Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Candlelight Records
Release Date: 09.11.2009
www.myspace.com/forgeryhq
Harbouring Hate
Track Listing:
1. Equilibrium 3:27
2. Harbouring Hate 3:34
3. Stained 6:41
4. Subdued Wrath 5:53
5. Black The Sky 5:28
6. Raw By War 6:35
7. Sever 6:59
8. Turns To Dirt 3:58
9. Dormant 5:01
10. In Pain 4:54
ABOUT:
Forgery is a four-piece band playing hard, fast and uncompromising thrash metal. The band was originally formed in the summer of 1990, but went into hiatus in the mid-nineties, after a couple of demo releases. Resurfacing with a new drummer in 2002, Karl Jonny Lervg (ex-Paradigma), they went back to the drawing board to come up with an even harder and more uncompromising style, incorporporating the honest aggression and brutality of the legendary Bay Area bands with a more up-to-date sound and incorporating more diverse musical influences. Armed with new material, Forgery recruited a second guitarist, Ronny Hansen (ex-Enthral) in 2004, and have since been concentrating on writing and recording new material, as well as tearing up the live scene in Norway, both on their own and on festivals like Inferno. In the summer of 2006 they recorded their first ever full-length album entitled CORE, recorded and mixed at Strand Studio. In 2006/2007 KJ decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. In the search for a new drummer Forgery ended up with Jan Roger Halvorsen (ex.Old Mans Child, drums on Rotting Christ album ”Khronos”, session drummer for Zensor, 54). His impressive playing gave the band excellent oppertunities in the making of new material. Forgery changed from beeing a pure thrash-metal act to a band mixing different genres in metal. 2009: New album on the way and the band is yet again in concert-mode, and are looking forward to destroy the peace and reek havoc where ever they go.
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OK, so here we have the norwegian band Forgery, with their album ‘Harbouring Hate”. Normally I don’t have too high expectations for thrash metal bands and things like that. But I’ll give it to these guys, they know what they’re doing. Everything is tight, fast and rather well coordinated. Several catchy riffs makes the disc worthwhile in my eyes. Seems they spent alot of their time in the mixing and mastering stage. Which is great, there are no volume drops, everything is balanced out and smooth. A really great disc to listen to!
Im really impressed by the bands overall ability, I admit I had low expectations at the beginning of the album, it seemed like the same old stereotype to my ears. But as time passed and the further you got into the album, the more things progressed greatly. Alternating drum patterns, quick and to the point, never missing a beat. Guitar and Bass in sync, never falling short of one another, i was impressed by the leads, constantly variating. The singer has a voice that just carries each song from beginning to end. You can easily see why they were booked for events such as Inferno.
So overall, if you’re looking for something to re-install your faith in genres such as thrash metal, this is the way to go! So great job guys, cant wait to hear the next album!
588/666
-Wrath-
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