Forbidden
| Black Sabbath
Forbidden
Forbidden is the 18th studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in June 1995. This recording saw the reunion of Black Sabbath's Tyr-era line-up from 1990, with the return of Neil Murray and Cozy Powell. It was the last album to feature Tony Martinon vocals, Geoff Nicholls on keyboards, and the last by the band until 2013 when Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler returned for the album 13. The album sold 21,000 copies in the U.S in its first week and as of 2013, Forbidden has sold 191,000 copies in the US. The album received a generally negative response from critics and fans alike. After its release, the band underwent several line-up changes and found itself at a career crossroads. However, original Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne would reconcile with guitarist Tony Iommi not long afterwards.-"Wikipedia"
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Metal Archives
Overall this album is an aggressive beast in its very essence and it takes the brooding and raw feel from Cross Purposes up an extra notch. Compare it to Headless Cross and Tyr and you may even call it incredibly simple, which it definitely is! We have easy going and fun rocking riffs that charge forward like an angry bull, just ready to make you rock your head off.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
The songs were simply not there, consisting of lifeless recycling of earlier and better Martin-sung cuts.
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Sputnik Music
Forbidden’s biggest crime isn’t being awful, it’s biggest crime is being upsettingly boring. With the exclusion of the opening track, this album would probably be just another forgotten late 80’s era of Sabbath album like Headless Cross or The Eternal Idol.
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Metal Reviews
This album is not terrible, it has some decent enough songs on it, but in the end it is still below average, especially for this cornerstone band.
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All Music
Considering the vast legacy behind the band, it is truly a sad state of affairs when their best material sounds like a mid-level power metal band. It is hard to pinpoint the worst Sabbath album, but this could be it.
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Ultimate Guitar
The most important thing was not the bad production and not even bad vocal performance by Tony Martin. It was the plain fact that almost all songs were simply boring and unmemorable.
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