I thought this article was quite funny. I know basically none of you know who Lamb Of God actually is, but they are not a satanic band. Matter of fact they deal more with political issues, alcoholism, and sexism in society within their lyrics then they talk about death.

Anyway... The venue which LOG was supposed to play is owned by a church, and the head of the operations there doesnt want LOG playing because of their name. Yet...on this same tour...they are supporting SLIPKNOT ...who in fact sings about mutilation, satan, etc. And funnier yet...the tour is enticingly called "THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES TOUR" which was taken from Slipknots new album title "Vol. 4: The Subliminal Verses" .....but yeh Lamb Of God cant play! HAHAHAHA.

Nothing against you church goers, but its amazing that a bunch of ppl who are supposed to uphold morals and extend the arms of mental enlightenment, refuse to open a "book" and actually do research about a band they are blacklisting. If i was the guy, I'd be more afraid of Slipknot then Lamb Of God any day! But its funny because it seems to me that they know Slipknot will draw in thousands of dollars, and they had to hate on one band, so they gave Lamb Of God the axe instead of removing the tour stop all together. Greedy lil bishes!

heres the article:

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS:
LAMB OF GOD has been BANNED from performing at the Forum in Los Angeles. The band is being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming Subliminal Verses Tour with Slipknot.

The venue, The Forum in Los Angeles, is owned by The Faithful Central Bible Church who decided to impose a ruling to BAN LAMB OF GOD from performing at their venue.

LAMB OF GOD have come off of several extremely successful headlining runs through L.A. in the last year, so this move comes completely unexpected for the band and the tour as a whole. Los Angeles is, and has always been, a huge market for the band, building steadily with each one of their releases and tours and exploding with the bands current release Ashes of the Wake.

In deciding to BAN the band, The Faithful Central Bible Church are restricting freedom of speech, choice and assembly, and our art and ability to conduct commerce.

In response, drummer Chris Adler points out the following:

"The "situation" in LA can only be described as ridiculous. It has already been a huge waste of energy trying to turn this around. The powers that be are not interested budging - or doing their research apparently - and we have never been a band to placate anyone to get our way, smooth things over or make anyone feel better. They have made it clear that they do not want us because of our name, our show and our crowd - because of that ignorance, LAMB OF GOD is not being permitted to appear on the Subliminal Verses Concert in LA. It is truly a shame for the show overall, especially for our friends and fans in LA that are being forced to miss our part of the show. Trust that this was not our decision, we would love to kick some ass in LA, but apparently the word from the powers that be is that LAMB OF GOD is not the wholesome family fun that the good people of Los Angeles deserve."

... i just thought this was down right hysterical!