Forbidden

Black Sabbath | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000000QHE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,557 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Illusion Of Power

2. Get A Grip

3. Can't Get Close Enough

4. Shaking Off The Chains

5. I Won't Cry For You

6. Guilty As Hell

7. Sick And Tired

8. Rusty Angels

9. Forbidden

10. Kiss Of Death

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sabbath: Shaking off the chains!, April 15, 2000

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Dave (Chico California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden (Audio CD)

After A disappointing offering of Cross Purposes Iommi,Martin,and Powell come back to give a very enjoyable music experience in Forbidden. With bassist Neil Murray and long time Sab keyboard Geoff Nicholls adding to the mix. Track 1 : Illusion of Power, Features Ice T In the middle during a thundering rhythem. Slick production and awesome sound are featured on this CD.Tracks 2 and 3: Get a Grip and Can't Get Close Enough are album staples. Track 4: Shaking off the Chains sounds like Sabbath of old. Starting with an eerie upbeat rythem and heading into a dynamic Iommi guitar feast. Track 5: I Wont Cry for You is an excellent ballad.This song has alot of heart and should have been a mega hit, If not for all the "it doesn't sound like Ozzy" naysayers. Iommis Guitar solo in this song goes right into the pit of your stomach. Tasty chops. Tracks 6,7,8:Guilty as Hell, Sick and Tired, Rusty Angels are good heavy metal songs. Track 9: Forbidden, I was waiting for the title song to break out, but it just didnt deliver the jams. Although still decent with interesting lyrics. Track 10: Kiss of Death. Finally Cozy starts pounding those skins he's so famous for. The best song of the cd Kiss of Death delivers and then some! With enchanted slow guitars turning into evil thundering riffs and mega drums this song should please any Heavy metal enthusiest. Martins vocals are at his best with Kiss of Death. Play it loud and over and over. Overall this is an excellent heavy metal album with the Godfather of heavy metal/doom/goth In Tony Iommi and legendary drummer Cozy Powell.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sabbath still lives!!!, March 31, 2002

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Madman (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden (Audio CD)

Sure this album is a bit hard to swallow at first. Rather than using mythological lyrics and a polished sound, they go for the raw and straight forward approach. To be honest, Im still getting used to some of the lyrics and even the music, but that at least keeps this album fresh. Moreso than on the last few albums you get a sense of tradition, even though at first glance this is a pretty atypical Black Sabbath record. Throughout the CD you can hear shades of various styles throughout the years. At times it captures the exact feel of such albums as Master of Reality, Sabotage, and even Eternal Idol.

In conclusion, DON'T WRITE THIS CD OFF!!!! Tony Iommi is a guitar god and one of the fathers of heavy metal. Tony Martin is by far a worthy singer of the band, and the rythm section may not be as original as Bill and Geezer always were, but Cozy and Neil get the job done, and do it well! Sabbath still lives....hell, they won't ever die. NEVER!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but could have been better, April 2, 2003

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Sandman "Loverofdamusic" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden (Audio CD)

I love Sabbath and I like Tony Martin. In fact some of my favorire Sabbath cd's feature Tony Martin on Vocals. Headless Cross and Cross Purposes are great cd's. However Forbidden falls short here. Sure it has some pretty good tracks, but most of them just don't stick out. It reminds me a lot of the new Judas Priest cd as in it's very bland sounding. I will say it's better than the latest Priest offering, but that's not saying very much. If you like Sabbath or Tony Martin, it's probably worth adding to your collection. If your just a casual fan, I wouldn't recomend it.