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Lamb of God Members Are Feeling Surprisingly Hopeful Amidst Political Strife
From the moment Donald Trump announced he was running for president, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has criticized “the orange idiot” in interviews, on social media and onstage. So when Lamb of God released “Checkmate” in February, the first single from its eighth full-length album (due May 8 on Epic), many figured the song was a scathing indictment of POTUS. Such lyrics as “Divide and conquer and close them in/And bury secrets deep/Make America hate again and bleed the sheep to sleep” seemed to support that notion. Blythe insists that’s not the case. “To write a record bashing Donald Trump would be rather futile, because the situation