Better Days (EP)

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Better Days
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EP by
ReleasedDecember 9, 2003
Genre Metalcore
Length15:36
Label Century Media
Producer God Forbid
God Forbid chronology
Determination
(2001)
Better Days
(2003)
Gone Forever
(2004)

Better Days, released on December 9, 2003, is the second EP by the New Jersey heavy metal quintet God Forbid. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by God Forbid.

No.TitleLength
1."Better Days"3:53
2."Allegiance"3:59
3."Wicked" (Demo)3:52
4."Reject the Sickness"3:27
5."Mind Eraser"1:45
Total length:15:36

Personnel

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References

  1. "The BNR Metal Pages". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-01-29.