THE HARD R: BRING ON THE HATERADE!!
Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 3:15pm by Dallas Coyle
By now a lot of you have had a chance to hear some of our new shit floating around, or you’ve had the chance to hear the whole album if you’ve been SO LUCKY… I can say that I’m very excited to have this record come out on February 24th 2009. By the way, February 24th will be a huge day for metal. Us and Lamb Of God have our records coming out the same day. The coolest thing about this is every one can see how far metal has progressed from each of our first albums to our latest. We’ve come a long way. And I think both of our bands haven’t compromised. I also think we’ve produced quality material through our respective careers. So big ups to us and them!!! Big ups to metal!!!
I keep saying big ups because this blog is going to be all about one thing: Haterade. The big ups is a precursor to the new words or phrases that come out over time. Yeah, maybe being in a metal band makes it harder to say things like true dat, big ups or haterade but I’m gonna say that shit anyway. I am in a metal band but I am also from the streets so I have carte blanche to say all that ghetto shit.
Seriously, I’m talking about haterade because I think bands that get hated on generally become more successful. Right now, I’m hoping, pleading and wishing for this album to be panned by critics, internet trolls and whoever wants to shit on it. You may ask me, “Why Dallas? Why dost thou-eth needest us to protesteth soeth mucheth?” Because we need some boiling water in our career. We need people to hate. We need people to defend. We need to fight a fucking war for this record to push us to another place. We are a successful band. I want to be more successful. I want anyone out there who hates God Forbid to say they hate us. I don’t want reasons. I don’t want debates. I want hate!!!
I have a theory about why people don’t drink God Forbid Haterade. Let’s look at the careers of the most recent hated bands: Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine are just a couple of examples. These bands have great careers, but they have strong Haterade Brands. I’m sure their myspace messages are divided up into fan mail and hate mail. We’ve received hate mail and it’s pretty fucking great. But not as widespread as I really want and need it to be. These bands catch hate for a vast amount of reasons, but mostly I think it’s because they have images not because of their music. I think it’s because people can’t stand that people like them. I also think it’s because they are white! It’s very normal and OK in our society to hate white people. I don’t hate white people but it’s real easy to hate a successful white person.
It’s a Catch 22 to hate on God Forbid. It’s like the debates we had with Barack Obama. If you’re white and hate us, people think you’re racist. If you’re black and hate us, you’re a sell out. If you’re Hispanic and hate us, just go do some cocaine.
Get charged up! Show the true hate. We need a career with lefts, rights, love, hate… I’m saying it right here and now. If you can’t stand our band and are afraid to talk shit about us because people will think you’re racist, don’t worry about it. I know you are, so talk as much shit as you want! If you’re black and hate us because we’re doing what you want to do, don’t worry about. I know you’re an Uncle Tom!
In all seriousness, if you can’t stand the music, the personalities or just my stupid mouth, please tell your friend, your mom, your grandma, your psychiatrist, your girlfriend, that we suck… Tell them that we suck not just metaphorically, but physically. I’ll help you out, “God Forbid sucks _________” Insert the word there. Here some examples: Cock, dick, pussy, schlong, dog’s ass, cat’s ass, elephant schlong, dirty whore’s snatch, gout ridden toe jam, etc, etc. It’s OK. I give you carte blanche because you probably are a racist and definitely a sell out Uncle Tom! This is America. What would it be like if you weren’t…
HORNZ!!!
Hahahahah firsts.
And sorry Dallas, I won’t be doling out much Haterade today…
But I liked this post though. Pretty funny, but also pretty true (A7X just had a huge new DVD release…).
Fine… I’ll give it a shot: (in complete jest, only cuz Dallas wants some racism flames:)
METAL IS FOR WHITES ONLY! OZZY, HETFIELD, MUSTAINE, DIMEBAG!! DONT TAKE THIS FROM US LIKE YOU TOOK BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL!
hahah. sorry if that offended anyone. just a stupid joke for dallas.
god forbid takes all your white women…now that’s a good reason to hate. hahaha
@Nate
Dont apologize, he said to hate strong.
Dallas,
Im sorry Rap-metal is so out of style. I dunno there is just something about you…some X factor or quality about you that screams to me that you want to rap. And maybe slab a bitch and drink a 40
(psst Dallas, you know I dig the band but I want you guys to sell millions so)
YOU GUYS SUCK!! OH GOD THE HORROR…..THE HORROR!!!
(with love and respect)
Iann
You keep writing these blogs and it makes it hard for me to dislike you. its like hating on your best friends band.
Ha!!! It’s like Charlie Wilsons War,”Senator, you’re very easy man to like…” Let the hate begin!!!
I feel really sorry for pathetic people who go out of their way to write hate mail to bands they don’t like. I guess it fuels their egos and makes them feel that their own taste in music is better than everyone else s, and the bands they like are the best ever.
I heard one of the new songs on satellite radio. I actually found myself going back and listening to it again…and again…and again. If you put out something that’s at least half as interesting as that one song, then I’m really not gonna be able to hate on you.
It’s your own fault, really. Good music, interesting and nice personalities, cool to the fans and the little people…there’s really nothing I can even pretend to hate about God Forbid.
BUT, you might just be doing this to massage your own ego about how fantastic your band is, so if that is the case, fuck you and your over-inflated self-importance. Fuck it all to hell. With a pointy stick. No, a blunt stick. Whichever one hurts the most.
Bullet for My Valentine is still a fuckin band?!?!? I thought they fell off the map. Didn’t trivium’s sales tank as well for their latest?
If you want people to hate you, stop being the only good metalcore band. God Forbid is the only metalcore band I can admit to liking and not even feel bad about it
the reason why people hate on bands like Trivium/Avenged Sevenfold is the same reason why people hate on Metallica’s Black Album…its watered down/contrived music meant for mass appeal and financial success and not to bush the artisitic boundaries of “metal.”
I’m not saying these bands suck, i know they all can pretty much shred on their instruments and write excellently crafted songs but they no longer embody the “outsider” mentality that draws people to metal in the first place.
I don’t blame them for wanting to be successful (doesn’t everybody?) but it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their success might be insulting to the underground where bands quite literally “suffer for their craft” because they refuse to compromise their sound.
For bands, getting “bigger” doesn’t always mean getting “better.” But I understand, quality doesn’t pay the bills and i’m sure most people would take fame and success over artistic relevance anyday.
I’ve pretty much hated all the clips I’ve heard of your guys’ new shit, but I think you’re pretty fucking cool, Dallas.
@ferocious
That’s funny, I’m drawn to metal because I like listening to it. Not because I want to be part of some “outsider” counterculture club.
That pretty much sums up my issue with metal fans, actually. Most are as weak and soulless as the pop, teeny boppers they talk shit about. They’re just trying to fit in with a different crowd.
Totally off topic, so…
GOD FORBID SUCKS!!!! Get back to the cotton field, you hacks. BOOOOO!!!!!!!!
No no Dallas, if you want Hate to flow either slay all the padewans at the temple or start wearing makeup and junk. Either way you can’t lose.
2 words:
Britney duet
I would normally comply and rip your band a new asshole, but to be honest I can never remember what you guys sound like. You just write boring and forgettable music.
Now don’t get me wrong i try to no to be one of those guys who seem to become just another ass hole that rips on a band they don’t like, (this is actually i believe the 2nd time i have ever posted on here, but honestly Its not that i necessarily don’t like your band its just that after a while your blogs just become to cliche. Its just another person that’s in a band that thinks because they haven’t had success that they can get away with saying anything. I stopped fully reading your blogs after a few weeks at first i thought they were really funny and creative and i was all for “fuck the man” but now its just hard for me to continue reading once i get to the point where its “click here for after the jump” Its just become too, cliche?
James,
We are a successful band. I want to be more successful. I’ve been blogging here for more than 6 months so I’ve adopted my style. Sue me. If you didn’t think the blog was funny tell me to suck cows anus. This isn’t rocket science here.
Ya, let’s hope God Forbid gets as much hate as Metallica; then you’ll all be millionaires in under a year. We all know you deserve it.
Dallas,
1. Your blog isn’t funny. The term ‘Haterade’ isn’t even mildly amusing and actually became annoying towards the end.
2. I’m starting to hate your guys music because I know what you’re capable of. Gone Forever was awesome. One of my favourite albums for sure. Constitution of Treason was mostly good (apart from that terrible acoustic piece of shit towards the end- what the hell made u think that was worthy of being on the album?) And now I hear couple of things off the new album ands I just think ‘meh’ it’s not awful but it sure isn’t world class, exciting new metal.
3. I have a God Forbid T-shirt that I still wear but if the next album’s as average as I think it’s gonna be then it’ll be lucky to end up as a car washing rag.
4. You want to be successful? You don’t need a commercial sound, don’t listen to that shit. Look at Lamb of God. Frankly you just need to make better music.
Tom
big ups to you for not being lamb of god!
(no really. i haven’t been drinking more haterade than usual, just i used to like them til sacrament. don’t do that to yourselves, guys.)
I’m not saying BE lamb of god. I was just using them as an example to show that you don’t need to have a commercial sound to be popular, just a good one.
(Though I do agree that sacrament is not as good as ashes of the wake.)
This dude name drops some shitty bands.
If you want to get a legion of hatred, just dub yourselves as “the second coming of metal”. It worked for Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, and Avenged Sevenfold. Or you could be like the three aforementioned bands and drastically change your sound to be like the next Metallica or Dragonforce.
But really, don’t do it. I’ve been anxious for your new album for years, even more when I saw you live this summer with Soilent Green and Light This City.
I won’t do too much hatin, but i do still want my 10 bucks back for reject the sickness.
your band fuckin sucks
I really don’t know about this one…..because I’ve heard some of Earthsblood, and, I have to say, it’s my fav GF material I’ve heard yet.
But, however, since it’s THE most tr00 br00t@L thing to do right now, I’ll sip some Haterade from the MetalSucks proverbial toliet bowl :
Ahem.
TAKE ONE: “OH EM GEEE! How DARE a band of soot-skinned nappy-headed mofo’s such as GF make metal with memorable riffs and melody and NOT have it called nu-metal!?!?!?! OUTRAGE!!!!! Actual musical progression??? UNFORGIVABLE!!!!!! Not shredding 24/7 at 280 bpm throughout the entire album?!?!??? TOTALLY UN-b00t@L & UN-tr00 SOCIALIST NIGGER-NOISE!!!!!!”
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TAKE TWO : Republican.
well, that’s the best I can do.
and btw, if anyone here takes the mock-racism in this post seriously, you sir, are at the wrong website. you may want to head over here : http://www.blabbermouth.net
Dallas, as always, loved the blog, and don’t wait another month and a fuckin’ half to do the next one.
big ups!
Can’t you just make something awesome instead? I mean, usually those asking for hate don’t get it. It’s like trying to force an internet meme to happen.
Dallas, if you change your band name to (God)f.b. you could have 10 more posts than this in half the time!
I HATE WHINEY PUSSIES
Dallas, I’m sorry, but you’re wrong, people shit on Jada Pinkett Smith’s shitty band all the time, myself included, they’re fucking awful, and people come up and say FINALLY a black heavy metal band, and I just want to scream at the top of my lungs, what you mean “finally”
You know, I shit on Wicked Wisdom even though they’re black, because they SUCK HUGE DONKEY DICK, I don’t shit on God Forbid, because you guys are fucking awesome.
I’d like to point out, Trivium is alright, and Bullet For My Valentine suck big dick, but the reason people hate on them, is because it wasn’t metalheads who gave them that success.
Meshuggah are very successful, and I haven’t met a single metalhead online or off that doesn’t like them, and that’s because they’ve been playing heavy metal for a long time, and built a solid fan base, and play excellent music, they became successful because we pure blood metalheads MADE them successful.
Why is BFMV successful? Because the gate keepers of mainstream culture forced them down peoples throats, that’s why I don’t think you’ll ever be one of those ‘love it, hate it’ bands, because you’re one of the bands that worked hard, grew a solid fanbase over many years, and has the support of the heavy metal community at the grass roots, so I hate to break it to you, but everyone likes you guys, and I didn’t even know you guys were black until Gone Forever came out, I don’t fucking pay attention to CD art… Sorry, I know how much work you put into that stuff.
Also, there’s one fucking thing I dislike about you, your views on politics, so I’m going to say it once and for all, PLEASE, do some research into the political views of Ron Paul, look him up on youtube and shit, watch some of the debates he was in last year, I personally was a fan of Obama till I discovered this delightful old chap, and you seem like the type that would really agree with his views, and if so, you’ll probably wonder how you ever got taken in by that snake oil salesman Obama.