2006/10/13 - God Forbid Comes Home

"Hey there. We are very happy to be home from a great European run as part of the Hell On Earth Tour. Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon, Cataract, Purified in Blood, A Perfect Murder, and Narziss were all great people and excellent bands. Some of my personal highlights on the tour were the last show in Essen which was the biggest show of the tour and a rowdy as fuck crowd, Denmark where we were fortunate enough enough to play with the legendary Entombed, and Austria where fuckers just lost their minds.
We want to apologize to our UK fans for some of the shows being cancelled or moved around and about some of the shoddy promotion that didn't even have God Forbid listed as playing. We heard some horror stories about how the UK portion of the tour was promoted. We were not in control of the booking of these shows, and are very dissapointed in how it was handled. Anyone who bought tickets in Glasgow or Newport, we are very sorry and plan to make it up with a proper full UK and Ireland tour around spring '07. The UK has been one of our favorite places to play and has some of the most diehard GF fans in the world. We can't wait to get back!
There have been plans in place for a US headlining tour as well which have been rescheduled for Jan-Feb. We want to do at least one more US tour before we start working on another album. What better way to come back than to play a long set with a bigger, more exciting show than God Forbid ever has done! We should have a concrete announcement in coming weeks. There hasn't been an American tour since June, so we are raring to go. Speaking of shows, in addition to our appearance at the Saints and Sinners Festival in Asbury Park, NJ (w/ Killswitch Engage, Unearth, All That Remains, etc), we have scheduled 2 shows with our good friends in A Life Once Lost during the same weekend. These will probably be the last GF shows of the year, so be sure to make it out.
I can't say I'm not enjoying some nice home time though. I get to see my girlfriend, watch all the new shows (Lost, Heroes, Sunny in Philly), listen to some great new records( New Trivium, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Haunted, Stone Sour, Gojira have been rocking my face), and even see some shows my self( Just saw Testament and Trivium this week). Goddamn metal is alive and well! We'll see everyone in the New Year. Be well and enjoy the holiday season."
Doc Coyle

Upcoming God Forbid concerts:

Oct 26 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance w/ A Life Once Lost
Oct 27 - Orono, ME @ Ushuaia w/ A Life Once Lost
Oct 29 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Convention Hall - Saints & Sinners Fest w/ Killswitch, Unearth, All That Remains, ALOL, and more

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2006/08/31 - Dallas Checks In

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2006/08/17 - Hell on Earth 2006 Update

2006/07/17 - Summer Line-Up

"We haven't been to Europe (especially outside the UK) nearly as much as we would have liked to, so we couldn't turn this offer up to do the Hell on Earth tour. This tour did really well last year, and it will be great to tour again with our friends in Full Blown Chaos and make new friends with the rest of the line-up. We are also looking forward to doing some headlining dates in the UK where we've had a blast playing the last couple years. This is gonna be a lot of fun. We'll see everyone there.â"

Here is the full itinerary:

Aug 02 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Dillinger Escape Plan (Benefit for Juvenile Diabetes)
Aug 11 - Levittown, NY @ Club Ritual w/ VOD and Agents of Man
Aug 18 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony - GF headlines w/ For The Love Of, Nora, Agents of Man, and Red Hill

More dates on the Tours page.

2006/07/12 - Webserver Move

2006/06/27 - Update from Doc

We did a month of touring in the states in May-June with Ill Nino, Silent Civilian, Bleed The Sky, and Eyes of Fire. We had a great time with all the guys on this tour. It was certainly a party tour. Sober nights were a rarity. I recall many Ipod wars and dance parties on Ill Nino's bus. I don't know if we exactly fit in with this type of tour, but this was our attempt at branching out to a different type of audience. That and we had been friends with Ill Nino for a long time considering they as are from New Jersey, and being another ethnic band, I think we had a lot of in common. So, I think the tour succeeded on some of those accounts, but not others. Also, our friend Wayne from Bleed The Sky is in the hospital right now in serious condition. We send our love.

After this tour ended, we took a trip overseas to jolly ol' England for the Download Festival at Donnington Park. Day 1: We arrived the day before we played, and I was lucky enough to see Devildriver, Sikth, Wicked Wisdom, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Korn (with mutiple singers not being Jonathan Davis), and of course Metallica. William Duvall, the new singer of Alice Chains, blew me away. Pulled the songs off perfectly. Big shoes to fill. Avenged really impressed me as well. Matt and Brian are the best singer/lead guitar player combo in rock right now. I fell a sleep during Metallica because jet lag is a bitch. I missed Master of Puppets in its entirety. I'm a dumbass, and am still kicking myself. Couldn't party too hard because we had to get up at 7:30 in the morning.

Day 2: We were the first band on our stage at 11am, which was the second stage. It was in a tent that supposedly held around 16-18,000 people. Being on first, we were worried that our turnout would less than stellar, even though a lot of people told us not to worry. Much to our surprise, the tent packed to the gills for our performance. I'm not sure if it was the biggest crowd we've played to, but I'm it was more or equal to any of the crowds we played to on Ozzfest. The crowd was really active with some crazy pits, singing along, and caused such a dust storm that I was blowing dirt out of my nose for 4 hours afterward. It was great because we could finally drink, and we had literally the entire day to do it. Open bars rock! I love it when someone else is paying for the party. I didn't really watch any bands because I was too busy partying. Got to hang and party with old friends in Hatebreed, Darkest Hour, Devildriver, Cradle of Filth, 36 Crazyfists, Lacuna Coil, In Flames, It Dies Today, Trivium, 18 Visions, and we even got to meet our media rivals Aiden. They are actually super nice dudes. We talked about how great Lost is. We're fucking nerds. Kept looking for Axl Rose. No luck.

Day 3: I finally got some real sleep, and I was going to need it because we were attending the Metal Hammer awards that day. As soon, and I went downstairs to the lobby of our hotel, I ran into Brian and The Rev from A7X. I hadn't seen those guys in like 3 years since we'd took them one of their first tours. They proceeded to get me hammered on vodka and red bulls at noon, and we had some really awesome conversations about music and life for about 3 hours. It is cool to see that they are still cool as fuck dudes. Anyway, on to the award show. For those who don't know this is like a real award show that gets broadcast on MTV Europe, but for metal bands. It was a surreal experience to say the least. We walked into the place on the red carpet for Christ's sake and immediately, we were being photographed by about 25 photographers that resemble paparazzi. Than, we're ushered along to be interviewed for MTV and 3 or 4 other music news networks who grill us about our Download experience. Than we finally get to go in. It's hot as hell in the balcony, but once again, open bars are blessing. There are performances by Viking Skull, Dragonforce, Lacuna Coil, and Bullet For My Valentine. All of which rock! Dragonforce was really fun and over the top, and I was surprised by how good Bullet was. Jada Pinkett Smith was presenting an award, and she brought Byron out on stage unexpectedly, which was a really nice gesture. I partied until 6am, and it was one of the rockstar-esque days of my life. I loved it. Hehe.

Day 4: There a contest held where the winner got to have God Forbid play their house. This was the day of the show. We had no clue what to expect. I couldn't believe it when we ended up at a farmhouse in the country about an hour outside of London. It ended just being a party. There were chickens, horses, a goat, Indian food, beer, and metal heads. What more do you need? Needless to say, I got hammered before we played as there were a couple opening bands who brought the mosh in a barn. We proceeded to play the weirdest, goofiest, funniest, and probably most fun set we've ever played that was filled with improv cover songs, audience requested originals, and unintentional stand up comedy. All I can say is that you had to be there, and hopefully the Metal Hammer article coming out featuring the show/party will shed some light on the misadventures. It was a great way to cap off the extended weekend UK trip and 8 months of touring in a row without a break.

Now we're at home enjoying our first break since "IV: Constitution of Treason" came out back in September. We're hoping to land some more summer festival touring opportunities in America and Europe, but it didn't work out. So it looks like will be off until September. We certainly need the rest. I think we burned ourselves out near the end, but we have been so determined to get this band and this album exposed that I think we forgot the "work smart, not hard" credo a little bit. Either way, we'll be back in the US and Europe at least one more time this year. We'll have info as it comes, but in the meantime I think we'll be doing a couple local shows at the end of the summer. Also, check out www.godforbid1.com because we have to a new mailing list set up. Be sure to check that out. Like you guys, I'm psyched to check out Ozzfest, SOTU, and Strhess tour this summer. I saw the Unholy Alliance tour last week, and it was the best Slayer show I've seen in a few years! Lamb of God and Mastodon brought the house down too. Their new songs were devastating! It's a great time for metal, and it's great to go to see some shows as a fan as well. I'm going to get back to my vacation. Peace.

Doc Coyle A.K.A. A Pimp Named Slickback

2006/06/19 - Website Updated

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2006/05/13 - Vote for God Forbid at UK Metal Hammer Awards!

Remember you can vote as many times as you like, and the more you vote, a more of a chance you will have to win Metal Hammer Awards tickets or V.I.P passes.

2006/05/05 - New Tour Dates!

2006/04/24 - GOD FORBID on MTV's Call to Greatness Tonight

GOD FORBID Join The "One Nation Undivided" Tour With Ill Nino

The group's stunning, emotional video for the track "To The Fallen Hero" can also currently be viewed at AOLmusic.com, Music Choice On Demand, MySpace and Yahoo Music, or you can also check it out at the following location listed below. The epic clip, shot by the acclaimed director Shane Drake (Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights), is the group's most ambitious concept yet and will easily catch your attention and set itself apart from the pack. Listen Here

Doc Coyle (guitars, vocals) checks in with the following tour report:

We recently joined up with the Jager tour featuring Arch Enemy, Chimaira and Hate Eternal. This is one of the best line-ups of the year, and we are ready to kick some ass on this one! Get your tickets fast, because this thing will sell out for sure. We go way back with Arch Enemy and Chimaira, so it feels good to be on tour with your friends. We also just confirmed another U.S. tour with our fellow New Jersey minority brothers in Ill Nino for May and June. Although we've been friends for quite some time, we've never toured together. It'll be cool for us to play in front of a different crowd, and we'll also be hitting up a lot of spots that we haven't played since Constitution came out like Florida andTexas. We'll probably take a well-deserved breather after Download Fest in the UK through the most of summer, but we're currently working on U.S. and European tours for August and September. Take care and stay metal.

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Some Reviews on IV: Constitution of Treason

"IV: Constitution of Treason sees GOD FORBID exceed all expectations."
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Road update from Doc:

Right now, we're 5 days into our UK/IRE tour with Trivium, Mendeed, with Bloodsimple joining us in about a week. I have to say that so far, this is the best UK tour we've ever done, if not the best tour we'll have ever done. For those who don't know, EVERY SINGLE SHOW ON THIS TOUR IS PRE SOLD OUT! Trivium are massive over here, and fortunately for us, their good fortune seems to be rubbing off on us a bit. It's a very young crowd, so all of the fans are so open-minded.

Every night, from our first note these kids are going fucking mental!

Between every song, "God Forbid" chants ring through the venue. It's overwhelming. We are having a blast to say the least. We took Trivium on their first tour less than two years ago because we liked their music, and it's great that they appreciated that, and brought us back out in the midst of their incredible success. A big thanks goes to those guys. We got to play Ireland for the first time since we toured there with Killswitch and Chimaira back in '04. We have definitely gained popularity in the last couple years. We did a signing at Tower Records in Dublin for 2 hours. Definitely the best in-store we've ever done. Just to give you an idea of how crazy these kids are, we got off the tour bus to a crowd of kids chanting our names as we each got off the bus. Not "God Forbid",but "Byron", "Corey", "Doc"! Nuts I tell you. These kids are at the venue from like noon screaming "Trivium" until the doors open, and than they stay until 2 in the morning in the cold with usually no more than a T-shirt until bands come out to sign and take pictures. The dedication is mind-boggling. I wish metal was exposed more to younger kids in the US. I'm happy bands like Avenged Sevenfold are getting on MTV and radio, because it will get more American kids to get into metal, and I think that's what we need. This is only 4 days into the tour mind you. We've still got 2 and ½ weeks left, and with massive gigs left in Glasgow, Manchester, and London, it's only going to crazier.

In other news, I'm sure many of you have heard that we're going on tour with our good friends in Chimaira, Arch Enemy, and Eric and Hate Eternal. This is also a Jager sponsored tour, and will be one of the best line-ups of the year for sure! We're lucky to be able to play with such great bands tour after tour. We're currently working on summer touring plans, and will definitely be doing some European festivals as well as some kind of package tour in the states. Be well, and stay fucking metal!

Doc GF

GOD FORBID UK CONTEST! Get GF to play in your house!

GOD FORBID Featured Guests On Headbangers Ball; Prepares For U.S Tour With Children of Bodom

GOD FORBID will be featured guests on MTV2's Headbangers Ball this Saturday, Feb. 25th and look for the debut of their stunning, emotional epic video for "To The Fallen Hero" in that same episode. The clip, shot by the acclaimed director Shane Drake (Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights), is the group's most ambitious concept yet that will easily catch your attention and set itself apart from the pack. Be sure to tune into MTV2 at 10PM EST/7PM PST in order to check it out.

The group will then immediately proceed overseas for a sold-out European tour with Trivium before heading back to the U.S. for their much anticipated direct support tour alongside Children of Bodom this spring. They just completed a highly successful run direct support to Anthrax in addition to a headlining run with Sworn Enemy, Manntis and Cannae. Two special headlining NY/NJ shows have also just been announced and check below for their complete U.S. tour itinerary.

GOD FORBID's critically acclaimed new album, IV: Constitution of Treason, entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at #119 in its first week of release, and it's the first time the group has ever appeared in the Top 200 charts. Produced by Jason Suecof (Trivium) and Eric Rachel (Atreyu, Dillinger Escape Plan), the album -- a socially and politically charged vision of a post-apocalyptic world -- further displays the incredible creativity and talent of one of the most highly-respected bands in metal today.

GOD FORBID will also be featured on the third in MTV's series of "Headbanger's Ball" themed compilations. The latest, which will carry the title of "MTV Headbanger's Ball - The Revenge", will see an April 11th and feature the following track listing:

Disc 1:
01 - "Slipknot - "Before I Forget" (New Mix)
02 - "Korn - "Liar"
03 - "Iron Maiden - "The Trooper" (Live)
04 - "Hatebreed - "To The Threshold"
05 - "Mudvayne - "Forget To Remember"
06 - "Avenged Sevenfold - "Burn It Down"
07 - "H.I.M. - "Vampire Heart"
08 - "Trivium - "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation "
09 - "Lamb Of God - "Now You've Got Something To Die For" (Live) 10 - "10 Years - "Wasteland"
11 - "Disturbed - "Guarded"
12 - "As I Lay Dying - "Through Struggle"
13 - "Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
14 - "Underoath - "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door"
15 - "Mastodon - "Blood & Thunder"
16 - "Killswitch Engage - "A Bid Farewell" (Live)
17 - "Black Label Society - "In This River"
18 - "Bleeding Through - "Kill To Believe"
19 - "In Flames - "Take This Life"
Disc 2:
01 - "Chimaira - "Nothing Remains"
02 - "Bullet For My Valentine - "Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow (What Can I Do)"
03 - "Arch Enemy - "Nemesis"
04 - "It Dies Today - "Severed Ties Yield Severed Heads"
05 - "Opeth - "The Grand Conjuration" (Edited)
06 - "Norma Jean - "Liarsenic"
07 - "Devildriver - "Hold Back The Day"
08 - "Still Remains - "The Worst Is Yet To Come"
09 - "God Forbid - "The End Of The World"
10 - "Throwdown - "Burn"
11 - "From First To Last - "The Latest Plague"
12 - "36 Crazyfists - "I'll Go Until My Heart Stops"
13 - "Dragonforce - "Through The Fire And Flames"
14 - "A Life Once Lost - "Vulture"
15 - "High On Fire - "Devilution"
16 - "Bloodsimple - "Sell Me Out"
17 - "Haste The Day - "When Everything Falls"
18 - "Walls Of Jericho - "A Trigger Full Of Promises"
19 - "Kingdom Of Sorrow - "Buried In Black"
The final track of the set, Kingdom Of Sorrow's "Buried In Black", looks to be the first commercially released music from the aforementioned group, who feature members of Hatebreed, Crowbar and Seemless within their ranks.

Dates with Children of Bodom and Through The Eyes Of The Dead have been posted in the Tours section

Doc Checking In...

Anthrax and their crew were extremely welcoming and accommodating to us. I was surprised how cool their fans were as well. I expected an older crowd, but I thought turnout was very diverse from old to young to even whole families coming out. I think we made a lot of new fans in a short time, which is what its all about. Anthrax really brings it live, and I really felt like we were part of history even though we were a support band. Ill always remember this tour fondly. Also, our good friend, Jay Bittner, did an amazing job filling in for Charlie Benante. Big shoes to fill, but I couldnt think of anyone better to hook it up. Congrats to Charlie and his family for birth of their new born baby. Its been fun as hell to get back out with our old friends in Sworn Enemy and new friends in Manntis. We are in the midst of doing some intimate shows with those guys and the fellas in Cannae on the way home. Itll cool to play some cities weve never played before in Canada as well.

We get to rest for a couple weeks, before doing the UK/IRE tour with Trivium and Bloodsimple, which is going to be goddamn HUGE to say the least. Cant wait for that run. Its going to be legend mate! In the words of our UK friends. LOL. It has also just been announced that well be hitting the road with Children of Bodom for a few weeks in March-April. I have been a fan of Bodom since I had to buy their first record on import (Spinefarm records). Im looking forward to this tour immensely to say the least. I hear they are quite the drinkers, so I might have to do prepare for some long nights, dehydration, and a bit of anarchy. Unfortunately, Bullet For My Valentine is no longer doing the tour, but Im theyll find an equally ass kicking band to fill the spot. Once again, that tour is just too short, but were trying to tour as much we can in the US to push this record. We are planning another tour immediately following the Bodom run, so hopefully we can hit the south part of the states like Texas and Florida, which we havent played much recently.

I also wanted to thank everyone who voted for God Forbid on the Sounds of The Underground online poll. We were finished at ..1 overwhelmingly with 22

New Dates

February 23 - Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz (21+)
February 25 - Brooklyn, NY @ North S

Interview with God Forbid and Fourteen G, Chicago's Metal Zine!

Road Update...

PEACE
C=MONEY

Band & Site Updates

God Forbid will be headlining some shows after the Anthrax tour with Sworn Enemy, Manntis and Cannae.

New interview up in the media section.

A link to download God Forbid's new video for "End of the World" is available in the Media section.

Tour Update

Tourturing Europe 2005

17. November 05 (NL) Rotterdam Baroeg
18. November 05 (NL) Harlem Patronaat
19. November 05 (NL) Hellendorn Laantarm
20. November 05 (B) Vosselaar Biebob
21. November 05 (UK) Portsmouth -- Wedgewood Rooms (023 9286 3911)
22. November 05 (UK) Exeter -- Lemon Grove (01392 425 309)
23. November 05 (UK) London -- Mean Fiddler (0870 060 3777)
24. November 05 (UK) Nottingham -- Rock City (0115 958 8484)
25. November 05 (UK) Birmingham -- Carling Academy 2 (08700 600 100)
26. November 05 (UK) Leeds -- Cockpit (0113 243 0421)
27. November 05 (UK) Sheffield -- Corporation (0114 276 0262)
28. November 05 (B) Verviers Spirit of 66
29. November 05 (F) Paris Noveau Casino
01. December 05 (E) Bilbao Bilbo Rock
02. December 05 (E) Madrid Arena
03. December 05 (E) Barcelona Apolo
04. December 05 (F) Marseille Jas Rod
05. December 05 (F) Lyon Le Marche Gare
06. December 05 (I) Bologna Estragon
07. December 05 (I) Treviso New Age
08. December 05 (CH) Zürich Abart
09. December 05 (D) München New Backstage
10. December 05 (A) Wien Szene
11. December 05 (D) Aschaffenburg Colos-Saal
12. December 05 (D) Köln Underground
13. December 05 (D) Essen Zeche Carl
14. December 05 (D) Hamburg Logo
15. December 05 (DK) Copenhagen Stengade
16. December 05 (S) Stockholm Klubben
17. December 05 (S) Göteborg Sticky Fingers

IV: Constitution of Treason / In Stores Now!

New Website | Friday September 23rd

Thanks for your support.
Dirty Larry

GOD FORBID w/ Meshuggah, The Haunted and Mnemic

* Off dates w/ God Forbid and Mnemic
** Off date w/ GF, Mnemic, and Dillinger Escape Plan.