Equilibrium

After listening to Constitution of Treason throughout the last 7 years of my life, attention caught eye when I heard a new God Forbid album was in the works. I never bothered to listen to anything else they released, basically for the sole fact I was worried everything else would be nowhere near as good as Constitution of Treason, finding it to be an absolutely brilliant, polished piece of metal. I tried listening to Earthsblood a few times before I prepared myself to buy Equilibrium and I just couldn't really get into it. Well, I bought this album a couple days after it came out and, needless to say, I don't regret it.

Equilibrium is one of those albums you pick up randomly in HMV (or wherever you buy music) and take it home to find out it's a gem that you've been missing your entire life. This album seriously kicks my ass to space. The riffs on this album make you want to head bang 'til your fucking neck snaps, and paired with extreme, ferocious, gut-wrenchingly emotional vocals, how could this get any better? Holy fuck, this guy has one hell of a voice and he suits this band well. It's a singer who could never be replaced. Maybe it would be possible with Briar Fair from Shadows Fall. Speaking of that, these guys + Shadows Fall are going on tour; I would seriously break my legs to go see that.

The guitars sound absolutely beautiful, either when going strong and heavy or pacing around with soft and intricate solos. The drumming is absolutely flawless; it's nothing over the top and it isn't too loud or quiet, but just there to let you know that song after song you’re going to be tapping your fingers on your steering wheel time and time again. Any heavy section (example, the intro to the self-titled song) the guitar and drums are heavenly. Whoever composed this is a genius. While SOME (large emphasis on some) of the lyrics may be rather lame to say the least, they go way too well with everything else happening on this album. Not every thrashy death band has the best lyrics anyways. The haunting chills this guy sings with when not screaming are so rare, maybe only heard by aforementioned Shadows Fall. These guys do it so well; I am just way too impressed with this album.

This is an energetic, get-pumped-the-fuck-up-type of album. It gets you screaming like you've got something to prove and like you’re out on a mission to rid the world of bullshit. A few songs I just have to point out for the reader here, if you need a reason to buy this, is Scraping the Walls. Wait for the chorus (oh, by the way, the rest of the song slays as well) and then prepare to be fucking hit by a brick wall. Listen to Conquer, 'cause the lyrics are so insane and the way he sings it is like he is being dragged into an insane asylum and is screaming for his life. Nearly all the songs are like this and I haven't heard such a level of uniqueness on any other album this year. I have never heard such catchy songs on any other album in a long, long time. I cannot get away from this album. It is fucking gold and God Forbid are a force to be reckoned with.

Oh yeah, the album has thirteen songs on it! Thirfuckingteen! AND none of them are a disappointment at all! One of my absolute favourite albums this year. Well done God Forbid, well done.