Earthsblood
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{{Infobox album
| name = Earthsblood
| type = studio
| artist = God Forbid
| cover = God Forbid - Earthsblood.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 24, 2009
| recorded = Trax East
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Metalcore, thrash metal
| length = 55:01
| label = Century Media
| producer = Eric Rachel
| prev_title = IV: Constitution of Treason
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Equilibrium
| next_year = 2012
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1477932|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2 = Alternative Press
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}} [http://altpress.com/reviews/earthsblood.htm link]
|rev3 = Blabbermouth.net
|rev3score = {{rating|9.5|10}} [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1623 link]
|rev4 = Rock Sound
|rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}} [http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/god-forbid-earthsblood link]
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110953|title=God Forbid: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed|date=16 December 2008|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|accessdate=31 December 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221015131/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110953|archivedate=21 December 2008}} 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. The song "Empire of the Gun" is a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.
The album sold around 5,400 copies in its first week of release to reach No. 110 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline =
| all_writing = God Forbid
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = The Discovery
| length1 = 1:43
| title2 = The Rain
| length2 = 5:21
| title3 = Empire of the Gun
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = War of Attrition
| length4 = 4:27
| title5 = The New Clear
| length5 = 6:36
| title6 = Shallow
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Walk Alone
| length7 = 6:14
| title8 = Bat the Angels
| length8 = 6:06
| title9 = Earthsblood
| length9 = 9:03
| title10 = Gaia (The Vultures)
| length10 = 7:17
| total_length = 55:01
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Live at the Starland Ballroom
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Force-Fed
| length1 = 5:22
| title2 = Chains of Humanity
| length2 = 4:46
| title3 = Divide My Destiny
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Go Your Own Way
| length4 = 4:00
| title5 = Anti-Hero
| length5 = 4:51
| title6 = Better Days
| length6 = 4:27
| title7 = Lonely Dead
| length7 = 6:27
| title8 = Reject the Sickness
| length8 = 3:56
| title9 = Gone Forever
| length9 = 5:07
| title10 = Broken Promise
| length10 = 5:33
| title11 = To the Fallen Hero
| length11 = 5:22
| title12 = The End of the World
| length12 = 6:17
| title13 = Crucify Your Beliefs
| length13 = 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
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