates under a simple but effective mantra when refining their material.
“We have a saying: better is better. It sounds stupid, but it’s true. And me, just as much as any of the other dudes, have certainly been guilty of, like, ‘I love this, but this is how exactly it works.’ And then somebody [goes], ‘But what about this?’ And it’s a hard thing, when you care about something so much and you’ve put in so much time, to have someone be, like, ‘Eh. I don’t know.’ But better is better. So we try and say that to ourselves.”
For the first time in 27 years, Lamb of God debuted a brand-new band logo. Blythe candidly explained the humorous, yet highly practical, reason for the overhaul.
“Well, our logo, to be perfectly honest, needed changing. It’s the papyrus font [that we used for the old Lamb of God logo]. And had we known 20-however many years ago that we would wind up looking like a falafel restaurant menu, we wouldn’t have used that. But that was before papyrus font was ubiquitous.”
Produced and mixed by longtime studio collaborator Josh Wilbur, Into Oblivion was tracked across several locations tied closely to the band’s history.
The new album arrives on the heels of a massive milestone year. In 2025, Lamb of God celebrated their 25th anniversary, headlined the “Back To The Beginning” concert event, and released a crushing cover of Black Sabbath‘s “Children Of The Grave.”
To support Into Oblivion, Lamb of God will embark on a heavy-hitting North American tour starting March 17. The trek will feature support from Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy, and Sanguisugabogg, promising to be one of the most intense metal packages of the year.
