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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Vigil (page 1/ 6) ------ performed by Lamb Of God Religious band? | Reviewer: Matt | 11/2/09 I agree with some of the previous points, that they are against organised rligion. We see this clearly in the last line of Vigil... Smite the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered... i believe randy is relating this directly as a metaphore for organised religion... the sheep are people... and sheep need a shepherd to follow and be herded and directed by... in this case the shepherd is religion itself... and if these sheep how follow religion have the shepherd taken away from them, then they will scatter and feel lost in the world. This could also be where they take inspiration for the name Lamb of God... maybe they felt that "Burn the Priest" was too much of a direct aggression towards religion, and felt the need for change if they were going to spread their fanbase (afterall, a lot of cunts might feel offended by the name Burn the Priest, which they may have seen as a restriction) Thanks Matt x My 2¢ On Lamb Of God's Religious Standings | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/23/09 I've heard people call Lamb Of God a "Christian Metal" band (what's next, Christian Satanists? Christian pagans?) My only retort has ever been the fact that their original name was Burn The Priest, as any die-hard fan like myself knows. They do bash on organized religion, but never directly Christianity itself--that's just the most obvious target. As a devout atheist who is stoutly anti-organized religion, I love this aspect of the music; as someone with a deep interest in politics as well as anti-war sentiments, I love that aspect of the music too. But here's what I think: if LoG are, in fact, a "Christian Metal" band, what does it matter? They despise organized religion anyway; I think they have a very acute sense of injustice in the world. What else do they frequently sing about in many of their songs? They relate parts of The Bible--particularly The Book of Revelations--to the state of the world. Listen to "Reclamation" off Wrath. Clearly, Randy's lyrics are about the coming Armageddon/Apocalypse, and how we're to blame for it's impending, inevitable approach. Dear God whom I don't believe in, I love Lamb Of God for everything they are and do. to clear it all up a bit | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/30/09 despite the two names of this band, lamb of god, formerly burn the priest... there is barely any reference to religion in their music... if there is, its like the other dude said, to get a point across. their first three albums, up to and including ashes of the wake, were mostly political. sacrament is their first album to contain no political lyrics, dealing primarily with randys state of depression whilst recording the album. no fuckin clue what wrath is on about yet tho =p Vigil | Reviewer: Tbone | 4/29/09 They didn't like our old band. They didn't do any research whatsoever. I mean we don't sing about religion at all, we aren't Satanists or anything, there's a much more political feel to the band. They didn't do their research, they were morons. But it's cool 'cause I'm still getting publicity out of it. CNN interviews us so it was like "thanks dude, you�re giving us press, we sold more records this week." Randy Blythes exact words. Now can everybody shut the fuck up about this bullshit called religion.. Its about the music, the power, the feeling. not religion.. feel free to email me if youd like What it means | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/28/09 First off this is what a vigil is: In Christianity, especially the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions, a vigil is often held when someone is gravely ill or dying. Prayers are said and votives are often made. Vigils extend from eventual death to burial, ritualistically to pray for a loved one, but more practically so they are never alone.... so to me the song is about anger at the government and a religion. Instead of making this vigil a happy one. he is using this time to challenge the government and religion out of anger for his loss. now its making sense | Reviewer: descending | 4/17/09 At first I wasnt really comfortable with listening to lamb of god (because of there name). I listened to the lyrics and looked them up. I wondered if they were against or not against god. I heard ashes of the wake and knew they were talking about iraq and was wondering what exactly they were talking about. if anyone has a theory or answer or site you know of could you inform me? Can't Rule out.. | Reviewer: Justin | 3/24/09 I think a lot of you have good points in saying that Lamb of God's lyrics are mostly about the government and that could be possible but I think it could also be them talking against organized religion(mostly Christianity). "As the palaces Burn" - the churches. "Burn the Priest" the person that spreads "god's word" and it seems to me tha tin this song their talking about the evils or christianity and how people kill for it and I think it could be about the crusades and how killing for this religion is stupid and it needs to stop. And I'm not sure whether or not randy believes in god but if he does or doesnt you could put it in both ways like he's saying "I defy you to continue" like 'why havent you stopped the slaughter in your name'... So yea.. Tell me what you think Allusions | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/22/09 As a few other people have said, I do not think that they are an anti-religion band. They allude to religion to get a point across without directly saying it. At first I had a problem with the band because I did think that they were a "religion bashing" band but now enjoy them. lamb of god | Reviewer: anonymous | 2/16/09 A lot of people are saying that Lamb of God are not religion bashers and that they are christian and in fact i am nopt arguing with them. i just want to say that the original name of lamb of god was burn the priest but they changed it because no-where would let them play a show What I think about Vigil | Reviewer: Ms3d | 2/8/09 I believe this is a great song, but i don't think its meant to be anti-religion. Well i hate religion, but I do love god. And I think that's exactly also what The lyrics Vigil means. \m/ die for metal \m/ Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6