Lamb of God releases Sepsis, first original since 2022 Omens

Lamb of God released a new single, "Sepsis," this week, marking the Virginia metal band's first original music since their 2022 album Omens. The three-and-a-half-minute track arrived with a grainy performance video and comes amid announcements about the group's label arrangements and a slate of upcoming festival and tour dates.

Produced by longtime collaborator Josh Wilbur, "Sepsis" emphasizes heavy riffs and a brooding atmosphere and is accompanied by a lo-fi performance video directed by Gianfranco Svagelj. The band said the song pays direct homage to the underground Richmond scene that shaped their early sound. Guitarist Mark Morton said, "Sepsis is a celebration of the very underground local bands here in Richmond that we really admired when we were just forming Burn the Priest. Bands like Breadwinner, Sliang Laos, and Ladyfinger, though they never got widespread attention outside of Richmond, those were the bands we listened to all the time. The song references that stuff in a way that's a direct line to where we were coming from when we were in the basement writing our earliest material together."

The single has been released through Epic Records, and the band has also...