FORBIDDEN — Forbidden Evil (review)

FORBIDDEN — Forbidden Evil album cover Album · 1988 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
What makes Forbidden is so important to the scene is probably because of the two infamous names, Robb Flynn and Paul Bostaph. While Flynn was absent in this debut and later went on to form Machine Head, he actually contributed three strong tunes, included "Chalice of Blood" and "Forbidden Evil". Bostaph himself, was well-known with his works in Slayer and Exodus, before finally joined the force of Testament.

Many fans classified Forbidden's musical style as technical thrash while funny thing is most of the times I heard Forbidden plays a much more melodic-based metal style with high-pitch voice which is quite rare, if we want to compare him to early-movement thrash throats such as Hetfield, Mustaine, or Billy. Nevertheless, not to be confused with the genre game, Forbidden is definitely a thrash tribe, underrated act to be precise.

Starting with "Chalice of Blood", Forbidden paved their way through this aggressive anthem and introduced a wild vocal range of Russ Anderson. "Off The Edge" stirred the tempo up and down with Anderson's rushing scream and Bostaph's wicked beat. "Through Eyes of Glass", my favourite piece, broke out with a thick unbeatable rhythm and killer shreds overlapping each other performed by the duo Alvelais/Locicero. "Forbidden Evil" and "As Good As Dead" shared the same insanity with the aforementioned track, only this time, Anderson showcased an acrobatic singing, hitting the ultra-high notes and continued the normal gritty verse in a matter of seconds, with ease.

Bostaph's commanding drumbeats opened the second half of the album with the hellraising "March Into Fire". The gunshot intro in "Feel No Pain" reminded me of Metallica's "One", but dropped the thought of acoustical intro, in fact, they launched an assaulting groove and maintained the pressure to the end. Of the eight tracks presented here, almost impossible to pick a filler as each of the song got their own unique scent, but probably "Follow Me" is the least favorite of mine. To sum up, this is undoubtly a true sensation, probably still unrecognized by many and still need some maturity process to gain the masterpiece status, but "Forbidden Evil" is still a victorious debut you must buy.
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