As the Palaces Burn

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As the Palaces Burn is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Lamb of God, released under Prosthetic Records in 2003. As the Palaces Burn received considerably more airplay than their previous effort, with three singles. The album was produced by Lamb of God and Devin Townsend. The album has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Blender	link
Rolling Stone	link
Blabbermouth.net	link

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lamb of God

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ruin"	3:55
2.	"As the Palaces Burn"	2:24
3.	"Purified"	3:11
4.	"11th Hour"	3:44
5.	"For Your Malice"	3:43
6.	"Boot Scraper"	4:34
7.	"A Devil in God's Country"	3:16
8.	"In Defense of Our Good Name"	4:13
9.	"Blood Junkie"	4:23
10.	"Vigil"	4:42

Personnel

Lamb of God

• Randy Blythe - lead vocals
• Mark Morton - lead & rhythm guitars
• Willie Adler - lead & rhythm guitars
• John Campbell - bass
• Chris Adler - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Chris Poland - lead guitar on "Purified"
• Devin Townsend - guitar on "A Devil in God's Country"

Personnel

• Devin Townsend - production, engineering
• Shaun Thingvold - mixing
• Louie Teran - mastering
• Carla Lewis, Dan Kearley, Dennis Solomon, Grant Rutledge, Scott Cooke - assistant engineers
• K3N - artwork
• Adam Wentworth - picture disc artwork redesign

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
US	2003	Prosthetic	CD	10008-2
US	2003	Prosthetic	CD/DVD	793018 291902
EU	2004	Epic	CD	EPC 513880 2
AU&NZ	2004	Epic	CD	5138 8 02000
US	2004	Black Market Activities	LP	BMA 006	Picture disc
US	2009	Prosthetic	LP	6561910008-1