Omega Wave

There was a time when Record Store Day was a big deal. I'd meet up early in the morning with my friend Jeff, and wait in line for the store to open. I would have a list of records that I was on the hunt for, and we would spend the entire day going from store to store and buying a ton of vinyl. It was an event... but those days are long gone. Record Store Day happened this year and I didn't even realize it until after it had passed. I was hanging out with Jeff shortly after RSD, and he asked if I'd picked up anything, and I had to look to see if I'd missed anything potentially interesting. There were a couple of records that caught my eye from Record Store Day, but there was only one that I needed to have.

Forbidden was a late 80's / early 90's thrash band. There first two records are absolute classics for me. There next two records were from the early 90's, and I had stopped listening to metal at that time, but when the band reunited and released Omega Wave in 2010, I didn't hesitate to check it out. There were a bunch of older thrash bands reigniting that spark around that time, and Forbidden jumped in to ride that revival. They did not disappoint. Omega Wave sounded like it could have been released 20 years earlier. Russ Anderson's voice was still amazing and Craig Locicero could still shred... it was a great comeback record. Somehow, I never bought the CD or the vinyl at that time, so I obviously needed it now.

I was buying a bunch of records in 2010, but for metal albums, CDs were still my primary focus. I clearly remember checking vinyl prices for Omega Wave at the time and thinking it was prices ridiculously high at $40, or whatever it was, and I was not going to spend that kind of money on a metal record. Add it to the pile of record regrets as that original pressing is currently listed on Discogs for over $300. That's okay, this Record Store Day reissue will get the job done.

400 pressed on red and blue splatter vinyl, and includes a special lyric insert with some history on the band and how the reunion came together.