San Francisco Bay Area metallers Forbidden have signed with BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group.

The band's anticipated follow-up to 2010's 'Omega Wave' album is currently being recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with engineer/co-producer Zack Ohren for a tentative mid-2026 release.

Joining founding guitarist Craig Locicero and bassist Matt Camacho in the band's current lineup are drummer Chris Kontos (formerly of Machine Head and Attitude Adjustment), guitarist Jeremy Von Epp, and vocalist Norman Skinner (ex-Imagika and Niviane).

The band commented on their decision: 'When Forbidden was reborn in 2023, we knew we were going to write new music.

That excited us.

We also knew that we were in no rush to be signed or obligated to anything that didn't feel ideal.

Well… that situation has finally revealed itself.' Mike Gitter, who recently left Century Media to take over A&R at BLKIIBLK and envisioned Forbidden as his first signing, will handle the band's management.