Century Media
2009
Live At The Starland Ballroom
About This Album
Nearly four years have passed since the release of God Forbid's last album, 2005's post-apocalyptic concept piece Constitution of Treason, and, at the time, the New Jersey natives ranked just beneath bands such as Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, and Shadows Fall in what was then called (rather generously) the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Needless to say, much has changed since then, and the heavy metal scene into which the quintet unleashed its fifth long-player, Earthsblood, in early 2009, had seen, among other things, the replacement of melodic death metal with more brutal deathcore, the unlikely rebirth of thrash, the widespread extinction of emo/screamo, and a general stylistic splintering that left no clear indication about the next dominant trend. But luckily, God Forbid have never been ones to follow trends as much as their own creative muse wherever it might lead them, so although some of their fans may chafe at the inevitable progression presented on Earthsblood, no one can accuse the band of playing it safe. Nor is there a simple way to categorize the numerous textures and subgenres contributing to the complex architecture of this new collection of songs: thrash, hardcore, death metal, and non-metal.
Track List

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