Metal's moral backbone: the uncompromising, righteous rise of Lamb Of God

AS A YOUNGER man, D. Randall Blythe conducted social experiments with bleach. As jocks in passing cars screamed insults, the singer with the metal band Lamb Of God walked the streets of his home city of Richmond, Virginia, with his barnet dyed in various cartoon hues. More than red and yellow and pink, it was the colour green that drew the greatest outrage. Delighted, a 'do in the refined shade of Kermit the Frog became his favourite style.