DirectMetal generally does not post reviews on the front page of the site without artist interviews or background content coming directly from the players, but this is a different story. First, we are talking about Forbidden...an icon of an earlier period that many of us feel never fully reached their prime. These guys kicked serious thrash ass back in the day, and from all accounts preceding this article, have been up to something special, so we had to check it out. Second, our good friend and writer Lacerated wrote one of the first article /

After a July show in Pasadena, Texas I got a chance to catch up with Nick Emde and Eric Daughtry of The Destro. The North Texas band recently recorded a new album with Ken Susi of Unearth and is currently touring with It Dies Today and