Lamb Of God's Mark Morton on guitar, groove and blues: "One of the first things I decide with a riff is where the snare sits"

By Rob Laing
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The guitarist talks solo career and Lamb Of God in our new video interview

Lamb Of God's Mark Morton is a busy man; moving straight from a debut solo album and EP to a new album with the band. We sat down with him to talk about his blues rock guitar approach that manifests differently in both projects and why snare placement in crucial to Lamb Of God's riffs.  

Lamb Of God's self-titled new album is out 19 June via Nuclear Blast. For more info check out lamb-of-god.com

Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands.