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Lamb Of God Reveals More "Hourglass" Details

posted May 4, 2010 at 9:51 AM by Diamond Oz.  (11 Comments)

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American heavy metal outfit Lamb Of God has revealed some more details regarding their forthcoming new compilation release, "Hourglass." The career retrospective will be released in several different formats including CD, digital, vinyl and two special editions. The releases include:

Hourglass: Vol 1 - The Underground Years: 13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their early years. Culled from their first album "Burn the Priest," their debut as Lamb of God, "New American Gospel," and their breakthrough album, "As The Palaces Burn."

Hourglass: Vol 2 - The Epic Years: 13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their career on Epic Records to this point. Both Grammy nominated songs "Redneck" and "Set To Fail" are surrounded by fan favorite anthems and other songs from "Ashes Of The Wake," "Sacrament" and 2009's #2 debut "Wrath."

Hourglass: The 3 CD Anthology: The ultimate Lamb of God retrospective. 44 tracks on 3 CDs. Vol 1 and 2 join Vol 3 containing 18 rare or never heard before songs. Included are Japanese issued bonus tracks, multiple rehearsal demos, along side the 8 songs recorded prior to Burn The Priest.

Hourglass: The Vinyl Box Set: All 6 Lamb of God Studio albums for the first time on 180 Gram vinyl in a Linen-wrapped collector’s box. Includes "Burn The Priest," "New American Gospel," "As The Palaces Burn," "Ashes of the Wake," "Sacrament," and "Wrath."

Hourglass: The USB Box Set: All 6 Lamb of God studio albums on individual USB drive in a cigarette box shaped collectors package. Includes "Burn The Priest," "New American Gospel," "As The Palaces Burn," "Ashes of the Wake," "Sacrament," and "Wrath."

Hourglass: The Deluxe Set: The collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box set, The USB Box Set, and a Linen bound 144 page book of the art of Lamb of God as created by K3n Adams including designs for tour passes, albums, t-shirts, and his commentary on them.

Hourglass: The Super Deluxe Set: The limited edition definitive collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box Set, The USB set, the Book, a Mark Morton Signature Series Jackson Dominion D2, A 4’x6’ Pure American metal Flag, an Hourglass sticker, and a signed 8x10 in a personalized Lamb of God Coffin Case.

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11 Comments on "Lamb Of God Reveals More 'Hourglass' Details"

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1. KickAssDuke writes:

Lame, how about just a new album, on a regular CD.

# May 4, 2010 @ 11:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Blindgreed1 writes:

Sounds fvcking awesome to me.

# May 4, 2010 @ 1:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Hammerheart writes:

Why won't they just release the 18 rare tracks on 1 CD by itself? I've already got all the rest of LoG's material, I really don't want to have to buy it twice to get the rare tracks.

# May 4, 2010 @ 1:52 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Blindgreed1 writes:

It's always been my experience that "rare or previously unreleased" tracks seldom stand on their own. I pesonally would rather have the set and hear them in the intended context than have it all lumped together.

# May 4, 2010 @ 2:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Hammerheart writes:

Blind: Understandable, but it's also just a marketing gimmick. Die hard fans will buy the 3 CD set just for the 1 CD of unreleased and rare stuff. Why not make a few extra bucks and make them buy the stuff they've already got again while they're at it?

# May 4, 2010 @ 2:55 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Blindgreed1 writes:

HammerH: You sound as if you're Roadrunner scarred. lol.

# May 4, 2010 @ 3:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Hammerheart writes:

Blind: Nah, I took a few marketing classes in college, lol. I AM a restaurant manager, you know. ;P But I think Roadrunner kind of perfected that gimmick.

# May 4, 2010 @ 3:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Blindgreed1 writes:

Lol. At least you can get the "super-duper-fantastic-deluxe-new and improved-awesomeness set" with this deal and not have to wait two weeks after you bougt the origional set. I guess that would be the silver lining here.

# May 4, 2010 @ 3:52 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. EsotericSurgery writes:

#1 I agree totally, a new cd would've been better. Already have all their music except the rare releases...which will be on torrent in a week f*** paying for 3 cd's just to get un released tracks. LOVE lamb of god and would pay any amount to see them play live but I'm not buying into this BS.

# May 4, 2010 @ 3:53 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Hammerheart writes:

Blind: Yeah, I hate when they do that; re-release the CD a month after it comes out with like 1 or 2 bonus tracks.. that's always bothered me.

# May 4, 2010 @ 4:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Trendkill91 writes:

A new album with bonus and unreleased tracks even or b-sides.
Kind of like what MachineHead did with the special edition of The Blackening.

I'm hoping Gojira and Lamb of God mke there way here on the Metallica Australian Tour.

# May 4, 2010 @ 6:54 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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