Chris Alder Calls Lamb of God “Toxic”

Ex Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler has explained his withdrawal from the band.

Alder told MetalSucks Quarantinecast that he left because he felt the group was “toxic.” He also claimed it was “frown-town all the time.” After spending a lot of time with Lamb of God, he became one of metal’s most popular drummers. Alder spent so much of his life part of the “toxic”
band. “We’ve spent 26 years in a bus, a train, a plane. There’s not much left to talk about. We’ve explored our friendships to the fullest,” he said.

Alder also compared Lamb of God to formed bandmate of Firstborne:

“Now [discovering Myrone’s music] didn’t necessarily start us off into a process of making music together. Shortly after that was kind of my departure from Lamb where it’s like, well I’m not leaving this ’cause I don’t want to play music and I’m not leaving this ’cause I don’t want to play the kind of music Lamb is playing. I’m leaving this ’cause… it’s just toxic. Everywhere. Everything. And I’ve got to be a better father, husband, person than what this is dragging me into.”

Adler also talked about “fun” as a musician’s priority; however, with Lamb of God, that need was no longer fulfilling. “I always want to have fun doing this. And we did in Lamb of God for a very long time, but it got bogged down in everything else and what we’re supposed to do and who we supposedly are. I love this idea about stretching it out.”

He also said, “There’s a lot of hate [from fans] like, ‘Oh my god, you left Lamb of God for this, what the fuck is this?’ It’s like, ‘Uhh… fun?’ Like… I’m just living my life with a smile. Because before it was like frown-town all the time. Like what the hell is going on here, we don’t know what the hell is going on, hopefully everybody beats the shit out of each other and we just get a check. So you know, it’s just time for me as an adult to kind of move on.”