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God Forbid
By Lady Spitfire
The forerunners of the New Wave of American
metal GOD FORBID encompass the genre to its core –
brutal, melodic and unpredictable. New Jersey’s mighty
quintet makes staying atop everybody’s radar look undeniably simple.
The type of band that
all heavy music fans can
get behind, GOD FORBID emulates remarkable musicianship as is
evident in their past critically acclaimed records
– a diverse splash of gritty
heaviness coupled with
groove-infused melodies
in all the right places.
Proving themselves as a
hard-working force, their
drive to aim high with
each subsequent record
is enough to make every band of a lesser caliber crumble. Their pummeling
breakdowns and clean melodies are reason enough for
this group to single-handedly raise the worldwide metal
fever to an all time high.
GOD FORBID’s latest album Equilibrium delivers
the group’s most dynamic effort to date, something that
guitarist/vocalist Doc Coyle is not afraid to speak out
on, “Fans can expect some of the classic God Forbid
trademarks and a few twists and turns that are completely fresh. There are
some really fast, thrashy
elements – super heavy,
groovy songs a