Earthsblood

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Earthsblood
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2009
RecordedTrax East
Genre Metalcore, thrash metal
Length55:01
Label Century Media
Producer Eric Rachel
God Forbid chronology
IV: Constitution of Treason
(2005)
Earthsblood
(2009)
Equilibrium
(2012)
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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 .

Contents

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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.