Earthsblood

Earthsblood
Earthsblood
Studio album by God Forbid
Released	February 24, 2009
Recorded	Trax East
Genre	Metalcore, thrash metal
Length	55:01
Label	Century Media
Producer	Eric Rachel
God Forbid chronology

Earthsblood is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band God Forbid. It was released in 2009, on February 16 in Europe and February 24 in North America, through Century Media Records.^[1] The album was produced by Eric Rachel with Christian Olde Wolbers handling all vocal tracking. The mixing was by Jens Bogren, and the artwork was by Gustavo Sazes. This is the last God Forbid album with rhythm guitarist Dallas Coyle.^[1] The song "Empire of the Gun" is a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
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Blabbermouth.net	link
Rock Sound	link

The album sold around 5,400 copies in its first week of release to reach No. 110 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by God Forbid

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Discovery"	1:43
2.	"The Rain"	5:21
3.	"Empire of the Gun"	4:43
4.	"War of Attrition"	4:27
5.	"The New Clear"	6:36
6.	"Shallow"	3:31
7.	"Walk Alone"	6:14
8.	"Bat the Angels"	6:06
9.	"Earthsblood"	9:03
10.	"Gaia (The Vultures)"	7:17
Total length:		55:01

**Live at the Starland Ballroom**
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Force-Fed"	5:22
2.	"Chains of Humanity"	4:46
3.	"Divide My Destiny"	3:58
4.	"Go Your Own Way"	4:00
5.	"Anti-Hero"	4:51
6.	"Better Days"	4:27
7.	"Lonely Dead"	6:27
8.	"Reject the Sickness"	3:56
9.	"Gone Forever"	5:07
10.	"Broken Promise"	5:33
11.	"To the Fallen Hero"	5:22
12.	"The End of the World"	6:17
13.	"Crucify Your Beliefs"	7:26
Total length:		65:32

Personnel

Byron Davis – lead vocals
Doc Coyle – lead guitar, backing vocals
Dallas Coyle – rhythm guitar, clean vocals
John "Beeker" Outcalt – bass guitar
Corey Pierce – drums
Michael Pinnella – keyboards on tracks 8 and 9
Michael Romeo – orchestra on tracks 1 and 10

References

^ ^a ^b "God Forbid: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.

[12-16-1] "God Forbid: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.

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