{"id":79350,"date":"2020-02-06T06:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=79350"},"modified":"2020-02-06T06:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:35:15","slug":"lamb-of-god-debut-new-song-checkmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=79350","title":{"rendered":"LAMB OF GOD &#8211; Debut New Song &#8220;Checkmate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lamb of God - Checkmate (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNwHjNz6My4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>LAMB OF GOD<\/strong> have officially released their new single \u201c<strong>Checkmate<\/strong>\u201c, the first to be unleashed from their forthcoming self-titled new album. A music video for the track can be checked out above. That record marks the band\u2019s first with their drummer <strong>Art Cruz<\/strong>, who replaced <strong>Chris Adler<\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Speaking of this new song, the band\u2019s guitarist <strong>Mark Morton<\/strong> commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201c\u2018<strong>Checkmate<\/strong>\u2018 brings together all the components of the <strong>Lamb Of God<\/strong> sound that we\u2019ve been developing over the last two decades, but with the ambition and ferocity that comes with the start of a new chapter for our band. Re-energized and reignited, this is <strong>Lamb Of God<\/strong> 2020. We\u2019ve never been more excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pre-orders for the album are available now at <a href=\"http:\/\/lambofgod.lnk.to\/LOG\">this location<\/a> with a May 08th release date set via <strong>Epic Records<\/strong>. In addition to revealing the new album, the band will also be playing a special show at the House Of Vans in Chicago, IL on February 14th. Fans can RSVP to attend the show via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houseofvans.com\/\">houseofvans.com<\/a> starting at 12pm noon CST on Thursday, February 06th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The confirmed track listing for the album runs as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">01 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Memento Mori<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n02 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Checkmate<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n03 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Gears<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n04 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Reality Bath<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n05 \u2013 \u201c<strong>New Colossal Hate<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n06 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Resurrection Man<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n07 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Poison Dream<\/strong>\u201d (feat . <strong>Jamey Jasta<\/strong> of <strong>Hatebreed<\/strong>)<br \/>\n08 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Routes<\/strong>\u201d (feat. <strong>Chuck Billy<\/strong> of <strong>Testament<\/strong>)<br \/>\n09 \u2013 \u201c<strong>Bloodshot Eyes<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\n10 \u2013 \u201c<strong>On The Hook<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAMB OF GOD have officially released their new single \u201cCheckmate\u201c, the first to be unleashed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79352,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79350\/revisions\/79352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}