FORBIDDEN: More New Song Descriptions Available

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN recently entered Sonic Room/Audio Voyage studios in Livermore, California to begin recording their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album for a late 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

FORBIDDEN guitarist Craig Locicero has offered the following commentary on some of the songs that will appear on the upcoming CD:

** "Behind The Mask": "It is the first collaboration of riffs that [new FORBIDDEN guitarist Steve] Smyth [ex-TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE] and I put together. It was a dark horse going into the record, but I think it's a really good song. At times it reminds me at times of 'Step By Step' [from FORBIDDEN's 1990 album 'Twisted Into Form'] and Russ [Anderson, vocals] wrote a great melody for it and it has an amazing clean/flamenco section in the middle section after a Steve solo that really shines, very melodic. The chorus is monster!"

** "Adapt Or Die": "Obviously we did a demo of [this track] already. This version sounds much tighter and stronger and it was pretty easy to lock into. It made me realize how cool that song really is. That was the first one I wrote when committing to writing this record. I good launching point, I think."

** "Inhuman Race": "I have a strong feeling that our European fans will LOVE this song. It has that kinda swing to it where you can pick up your beer steins and smash them together! Overall it's pretty easy to play, but the middle section has some really tricky picking in it. It didn't take very long to nail it down."

** "Dragging My Casket": "That song was spawned by a combination of Matt [Camacho, bass] and Russ bringing some ideas in. It morphed into one of the more epic songs on the record. It has everything from blast beats to acoustic breakdowns and the heaviest riffs on the record, in my opinion. It is a huge challenge to play! I got almost all the way through it and decided to come back the next day to finish."

Working songtitles set to appear on the new CD include:

* Intro (not final title)
* Swine
* Immortal Wounds
* Omega Wave
* Hopenosis
* Adapt Or Die
* Forsaken At The Gates
* Inhuman Race
* Beyond The Mask
* Dragging My Casket
* Overthrow

Check out the band's ongoing studio report at this location.

FORBIDDEN 2010 is:

* Russ Anderson - Vocals
* Craig Locicero - Guitar
* Steve Smyth (NEVERMORE, TESTAMENT) - Guitar
* Matt Camacho - Bass
* Mark Hernandez (HEATHEN, DEFIANCE, VIO-LENCE) - Drums

Demo versions of two new FORBIDDEN songs — "Adapt or Die" and "Hopenosis" — are available for streaming below. The tracks were recorded and mixed last year by Tim Narducci (SPIRALARMS, SYSTEMATIC) and assisted by Brad Barth at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage studios in Livermore, California.

"Adapt or Die":

"Hopenosis":

FORBIDDEN's last studio LP, "Green", was released in 1997 on the G.U.N. label.