THE HARD R: EARTHSBLOOD IS FINALLY HERE!
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 4:13pm by Dallas Coyle
What’s up everyone? Today is the day Earthsblood comes out and I’d like to thank MetalSucks for supporting the band and this record from even before they had a chance to hear it. What to say about Earthsblood? 1) The album kicks ass. 2) It’s getting great reviews across the board even though I requested that not to happen. 3) Don’t listen to me because I’m just a musician trying to create waves! I don’t know shit.
I’m extremely proud of this record and my band for achieving something greater than we ever thought we would. We wrote a great metal album. We’ve stayed together for close to 11 years and we’re still going strong. We’ve got the best tours of our career lined up and it’s all because of you guys out there. If we didn’t have the support from you we wouldn’t be able to be so successful. I have no idea what this album will bring us but I can say the lead up to it has been outstanding. Even Blabbermouth gave the album a 9.5 out of 10 which is amazing. To tell you the truth, the amount of shit I talk about the Blabbermouth trolls, the site itself has always been a staunch supporter of the band and I thank them whole-heartily! Blabbermouth you fucking rock as well!
Writing an album is very tough so when people respond positively to it it makes our lives a hell of a lot easier. The work isn’t done yet. Just because an album is critically acclaimed and people lick the balls doesn’t mean it will be good for a band’s career. What bands need with this type of hype and promotion is follow through. And that means you out there! Please pick up the record. I’d say go to Amazon
I’d like to thank Century Media, Archetype Management and Gustavo Sazes for helping the product be top notch. I’d like to thank Jens Bogren, Eric Rachel, Steve Lagudi and Christian Olde-Wolbers for putting their all into the record and making it sound amazing.
We’ve got tons of stuff to do for this record but just so you know, we’ll be out there and we’ll be working hard. We’ve got tons of stuff lined up right now. We’re in Europe right now starting the Earthsblood touring cycle today. We come back in April for Lamb Of God, June for the European festivals and July we play The Rockstar Mayhem tour.
Wish us luck! We’ll need it! Thanks so much.
And…
HORNZ!!!!!
-Dallas
Hey Dallas, I’m not a huge fan of most of the sub-genres of metal that end with -core, and I’m not sure GF even falls in that category, but I WILL be buying (yes, I pay for music) this album mainly because of the RIFFS. I checked out the Myspace album stream and the riffs are incredible. The mix of old and new metal guitar riffs are just insane. I hear so many influences in there. And the solos rock.
And furthermore I think it’s important to support smaller acts like yours. I’ve made a point of buying directly from bands or through legitimate sources because that’s the way you guys survive. Hell, I even bought one of Corey Mitchell’s books (and had nightmares for two days).
Sammy,
Thanks for picking up the album! That’s awesome man! Corey hooked me up and I can’t wait to read all of his books. I’m an avid reader and I’ll always support Metalsucks contributors! When are Axl and Vince going to give you a blog???
Rock N Roll!
Since the Wal-Mart in the town that I live in was nice enough to have Earthsblood on the floor two days before it came out, I have had way enough time to enjoy it, and I will say honestly that it kicks so much ass.
Hey Dallas, just wanted to to tell you that your new album is incredible. Picked it up from iTunes at midnight (I was kind of excited for it, what can I say). You guys definitely kicked everything up a notch. Awesome job. I’m calling early contender for album of the year on this one.
I went to FYE down the street from me to pick it up and apparently it had not come in yet
I failed you Dallas (and God Forbid as a whole obviously) I am not worthy!
Anyway congrats on the new record and I can’t wait to see you guys back in Philly this coming April!
Excellent record. Love the digipak packaging and the bonus disc as well.
Pre-ordered the record along with an awesome t-shirt. I received it on Saturday and have been rocking out to it since then; I am going to pick up the new LoG today, but I don’t know when I will get a chance to listen to it since I have yet to fully digest the monster of a record that Earthsblood is. GF deserves whatever accolades it gets for this record because this record has set the new standard in metal.
new album is awesome man! “pre-ordered” it just now!
Damn february was a good month, and Earthsblood is a damn fine album, both downloaded and bought the thing, as well as a handful of tickets for the Gf, LoG, CoB abbreviation tour!!
See you in April!!!
I tried to buy it at Best Buy today but the idiots there could not find any copies
the album fucking kills thanks for putting the live Cd with it
i bought the only copy that had at best buy
I will be honest Dallas I have never been a fan of your band and I saw you guys at the Aggressive Music Festival in Glens Falls 3 or 4 summers ago and you were good. This album has been getting so much hype I need to hear it. I will be buying it eventually. I just hope that it lives up to that 9.5 on blabbermouth. They gave LOG a 8.5 and I think it was a 6 so we will see. Congrats though on all the good press and the sick tours you guys have lined up! See you in Albany May 13!
I’m diggin it. I expected it to be good, but I honestly didn’t think it was going to be better than Wrath…and it is!
For a NON-balls-licking, yet respectful review, check out Jordan’s opinion here:
http://tinyurl.com/av8ynj
Dallas,
I got the CD on Thursday because I bought it directly from Century Media. I only payed 10 bucks for it. That was definitely worth my 10 bucks. There are so many good things about this album. It has scorchers like “Empire of the Gun.” “Earthsblood” is epic! “Walk Alone” is a well executed poppy metal song with infectious guitar work. (Which is what All That Remains “Two Weeks” wishes it could be… that song fucking sucks) Byron gives a good performance on this CD. Your brother has become one hell of a lead guitarist. I also strongly agree with a previous poster in the respect that the influences show. You guys are more adventurous and progressive almost like Opeth. I forget which solo, but in one it even seems like Doc summoned Trey of Morbid Angel. After reading the credits, I also have to say that you guys have great taste in musicians. You chose Michael Romeo to do guest orchestrations and Kris Norris for a guest solo. Great choices there. How was it working with Michael Romeo, and why didn’t you ask him to put a solo on the CD. He is probably the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen. He pulls of the most complex stuff with ease, but it also a tasteful player. He is like John Petrucci if anything he played was worth listening to. Anyway, great CD and come back to Connecticut. Play Toads Place!
I gotta admit, I’ve never bought a God Forbid album before this one. It was getting great hype, so I went and bought it when I picked up my copy of Wrath. The first time I listened to it, it was playing in the background, but then I laid down and just listened to the music. You guys did a really great job. The drums are a tad bit overpowering for my taste, but they mixed down in the right places. Excellent work Dallas and God Forbid. You have another fan now. I actually have a couple questions…
1) How long did it take from start to end to complete this album?
2) How do you guys come up with names for the songs?
Congratulations Dallas, I am glad that you’re album is getting widespread acceptance. I downloaded it a week or two ago and have been listening to it since. Very good. Better than LoG’s new album IMHO.
I’ll definitely be checking you guys out on whatever tour rolls through southern California.
Crushing album full stop. Tell you what Dallas, tour Australia, I’ll get a whole bunch of ppl to show up/spend money & I’ll buy the CD shirt at the gig. Soooo, are you guys touring Australia for this album?
Hey Joe,
We recorded from March 08 to Sept 08. we had a month off touring with Death Angel. Song titles just come from the lyrics. We try and make them catchy but tie the song together!
Congrats with the album! And good luck!
Now could we please get this over with? It’s eating up my favorite blog!!
Dallas,
Pre-ordered the album that came with the t shirt and 2nd disc. And I’ve got to say for the measly $22 I paid for it all, I was blown away with everything I actually got. Seriously, incredible value for money, even the little things like the Earthsblood poster was a real bonus…
Earthsblood is fucking brilliant, and the bonus live cd is just as good. Seriously, well done on everything… you’ve outdone yourselves!
I pre-ordered both Earthsblood and Wrath from Amazon. at 13.99 a piece and summing over $25, that meant free shipping. then today Amazon emailed me that the Earthsblood price got cut to 9.99 and I would be billed the cheaper price (while the free shipping remained!). excellent deal.
I was hoping they’d arrive yesterday but did not. hopefully they come today.
good luck Dallas! \m/
I can’t believe you guys have been around for, what, 8 years already? I remember seeing you guys at Ozzfest in like, 2004 and now it’s already 2009. I’m digging “The Rain”.
Are those EMG 81’s I hear?
You quit God Forbid?
“GOD FORBID are currently on the road in the U.S. as a four-piece following guitarist Dallas Coyle’s decision to sit out the trek (amid unconfirmed reports that he has left the band). A fill-in axeman is expected to be recruited shortly.”