Forbidden - Green (LP)
- LP
- 1 piece(s)
- 1997
- 10 tracks
- 40 min
- thrash metal
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This is a sturdy, impactful print with great loudness and hardly any surface disturbance on my version. I gauged it at DR10.
This listing's details ain't all there; it's a reissue from 2000. There's a yellow sticker that says: "PAVEMENT MUSIC CLASSIC SERIES Remixed/Remastered & Enhanced for your computer (Macintosh & select PC's)" --> ℗© 2000 Pavement Music Inc --> IFPI J602
Similar to DISTORTION, Forbidden ventures beyond thrash for something… more peculiarOriginally dropped in 1997, GREEN was the fourth of five studio albums by Hayward, California’s Forbidden (which sits just south of Oakland in the Bay area). The band delivers technical thrash metal crafted by guitarist Craig Locicero and have been on hiatus since 2012. My top pick from their discography is undoubtedly their final album, 2010’s OMEGA WAVE. That record blended the late 80’s technical thrash of their first two albums — FORBIDDEN EVIL (1988) and TWISTED INTO FORM (1990) — with the unique artistic style of their two mid-90’s releases — DISTORTION (1994) and GREEN (1997) in an exceptional way.That leads us to GREEN. With the rise of grunge in the early 90s following the success of Nirvana’s NEVERMIND, Craig & the gang felt liberated to ditch the thrash metal formula and truly explore their artistry. Don’t misunderstand, there’s still a thrash aspect, but it’s less predictable. Like its older sibling, DISTORTION, every element of the band is more polished on GREEN, but something about the songwriting keeps the tracks from truly gripping the listener. Consequently, you can enjoy the entire album, but leave without recalling any specific song. However, this is remedied by repeated listens: The more you hear, the more it stands out. My standout tracks are the eerie doom of the opener “What is the Last Time”; the experimentation of “Turns to Rage,” which includes spoken word during the verses and features a peculiar post-chorus segment; the heavy grunge metal of “Blank,” which kicks off psychedelically; and the quirky, yet catchy finale. For those craving speed, there’s a punk/thrash/speed trio (tracks 6-8). The album was just too profound, too unique, in the mid-90s for the average rock-metal enthusiast who apparently preferred “a mosquito, my libido.”GRADE: B+/A-
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