Forgery

“Forgery is a straightforward heavy thrash outfit who could just as easily hail from Oakland as Oslo” “Anyone who likes the sound of the phrase “Uncompromising Thrash Metal” ought to seek out Harbouring Hate without hesitation.” “Anders Moen’s impressive vocals have serious balls and sit perfectly in front of the apocalyptic noise spewing from his six-string” “perfect circle-pit fodder” “double kick pedal orgasm “ 6/6 Jonn Kerr (thrashhits.com)

“I’ll give it to these guys, they know what they’re doing. Everything is tight, fast and rather well coordinated. Several catchy riffs make the disc worthwhile in my eyes” “I’m really impressed by the bands overall ability” “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.” “Great job guys, can’t wait to hear the next album!” 588/666 (nightspirit.no)

“The aggressive vocals, the groove, the drums, the melody and the power of the several songs have the same kind of impact as for example 'Burn My Eyes'(Machine Head)” “You won't be disappointed!” (powerofmetal.dk)

“The tracks are groovy and varying in tempo and structure. It goes way beyond ‘random’ Thrash, partly thanks to a few unique riffs and agreeable tempo-changes, yet without being over-experimental or mathematically progressive or avant-garde. Besides, the production is concrete-hard, the lyrics uncompromising, the atmosphere impressive.” 80/100 (concreteweb.be)

“Their identity is very strong and unquestioned” “"Harbouring Hate" is an absolute masterpiece,” (silentscreamzine.com)

Forgery is a four-piece band playing hard, fast and uncompromising 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-lenght 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: Releasing their debut album "Harbouring Hate" in November, and gigging for the event through the next couple of months.

2010:Forgery is currently writing material for their next album.

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