What makes this effort by LOG so devastating is what it does so well (for the sake of undue repetition), harsh vox; aggressive drumming; tempo breakdowns; subtle melodicism (that is not hook driven) and now the influx of really potent thrash crunch. It must really be heard to be appreciated, but in this reviewer's opinion it is some of the most compelling metal this year, bar none

The freshness of LOG's sound is just really great for an old thrashhead like me to hear. Just seeing the evolution of different sounds from the past, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Death, Testament, etc. --- and how they can get expression in really new sounding stuff makes me pretty damn happy. I think there's a lot to like here without going overboard and saying that they do a Meshuggah here, a Slayer there. The fact that they can play such compelling multi-faceted new metal is great --- and there's something here that every metal head can like, there's technicality, aggression, powerful and compelling riffs, great structure --- In many ways, LOG reminds me of when Slayer sounded fresh and new: aggression, technicality and brutality

There is a fresh new direction in American small label metal that is really great. There's still time for some old metalheads (the reviewer included) to get to listening to fresh new directions in metal that nod to the old school, yet take their own creative ways to evolving and revitalizing metal — and that's not bad at all. As the Palaces Burn is a great place to start, and is one of the metal genre's best works of the year so far

Our grade:
Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn: A-

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