On 11/21/2025, by Melissa Ghezzo.
I Lamb Of God they published ‘Parasocial Christ’ a relentless three-minute assault that once again finds the Richmond, Virginia metalheads joined by the longtime producer Josh Wilbur . The single follows ‘Sepsis’ released in early October and dominating the US metal charts for the past two weeks.
‘Parasocial Christ’ is accompanied by a stark, desaturated video directed by Jon Vulpine whose haunting visual style mirrors the intensity of the song, which captures one man’s descent into madness.
Randy Blythe, comment: “The information age has given rise to the attention economy, an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars that relies on keeping your eyes glued to screens, thus generating advertising revenue. Every second spent clicking and scrolling through the mundane and/or sordid details of other people’s lives, people you will most likely never meet – celebrities, politicians, influencers – is another dollar in the wallet of some already obscenely rich tech guy. You are a product, and you are being sold in a market in which which you have no stake in. The irony of whether you are reading this on a social media platform or a music news aggregator site is not lost on me; however, I hope this song can make you think about who and what you pay attention to, put down the phone, go live your life: it awaits you in what remains of the real world.”
Photo credit: Travis Shinn
