EARTHSBLOOD DRAWS CLOSER…
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 10:02am by Axl Rosenberg
…and so God Forbid have released the official album art (above, and metal as fuck, if you ask me) and track listing (after the jump). Guitarist Doc Coyle explains…
“All of us in God Forbid are proud to unveil the cover artwork for our forthcoming album Earthsblood! The album layout and our spiffy new MySpace design were both done by our new partner in crime and artistic virtuoso Gustavo Sazes. Based out of Brazil, he hasn’t worked with many American bands, so we are very excited to have him now onboard. For Earthsblood, we thought it would be great to go with someone who isn’t one of the usual suspects for album design in modern metal.
“The cover turned out much better than we ever hoped. It fully captures the dark and organic, yet emotional atmosphere of the album. The detail and abstract imagery is haunting and beautiful. The color scheme is perfect. I assure you all that the rest of the layout is just as impressive as the cover. Hopefully it will give people incentive to want to buy the CD (as opposed to downloading) to be able to enjoy the artwork first hand. This is my favorite God Forbid album artwork to date. Please check out Gustavo’s website www.abstrata.net and we will see you all very soon.”
And here’s the track list:
01. The Discovery
02. The Rain
03. Empire of the Gun
04. War of Attrition
05. The New Clear
06. Shallow
07. Walk Alone
08. Bat the Angels
09. Earthsblood
10. Gaia (The Vultures)
Right now, the last two tracks – which are fucking epics – are my favorite. Can’t wait for y’all to hear ‘em…
-AR
Wow, consider me totally fucking excited for this one! February 24th can’t come soon enough!
wait. what happened to Stockholm Syndrome?
Kind of reminds me of the Chimaira – Resurrection art work.
God Forbid are a very good band dont get me wrong, but this whole website is all up on their nuts like no other
@AnusApache :
…and why shouldn’t they be?? everything I’ve heard from Earsthblood so far has been worthy of the praise, i.m.h.o
Is it me or does the figure on the cover art look very similar to the angel of death from Hellboy 2….
It’s just you. But don’t feel bad, vaginitis can cloud your judgment.
So when listening am I going to be constantly checking to make sure it’s not on repeat?
@This Guy: I was going to say the same thing. Looks like ol’ Gustav has watched Hellboy 2.
Ok…really cool cover art…BUT if you check out gustav’s website this pretty much looks like every other album cover he’s done.
and Anus Apache > “God Forbid are a very good band dont get me wrong, but this whole website is all up on their nuts like no other”
Yeah i don’t really get it either. MetalSucks…why you up on their nuts like that?
Nothing but a shitty photoshop cover. I expected better from this band. Hopefully the rest of the album is good.
I think this cover is horrible. I’m not surprised that Godforbid would pick such a bad cover, since they are a pretty bad band. IMO.
OMG I had no ida that u culd make albu,m arts in photo sshop!! Tats so ghay they shud use somthing differnd.
Love the artwork. Keep it up bitches.
I like the art. Music should be good too.
Nice post !! I think it’s just you. But don’t feel bad, vaginitis can cloud your judgment.