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| 3.0 good | TableLamp | July 19th 20 |
Highlights: Through Eyes of Glass, Forbidden Evil, Marching Into Fire. Good vocals and even better instrumentals. Flow of most of the verses feels awkward and doesn't suit the vocalist. If not for that this would've easily been a 4/5 or higher.
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| 3.0 good | i aM ThE OnE WhO KnOcKs | September 16th 24 |
typical thrash album with little distinction despite the classic seeming cover, doom vox on follow me kind of different
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| 3.5 great | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | April 3rd 20 |
The mid album is some of my fav thrash I've heard (from the 80's at least), but the early record and especially its end bring it down a lot. The wankery guitars and solos, the ear piercing lyrical vox and the general awkwardness are just far more prevalent there than they are in the mid record, although they never are truly absent. But come on 3, with its fun riffz and great vintage vox is a jam despite a few weird guitars here and there, and 4-5 are solid fun too - the fast and pounding riffs in 5 got me going. The intro of 6 is a nice welcome break too, and the record knows to pause its riff barrage for an instant before starting even stronger. But after that the track doesn't unfold well although some of the riffs are fun. 7-8 repeat the mistakes found in 1-2, i.e. way too many bad vocals and wankery bits, and brought what could have been a 4.0 territory album way down to the bar below, although the intros to 2 and 8 are quite cool. If their next album takes away some of the wankeriness, this could be a fav thrash band. 3.6
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| 4.5 superb | Resident Metalhead Piranha | July 3rd 17 |
A cult classic of the genre, Forbidden Evil is a no gimmicks debut with cutting edge production and top notch musicianship. "Chalice of Blood" takes no time to open with a single wack at the snare drum and present a riff-heavy, double bass driven tune with impressive song structure, badass vocals, and wildly melodic guitar solos. "Off The Edge" continues this trend and shows more room for drumming Paul Bostaph to blend some of his groovy beats and frantic fills. In fact, some of his most impressive drumming was with Forbidden. "Through Eyes of Glass," their "t/t," and closer "Follow Me" pave the way towards their more technical follow up, but their eponymous debut is their best work and is a prime example of a thrash record encompassing progressive elements, technical musicianship, aggressive yet melodic vocals, spot on production values, an excellent batch of songs with no filler, and most of all, accessibility. You also can't deny how badass Russ Anderson sounds here and what a talented guitarist Glen Alvelais is.
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| 4.5 superb | Fernando Alves STAFF | August 1st 11 |
Absolute Bay Area classic. Forbidden's debut is a memorable thrash metal record. My favourite songs here are Chalice of Blood and of course Through Eyes of Glass.
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| 5.0 classic | Megadeth90 | April 17th 10 |
Classic thrash album.
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| 5.0 classic | jayt851 | September 1st 24 |
| 2.5 average | foxxxy | April 5th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Bren80 | July 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | January 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | December 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | alexts | May 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | blou52 | March 26th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 16th 20 |
| 3.0 good | SuzyC | June 21st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Mac55 | May 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vegaa | January 22nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | JKoppe | December 20th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | jmal00 | November 4th 19 |
| 3.0 good | dcube | October 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | September 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | gk1979 | August 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Korgull | February 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | September 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | February 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PhilSam | December 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | July 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | SirKwan | January 24th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | zero00 | November 6th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bungy | September 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | DaveD | August 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Samppa | January 9th 16 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | July 10th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Sebe | July 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | zdebo3 | March 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | apert | January 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fra | May 30th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | philmj | April 13th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | kual21 | April 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | seifer | December 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zenin | October 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Marth | August 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | TLX | April 17th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | amp112 | April 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zool | August 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tib | August 15th 11 |
| 3.5 great | pixmpy | April 1st 11 |
| 2.5 average | endtyme | January 14th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Bazzoe | December 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Voivod STAFF | November 1st 10 |
| 3.0 good | rc1288 | March 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Awake88 | December 20th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | KILL | November 5th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben101 | October 8th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | met65 | June 20th 08 |
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