#375 FORBIDDEN – Forbidden Album Review (2026)

A lot can change in sixteen years…

The last new FORBIDDEN album we were blessed with, Omega Wave, was released on October 22, 2010, which by any measure seems like an incredibly long time ago. But to give that span of time just a bit more perspective and weight, Omega Wave was released a mere sixteen days after Instagram was launched (which was on October 6, 2010).

Fast forward sixteen years plus a day later to Friday, October 23, 2026, when FORBIDDEN unleashes their eponymous 6th album, FORBIDDEN, their first new album since 2010’s Omega Wave and also the first to feature new frontman Norman Skinner assuming vocal duties for original vocalist Russ Anderson.

In short, FORBIDDEN has all of the elements that fans of the Bay Area progressive thrash masters have come to expect, including some mind-boggling surprises that we absolutely did not see coming. If you enjoy having your mind completely blown by one of, if not THE most, technically proficient thrash metal bands of all time, then you are absolutely going to love this album.

Go ahead and slip into your “yoga pants” and JOIN US as we immerse ourselves into the multilayered complexity of the top contender for “thrash metal comeback album of the year” with the latest album from San Francisco technical thrash titans, FORBIDDEN.

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