It's undoubtedly the worst Sabbath album (with Illusion of Power probably being the worst song the band ever did), but there's still some good stuff here - Sick & Tired and the Japanese bonus track Loser Gets It All are good and Kiss of Death is excellent. The 2024 remix also goes some way towards damage controlling the terrible production even if the keyboards were turned down too low.

What do you think? Does Forbidden have its redeeming qualities?

Rusty Angels and Get a Grip are nice
Headless Cross is irredemably bad 80s synth-drenched hair metal aside from black moon which is better in its eternal idol demo version

>>127247667 (OP)
Born Again is worse

>>127247667 (OP)
>Does Forbidden have its redeeming qualities?
the title track is a pretty decent, outside of that, it should have been scrapped. anyways, Sabbath Stones is probably the best Tony Martin era song and I always wished Dio would have sung it.

>>127247667 (OP)
Rusty Angels is a good song, though Shaking Off the Chains is fucking horrible which I never see people bring up

I preferred the original mix for Rusty Angels over the 2024 one

>>127247667 (OP)
I like the songs Cant get close enough,Shaking off the chains and Kiss of Death,lowkey bangers
>>127249489
shaking off the chains is another one where the original mix is better than the 2024 remix one.

Iommi remaster fixed it. Your performative complaining is null and void, and has been since.

>>127247667 (OP)
I Won't Cry For You is the weakest track by far. Illusion of Power is fine aside from the Ice T part. The rest of the songs range from whatever to pretty good.
After Iommi's remix the only major problem is Martin's performance which he admits was phoned in. It's still their worst album but it's no longer outright bad

>>127247667 (OP)
they were a bunch of tired burned out 45 year olds who clearly dgaf anymore

>>127249120
>Shaking Off the Chains is fucking horrible
the fast paced riff saves it

>>127247667 (OP)
>What do you think? Does Forbidden have its redeeming qualities?
The cover art is cool

>>127247813
That album fucks. There's just something endearing about the unholy trinity of the cover art, murky production, and Gillan shrieking his lungs out.