Today in 2005 God Forbid released the album IV: Constitution of Treason New Brunswick, New Jersey Melodic Thrash Metal/Metalcore Status:Active Years active: 1996-present God Forbid is a metalcore/thrash metal band from New Brunswick, New Jersey that was formed in 1998. Their style is different than the styles presented by other, popular metalcore bands: God Forbids influences are deep-rooted in thrash metal. Building up a following in the late 1990s by touring with bands such as Cradle of Filth, Nile, and Candiria, their first full album Reject the Sickness was released by 9 Volt Records in 1999. This album received heavy rotation from WSOU-FM in the New York City area, and the band was subsequently signed to Century Media Records, releasing the album Determination in 2001. They played on the MTV2 Headbangers Ball tour with Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, and Lamb of God. In 2004, they released Gone Forever, which helped increase their status considerably. They supported Machine Head along with Caliban in Nov/Dec of 2004 in the UK. The next year, they released IV: Constitution of Treason, a concept album about the end of the world. In 2005-2006 they supported Trivium on their UK tour along with Mendeed & Bloodsimple. In 2009, they released a brand-new album, Earthsblood. To promote this album, they went on a tour with August Burns Red, DevilDriver and Anthrax. Century Media Records Byron Davis – lead vocals Doc Coyle – lead guitar, clean vocals Dallas Coyle – rhythm guitar, clean vocals John Beeker Outcalt – bass guitar Corey Pierce – drums Tony Schreck – keyboards, electronics and programming Jason Suecof – additional guitars on tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7, guitar solo on Into the Wasteland Kevin Coyle (aka Dad Forbid) – piano outro on The Lonely Dead Brian Bonilla – spoken word on Welcome to the Apocalypse (Preamble) 1. The End of the World (6:09) 2. Chains of Humanity (4:03) 3. Into the Wasteland (3:59) 4. The Lonely Dead (6:51) 5. Divinity (4:09) 6. Under This Flag (5:45) 7. To the Fallen Hero (4:42) 8. Welcome to the Apocalypse (preamble) (4:07) 9. Constitution of Treason (4:31) 10. Crucify Your Beliefs (6:04) Total Time: 50:23 DualDisc album featuring The Act of Treason making of the album. Track 7, To the Fallen Hero, is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the United States Military. A music video was also made for the song. Music videos were also made for The End of the World and Chains of Humanity. IV: Constitution of Treason is the fourth full-length studio album by the New Jersey heavy metal quintet God Forbid. It is a concept album telling the story of a futuristic society that destroys itself, reforms many years later, and eventually destroys itself again in the same way as originally. The bands guitarist has said that the albums basic theme is the fact that humanity in general does not seem to learn from its mistakes.Three music videos were released from this album for the tracks The End of the World, Chains of Humanity and To the Fallen Hero. There is a special edition DualDisc version of this album, with a DVD documentary about the making of IV: Constitution of Treason entitled The Act of Treason. This is the first album to chart, peaking at number 118 on the Billboard 200 selling 8,300 copies. youtube/watch?v=SOjKFdBgLWE
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