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Rating: Rarely have I stumbled upon something like this: a band essentially on the rebound, with an album like Cross Purposes under their belt, sliding, or rather, plummeting into a chasm, into the void. Boom! Forbidden represents the prototype of an album produced with the backside, of poor quality, both in the composition of the tracks and in their execution, despite top-tier musicians like Neil Murray, Cozy Powell, and of course Tony Iommi.
The listening experience is a disaster, from start to finish, completely subdued compared to the glory days. Horrendous is the vocal line of The Illusion Of Power, on the verge of being off-key, a terrible performance by Tony Martin. Even singer Ice-T, from the band Body Count, came to lend a hand: to no avail, it just sucks. Get A Grip seems like a leftover from some previous session or recording, Can't get close enough is banal, Shaking Off The Chains is predictable, I Won't Cry For You lacks substance, Guilty As Hell is directionless, Sick and Tired features a riff we've heard before. It's better not to even talk about Rusty Angels, which, just from the title, foretells the brainlessness of the track. Kiss of death is the final trash. The only truly good track, Loser Gets It All, was not included in the album, except in the Japanese version, which is another point against it. Completing the work, a pseudo-artwork of poor quality, really poorly drawn, not to mention the back, namely the hideous caricatures of the band members, forming a poorly mixed combination of dark themes and (weak) humor.
At this point, it’s best not to drag it out: Forbidden is really a Swiss cheese album, a massive blunder, scraping the bottom of the barrel. The Black Sabbath couldn’t go any lower than this. It would only be the Reunion of the original band core in 1999 that would raise the fortunes of a project otherwise destined for nemesis. Without inspiration, records cannot be made, especially when the production is dictated by a greedy record company and a multitude of contractual obligations to honor. Great lesson for Tony Iommi, who from now on would tread carefully.
Forbidden: forbidden to listen to!
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Get a Grip (03:59)
I see it on the TV, it's playing on my mind,
Everything I see has got something to do with killing my brother.
Just another mind game? or maybe it's a sign,
When the child with a gun holds it up to the head of his brother.
Well that ain't nice. Gotta get a grip, gotta get a hold on life,
Gotta get a grip cause you're gonna slip, yeah.
Somebody tell me, where did we lose?
Where's the point that we lost the control to live with each other?
Mister politician, searching for a lie.
What's the truth? will the youth find the proof for a revolution?
Cause that ain't nice, gotta get a grip, gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip cause you're gonna slip, on ice,
Gotta get a grip, gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip cause you're gonna slip
Gotta get a hold of the situation, gotta get you into my life,
Gotta get a hold and get it moving.
I can't tell you what you need to know it's up to you, oh yeah
That ain't nice, gotta get a grip, gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip, cause you're gonna slip, on ice,
Gotta get a grip, gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip cause you're gonna slip.
Gotta get a hold of the situation, gotta get a hold on life,
Gotta get a grip and get it moving,
I can't tell you what you need to know, it's up to you, oh yeah.
Don't your blood run cold, don't the sorrow show,
Hold on tight to what you have.
See it in your eyes, don't it make you cry,
Get a grip and shake the can.
Get a grip, yeah, get a grip, yeah, get a grip, yeah,
Get a grip, get a grip, get a grip, get a grip, get a hold.
Get a grip on life, get a grip on life, get a grip on life,
Yeah get a grip.
05 I Won't Cry for You (04:48)
So you lie awake and think about tomorrow,
And you try to justify the things you've done,
But there's no one here, to hear your tears falling,
When you turn around, you find out, that you're the lonely one.
And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow,
And you always thought that Heaven knows for sure,
And it feels like you're drowning, in your tears.
So I won't cry for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you,
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you.
Ain't gonna cry for you.
So you lie awake and think about the sorrow,
Does it really still the fears in your mind,
And you try to realise the things you wanted,
But you take it all for granted and now it makes you blind.
And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow,
And you always thought that Heaven knows for sure,
And it feels like you're drowning, in your tears.
So I ain't gonna cry for you, no I ain't gonna die for you,
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you.
Ain't gonna cry
I ain't gonna cry for you, I ain't gonna cry.
So I ain't gonna cry for you, no I ain't gonna die for you,
No I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you,
Ain't gonna cry, ain't gonna cry for you no more,
Ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna die for no more,
Ain't gonna lie, I ain't gonna lie for no more,
Ain't gonna cry, I ain't gonna cry for you no more.
09 Forbidden (03:49)
If I had to live again, I'd change everything,
'Cause everything I do, you know that I can't win.
You say it isn't right, but you say it isn't wrong,
How the Hell am I supposed to please everyone.
Tell me what it is that I'm supposed to do.
I aint here for everybody, but I aint here for you,
You said it isn't right, but you said it isn't wrong.
I wish somebody could tell me, what it is that I've done wrong.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
You know it's gonna get you now, and you know it starts to bring you down.
Tell me what it is that I'm supposed to do,
I aint here for everybody, but I aint here for you,
It seems I have to fight, for all the things I want,
Wish somebody could tell me what it is that I've done wrong.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
It's Forbidden.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
The best things in live aren't given, these things aint for you and me,
Every time you shout Forbidden, makes me wonder what you see.
Makes me wonder what you see.
10 Kiss of Death (06:09)
This is no ordinary soul, that you're destroying,
Not just another life that drifts along with the sands of time.
We tried to show you on your way, but still, you cannot see,
you're hurting me You told too many lies and so it ends, yeah
You tried to touch me, but then I knew your plan,
You tried to take my world away, oh no,
Now I see it, it's as clear as day,
No you'll never stand a chance, oh no you'll never stand a chance.
You tried to lead me, to the land where you keep your lies,
But I've seen this read before, oh yeah,
There is no reason why I should listen now,
No you'll never stand a chance, oh no you'll never stand a chance.
So many people tried before, but still I came through stronger than before,
Someone like you will never get through my door no more,
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible.
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible. Yeah.
Every lie that you tell you get closer,
Closer to the edge of the Cauldron and in to the fire, yeah.
Every life you destroy will return, it will come back and haunt you,
For ever and ever.
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible.
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible. Yeah.
This is no ordinary soul that you're destroying,
Not just another life that drifts along with the sands of time.
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