Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton's solo album will feature Chester Bennington

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Mark Morton will release his solo album Anesthetic in early 2019 which features a huge list of guest stars - including a vocal contribution from the late Chester Bennington

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Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton has revealed he’ll release a solo album early next year.

It’s titled Anesthetic and it’s set to launch on March 1 via WPP/Spinefarm Records. It'll feature a huge number of guests stars, and will also include a vocal contribution from late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington on the opening track Cross Off.

The other artists confirmed are Jacoby Shaddix, Mark Lanegan, Chuck Billy, Jake Oni, Myles Kennedy, Mark Morales, Josh Todd and Naeemah Maddox.

And to mark the announcement, Morton has released a lyric video for Truth Is Dead, which features his Lamb Of God bandmate Randy Blythe and Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz.

Morton says: “I’m beyond grateful that I got to team up with so many amazingly talented friends for this project.”

Anesthetic is now available for pre-order. Find further details below

Mark Morton: Anesthetic
1. Cross Off (feat. Chester Bennington)
2. Sworn Apart (feat. Jacoby Shaddix)
3. Axis (feat. Mark Lanegan)
4. The Never (feat. Chuck Billy + Jake Oni) 
5. Save Defiance (feat. Myles Kennedy)
6. Blur (feat. Mark Morales)
7. Back From The Dead (feat. Josh Todd)
8. Reveal (feat. Naeemah Maddox)
9. Imaginary Days
10. Truth Is Dead (feat. Randy Blythe + Alissa White-Gluz)

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Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton will release his solo album Anesthetic in March. The record features a number of guest stars and will include a vocal contribution from the late Chester Bennington.

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Scott Munro
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Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.