Thursday, March 25, 2010

FORBIDDEN ISSUE SECOND STUDIO REPORT

The following are excerpts from the second studio report written by Craig Locicero, guitarist/songwriter of the reunited Bay Area thrashersFORBIDDEN while the band was at Bombshelter Studios in downtown Los Angeles with owner Eric Kretz (drummer & founding member of Stone Temple Pilots):

March 4th - Three more songs in the bag! Once we finished that night, Gerardo [Martínez, Label Manager] from Nuclear Blast came out to meet us. We just talked about metal for about 4 hours. Seriously felt like I've known him for eons. It was very cool and I felt like we made a great decision! We also watched the documentary part of the Exodus DVD. Fucking-A if Gary and Tom are not on fire! The whole band is, but those two are my role models for this genre! Get 'em fuckers!!! It's funny, Gerardo was there all that time and we didn't play him a thing. Dicks!

March 5th - This was the day we slayed the last two songs. The first one is the fastest FORBIDDEN song I've ever played. Thought my arm was gonna go on strike! And I had the easy part, [drummer] Mark [Hernandez] was over the top, really great stuff in this one… called “Forsaken At The Gates.” A burner for sure! Brings back my “March Into Fire” [a track off the Forbidden Evildebut album] memories of how we used to do things, but much better. One last song in which [producer] Tim Narducci had Markexperiment with his snare turning it off and on all over the song. Sounded awesome!

[P]roducer/mix GOD Sean Beavan [Marilyn Manson/Nine Inch Nails]… invited us to come out to see him in Hollywood...

View more studio pictures and read the full studio report here.

Working titles on the new FORBIDDEN album are as follows:

Intro

Swine

Immortal Wounds

Omega Wave

Hopenosis

Adapt Or Die

Forsaken At The Gates

Inhuman Race

Beyond The Mask

Dragging My Casket

Overthrow

FORBIDDEN are currently at Sonic Room Studios in Livermore, California tracking bass, guitar, and vocals. The as-yet-untitled album is being produced by Craig Locicero and Tim Narducci(Forbidden/Systematic/Spiral Arms).

The 2010 line-up for FORBIDDEN is Russ Anderson on vocals;Craig Locicero, guitar; Steve Smyth, guitar; Matt Camacho on bass; and Mark Hernandez, drums.

Hear two new FORBIDDEN demo tracks, “Adapt Or Die” and “Hopenosis,” on the bands MySpace page.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

FORBIDDEN: FIRST STUDIO REPORT + WORKING SONG TITLES

After a thirteen-year hiatus, San Francisco’s FORBIDDEN have returned to the studio to record their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album. Last week, drum tracks were recorded at Bombshelter Studios in downtown Los Angeles with owner Eric Kretz (drummer & founding member of Stone Temple Pilots). FORBIDDEN are currently at Sonic Room Studios in Livermore, California tracking bass, guitar, and vocals.

Guitarist/songwriter Craig Locicero checks in about the band’s experience thus far:

“What a week it's been. Fucking insane!

February 28th - Mark [Hernandez], his tech Jeff (Trigger), Tim Narducci and myself left for L.A. and the Bomb Shelter. We packed 3 drum sets (all Sonor) and one guitar for me. It was one of my trusty Les Pauls, if you’re wondering - she's is a rock! Had dinner in Japan town at what was referred to as the Denny's of sushi - good and cheap!

March 1st - I left early to go pick up the new Line 6/Bogner 100 watt HD.

Everyone else starting pulling out the pieces of drums and hardware and matching whatever sounded best together. Markswitched out to one maple kick drum instead of two birch ones. It simply sounded amazing! He's had the same kick since 1990 when he joined Vio-lence. We were a bit concerned about the one kick vs. two kick issue, but it sounded perfect. Eric Kretz came down and lent us a hand and showed us some mic techniques for the overheads… just enough to sound spectacular.

March 2nd - We started tracking at 12 and we nailed the first song in a couple of hours. The next one was pretty easy as well. Timwas great working with Mark and getting him to try different things for the sake of the songs. His ear was money the entire session! On the third song, we hit a snag with the click we set up before we left the Bay. It was actually comical to watch Mark and I try to figure out what was wrong. Kretz showed up and was sitting behind me for a while without my knowledge. I turned around and we both laughed. Eventually we figured out the click issue.

March 3rd - We started by taking the only showers of the week in the morning! ‘Scumbag metal dudes, we are!’ (Yoda style.) It was a very productive day after we cleaned up. We flew through 3 songs. Everything went perfectly. The groove was grooving... whatever the hell that means (???). It started to feel like a real record to me. Everything was coming together wonderfully.

To be continued...”

View more studio pictures and read the rest of the studio report here.

Working titles on the new release are as follows: