Forbidden - Green

It's true that most of this album is somewhat forgettable, but listening to the album once you could gather that the band were heading in a completely different direction to that of their first few albums. That said, this direction just isn't well refined. A few songs are pretty well-written and executed in contrast to the others, such as opener "What is the last Time?" and "Blank" which has a slightly more experimental touch. Otherwise the album is definitely average, but not exactly terrible.

I think this album is really good groove metal. It's just not the kind of thrash metal you would expect from Forbidden. I think it's funny now how I used to think many of these old bands started selling out in and sucking in the 90's when they actually started experimenting with all kinds of new stuff and take huge risks. Steve Jacobs just nails the drums here. I casually thought it was Paul Bostaph or Gene Hoglan playing, he's that good.