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We’re 90% completed with the recording process of our first album in 16 years. It was as much fun as we’ve ever had making an album. Everyone brought so much creativity & their own individuality to the table. The results will be undeniably Forbidden. Massive kudos to Zack Ohren and his masterful recording & engineering work thus far. He’s incredible at capturing exactly what we hear and bringing it to life. He’s truly an audio Wizard. Photo by George Anderson

We are proud to announce that Forbidden has inked a worldwide deal with BLK II BLK / Frontiers music. We are now label mates with both MEGADETH & BIOHAZARD! We’ve found our home. BLK II BLK statement… FORBIDDEN: Melding classic thrash metal with melodic and progressive leanings, FORBIDDEN’s recent return to both the stage and studio is a rebirth for the Bay Area legends. They’re not merely celebrating classic albums, Forbidden Evil (1988) and Twisted Into Form (1990). Joining

Hey everybody, please help us welcome Jeremy Von Epp as the new blood! When we first approached Dan about playing guitar with us, Steve amicably left the band while we still had a full table of obligations ahead of us. Mongrain was our very first choice & he agreed almost without hesitation. We all have deep respect for Dan and consider him one of the greatest guitarists in our Universe. To have him on stage with us was a dream come true. Chewy was a perfect fit. This being s

We are beyond ecstatic to announce that we will be playing France’s HELLFEST Open Air on June 21st, 2026! Our first time back since 2008. The hits keeping coming with next year’s European Summer Festival run.

We are proud to announce that Forbidden will be appearing at the Into The Grave Festival in the Netherlands June 14th, 2026! Another Loud Noise Production. Can’t wait to see our Dutch Forbidden Family!

We are BEYOND ecstatic to announce Forbidden’s 2nd appearance at the prestigious Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium! This will be our first time back since 2008. In many ways, Graspop gave us our first passage back to Europe back then. Their offer allowed us to build our tour around this festival. We are forever grateful and can’t wait to return.

Forbidden is proud to announce our very first appearance at the Czechia’s BasinFire Fest in June 2026!

We’re ecstatic to announce that Forbidden will be playing at the Legendary Sweden Rock Festival 2026 this upcoming June! It will be our first time back since 2009. Can’t wait to play for our Nordic friends!

Forbidden is playing Poland for our very first time on June 3rd, 2026 at the Mystic Festival ! It’s difficult to believe that we haven’t had this chance until now. The Mystic Festival in Poland is shaping up to a monster Thrash special w\ Megadeth, Anthrax & Overkill. 2026 is shaping up to be one helluva year for Forbidden. There will be many more announcement over the coming weeks regarding tour dates. Yes, even America!

Forbidden will be returning to South America in February of 2026 courtesy of Dark Dimensions. Support bands for the tour run include fellow bay area thrashers Vio-Lence & the mighty Venom Inc. February 3 - Bogota, Colombia @ Capital Music February 4 - Lima, Peru @CC Teatro Leguia February 6 - Santiago, Chile @ Coliseo February 7 - Buenos Aires @ Teatrito February 8 - Sao Paulo @ Burning House

Bay Area thrash legends FORBIDDEN  released the video for their first new song in over 15 years with " Divided By Zero " earlier this...

Bay Area thrash legends FORBIDDEN  return with the video for their first new song in over 15 years with " Divided By Zero ." Watch it!...

The wait is over... Forbidden has released their brand new single "Divided by Zero" which marks the band's 1st new music in 15 years. ...

***ATTENTION*** SiriusXM Liquid Metal will be exclusively debuting DIVIDED BY ZERO starting at 12am Eastern (9pm PST) TONIGHT! Jose...

“Forbidden’s first new music in 15 years. The wait is almost over. DIVIDED BY ZERO drops this Thursday, June 26th on all streaming...

All tickets for our European Headlining dates and VIP packages are available on the link below. HUGE thanks you National Acts VIP for...

Forbidden in the SoCal / LA area for the first time in 15 years! They’ll be bringing their 40 Years of Twisted Evil set to the Teragram...

Drummer Chris Kontos gives us the first look at his new drums being added to his already impressive arsenal courtesy of DDrum. Check out...

UPDATE : For those of you who aren’t aware of our songwriting process, here’s how it goes : Once we have a pile of quality riffs, the...

Forbidden shares another sneak peek at their upcoming single "Divided by Zero". We’re pumped for our 40 Years of Twisted Evil Summer run!...