GOD FORBID — Gone Forever (review)

GOD FORBID — Gone Forever album cover Album · 2004 · Melodic Metalcore Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Genre: modern metal / so-called metalcore / melodic thrash metal

"Gone Forever" by God Forbid is an example of the modern strand of metal which draws on traditional metal, power metal, post-Pantera groove metal and trash metal.

While mostly rooted in thrash metal, I think that most of the tracks are well balanced in terms of aggression, groove and melody on this album right from the feedback screams that initiate the first track "Force-Fed" to the Pantera-esque fading groove riff of the last track of "Judge the Blood", the ordinary edition.

What I like about this album is how the band manages to place emphasis on melody and harmonic guitars without their music softening so to speak. While the level of technicality is lower with God Forbid, a lot of the elements on this album - especially the guitar solos - remind me of Invocator's tech thrash metal. Whether this is a coincidence or not, I don't know, but it does not detract from the listening experience.

I think this album will appeal to fans of metalcore and thrash metal alike.
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