God Forbid Albums Ranked

God Forbid is an American heavy metal band formed in 1996 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Building up a following in the late 1990s by touring with bands such as GWAR, Nile, Cradle of Filth and Candiria, God Forbid’s first full album Reject the Sickness was released by 9volt Industries 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 Shadows Fall and Lamb of God. In 2004, they released Gone Forever, which, along with a slot on Ozzfest’s second-stage, increased their profile considerably. The next year, they released IV: Constitution of Treason, a concept album about the end of the world. It was their first album to enter the Billboard 200, debuting at number 118. In 2005 and 2006, they supported Trivium on their UK tour along with Mendeed and Bloodsimple. In late 2006 and early 2007, they headlined the Chains of Humanity tour. Here are all of God Forbid albums ranked.

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4. Gone Forever 

“This album stands out from the pack in a time where every new band that emerges is immediately dubbed as ‘metalcore’, God Forbid do not fit this title IMO, to me they are just a thrash band. Gone Forever is a solid metal album from start to finish with only a few minor flaws, it features strong musicianship and strong and catchy tunes. This album is full of solid tunes with some mean guitar riffs and awesome drumming, the vocalist is not bad but I enjoy the clean vocal harmonies the most. There isn’t really a bad song here except for maybe Anti-Hero.”

3. Equilibrium 

“God Forbid prove again why they are in the middle of the pack when it comes to metal bands. They make good music, there’s no doubt about that, but they just can’t seem to make anything that really stands out. This album is probably their most melodic release, and it is good for some songs, but gets annoying on others. God Forbid and metalcore fans will enjoy this.”

2. Determination 

“There’s so much happening on here, it’s a problem at first fathoming out where these guys are coming from. Their style is a mish mash of metalcore, melodic death metal and all kinds of lesser influences(At The Gates?) that colour the songs. But repeated listens reveal an overriding factor- God Forbid write excellent songs both lyrically and musically. most metalcore albums get monotonous after a few songs but these guys have made sure there’s something there to maintain the momentum by intelligently utilising that mix and match.”

1. Reject The Sickness 

“One can’t neglect the heaviness of Reject the Sickness. This album is far heavier than Slayer’s Reign in Blood. Certainly, Dallas wasn’t meaning to disrespect metal bands like Slayer, that much is clear! Around that time I had recently seen Slayer live in Jersey, and believe me the crowd had no shortage of movement, and that is not what he was speaking out against. Thus, it is such, following in the way of their forefathers like Slayer, God Forbid instead of being a follower became heavier than their predecessor. Slayer did the same thing with Venom, and Venom did the same thing with Black Sabbath and/or Deep Purple. And, it is no doubt to me that every band has its influences.”