''As the Palaces Burn'' is the third studio album by American
heavy metal band
Lamb of God
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, released under
Prosthetic Records on May 6, 2003. The album was produced by
Devin Townsend and the band itself, and received considerably more airplay than their previous effort, with three singles. As of 2013, ''As The Palaces Burn'' has sold 270,000 copies since its original release, according to
Nielsen SoundScan
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.
The band released a 10th anniversary edition of the album on November 11, 2013, with all songs in the album being remixed and remastered, alongside three bonus demo tracks.
The 10th-anniversary edition of the album sold around 6,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 64 on
''Billboard'' 200 chart.
Accolades
In 2017,
Rolling Stone put ''As the Palaces Burn'' at #86 on their Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time list with Dan Epstein praising
Devin Townsend's production which helped sharpen the guitar
riffs on songs like "Vigil", "Ruin" and "11th Hour".
Track listing
Personnel
Lamb of God
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Randy Blythe – vocals
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Mark Morton – lead guitar
*Willie Adler – rhythm guitar
*John Campbell – bass
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Chris Adler
Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the founder and longtime drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God from 1994 to 2019, and of Megadeth from 2015 to 2016.
Adler played drums on Megadeth's f ...
– drums, percussion
Additional musicians
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Chris Poland – guitar on "Purified"
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Devin Townsend – backing vocals and guitar on "A Devil in God's Country"
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Steve Austin – backing vocals on "11th Hour"
Additional personnel
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Devin Townsend – production, engineering
*Shaun Thingvold – mixing
*Josh Wilbur - mixing (10th Anniversary Edition)
*Louie Teran – mastering
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Brad Blackwood Brad Blackwood is an American audio mastering audio engineer, engineer. He has mastered albums for artists such as Maroon 5, Against Me, Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God, Black Eyed Peas, Sara Bareilles, and is a 17 time Grammy nominee and 3-time win ...
- mastering (10th Anniversary Edition)
*Carla Lewis, Dan Kearley, Dennis Solomon, Grant Rutledge, Scott Cooke – assistant engineers
*Petar Sardelich – engineer for Chris Poland
* – artwork
*Adam Wentworth – picture disc artwork redesign
Release history
Charts
References
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2003 albums
Lamb of God (band) albums
Black Market Activities albums
Prosthetic Records albums
Albums produced by Devin Townsend
Death metal albums by American artists