Live Review: Lamb of God w/ Sanguisugabogg, Fit for an Autopsy, and Kublai Khan TX @ MGM National Harbor — 3/17/26

This St. Patrick’s Day, DMV metalheads were lucky to catch the opener of Lamb of God’s Into Oblivion North American Tour. Performing at the The Theatre at MGM National Harbor, they were joined on stage by Sanguisugabogg, Fit for an Autopsy, and Kublai Khan TX for a night of heavy breakdowns, guttural growls, circle pits, and squealies.

Following the same setup as their European tour, Ohio’s Sanguisugabogg had drummer Cody Davidson stepping up to handle guitar while Eric Morotti took up a place behind the drum set. Fans started circle pits as stage lights washed over the scene in acid greens and violent washes of res, the sound of Devin Swank’s growls driving people to move.

Fit for an Autopsy roared onto stage next, hitting a great balance between notes both gravelly and clean and some guitar solos that had room to breathe alongside heavy chugs. Songs “Warfare” and “Far From Heaven” were both particularly well-received, with fans’ fists flying in the air.

The Kublai Khan TX set included favorites “Swan Song,” “The Hammer,” and “Theory of Mind” and the quick and dirty “Antpile” and “Antpile 2.” Their aggressiveness had fans moving and crowd surfers quickly travelling the crowd up to the barricade. At one point, vocalist Matt Honeycutt joked about having to get off his recliner in Texas to go on tour. If this night was any indication, it was worth the trip.

As heavy as each opener was in its own right, they ultimately served as the runway for Lamb of God’s blistering set. In the Into Oblivion North America 2026 Tour trailer, Randy Blythe describes the band- audience dynamic with a simple line: “The best shows feel as if the barrier between us drops.” What you couldn’t know from the trailer is how literal that idea would feel in the room. The stage began hidden behind a massive black curtain, then an immaculate Kaubki drop hit as the band tore into “Ruin.”

Watch the official tour trailer for the Into Oblivion North America 2026 Tour by Lamb of God on YouTube:

Between the drop, the rapid-fire lighting, and the sheer energy of every band member, the atmosphere was primed from the first downbeat. The crowd stayed active all night—at times splitting into two distinct mosh pits at once—before a brief mid-set reset where the room locked in on trance-inducing back-to-back guitar and drum solos. And if you opted out of the pit or the surf, there was still plenty to take in: beam lights, lasers, strobes, and haze playing against twelve panel screens that carried the set’s visual world from haunted figures and skeletal specimens to gothic arches and the fiery pits of hell itself.

By the time the band played “11th Hour,” the barrier Blythe had talked about felt like it had dissipated entirely, and for the next few moments everyone in the venue shared the same pulse. The night reached its fever pitch when Blythe delivered the “Redneck” “invitation” line—less a lyric than a direct cue to the crowd—and the circle pit didn’t hesitate to respond.

Here are more photos of Lamb of God and their support acts performing live at MGM National Harbor on March 17, 2026. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Ally Ramsey. 

Photos and words by Ally Ramsey/Ally Ramsey Photography