Lamb Of God‘s second all-new single of the year has received its online premiere. Following closely on the heels of their recent offering “Sepsis“, the multi-platinum Richmond, VA-based groove metal titans have just deployed “Parasocial Christ“. It comes backed by the below Jon Vulpine directed music video. Diving deep into the lyrical matter, vocalist Randy Blythe offered:
“The Information Age has birthed the attention economy, an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars anchored in keeping eyeballs firmly glued to screens, thus generating ad revenue. Every second spent clicking and scrolling through the trivial and/or sordid details of other people’s lives, people that you will most likely never meet- celebrities, politicians, influencers- is another dollar in some already obscenely wealthy tech bro’s wallet.
You are a product, and you are being sold in a marketplace you have no share in. The irony of you reading this some social media platform or music news aggregator site is not lost on me; nevertheless I hope this song might make you consider who and what you give your attention to. Fuck the clickbait, put down the phone, go live your life- it’s waiting for you out in what’s left of the real world.”
The song caps off a big week for Lamb Of God, who also just announced their spring North American headlining tour. That trek, which they have billed as ‘the heaviest tour of the year’, will commence in March with Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy and Sanguisugabogg along for the ride.
03/17 National Harbor, MD – The Theater MGM National Harbor
03/19 Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
03/20 Toronto, ON – GCT Theatre
03/22 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
03/24 Minneapolis, MN – Armory
03/25 Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
03/27 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
03/28 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
03/30 Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds
03/31 Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater
04/01 Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum
04/03 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04/04 Inglewood, CA – YouTube Theater
04/05 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
04/07 Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Center
04/10 Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater
04/11 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
04/12 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
04/14 Nashville, TN – War Memorial Auditorium
04/15 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
04/16 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
04/18 Reading, PA – Santander Arena
04/19 Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome
04/21 Buffalo, NY – Buffalo RiverWorks
04/23 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
04/25 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
04/26 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
