Forbidden – Omega Wave (RSD24)

M-Theory Audio reissues the fifth studio album by Bay Area thrash metal band Forbidden as a limited-edition gatefold 2LP (one record red splatter on clear, the other blue splatter on clear) with added 4-page insert including detailed liner notes from guitarist Craig Locicero just in time for the band’s reformation and a number of high-profile live events worldwide.
Originally released October 2010 by Nuclear Blast Records, it was the band’s first studio recording coming back after a 13-year absence and featured two new band members, the amazing Steve Smyth (Testament, Nevermore, Vicious Rumors) on guitar and Mark Hernandez (Heathen, Defiance, Vio-lence) on drums. The album was produced by SpiralArms, Systematic, The Watchers vocalist Tim Narducci and Stone Temple Pilots drummer Eric Kretz; and includes cover art by Kent Mathieu (Exodus, Possessed, Autopsy). Limited Record Store Day edition 2LP gatefold

Tracklist

1.’Alpha Century’ (instrumental) —Locicero2:00
2.’Forsaken at the Gates’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez, Anderson4:53
3.’Overthrow’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez4:43
4.’Adapt or Die’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Hernandez, Anderson5:14
5.’Swine’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez6:30
6.’Chatter’ 2:16
7.’Dragging My Casket’Anderson, Locicero, CamachoLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez, Camacho, Anderson6:47
8.’Hopenosis’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Hernandez, Camacho, Anderson5:14
9.’Immortal Wounds’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Hernandez5:29
10.’Behind the Mask’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez, Anderson5:39
11.’Inhuman Race’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez, Anderson6:25
12.’Omega Wave’Anderson, LociceroLocicero, Smyth, Hernandez, Anderson6:00