The history of musicians who become actors is mixed. For every Tom Waits, Mark Wahlberg, Will Smith and Frank Sinatra there’s Paul Simon, Bob Dylan and Roger Daltrey. And let’s not forget Mariah Carey, who starred in Glitter (aka one of the worst box office fiascos of all time), or Lyle Lovett (pee-yew!).

Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe (pictured above) has big screen aspirations (on a much smaller scale, mind you). The singer will make his movie debut in the upcoming horror flick The Graves, where he plays Deacon Luke, one of the evil denizens of Skull City. The film stars Tony Todd (Candyman) and Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and was written and directed by former comic book writer Brian Pulido. The film hasn’t been picked up by a studio yet so let’s assume it’ll be released on DVD later in the year (which is actually a punk rock thing to do).

Obligatory press gush from LOG’s Randy Blythe: “Acting was a lot harder than I thought it would be: an incredible amount of work goes into capturing just 30 seconds of film. It was also a hell of a lot of fun (I mean, c'mon- whose gonna have a bad time on the set of a horror movie?). The film is being edited right now, then shopped for distribution, with a tentative October premier. Keep your eyes out for The Graves, coming soon to a theatre to you! And be sure to let the audience know there are metal heads in attendance and scream real loud when I hit the screen! See ya on the road in '09!”

In related news, Lamb of God released their second DVD today, a double disc affair called Walk With Me in Hell. Now that sounds like a good title for a horror flick.