Who produced Black Sabbath's 1995 album Forbidden?

Black Sabbath’s 1995 album Forbidden was produced by Ernie C.

Ernie C—best known as the guitarist and producer of the rap-metal band Body Count—also engineered and mixed the record. He became involved after Black Sabbath approached him and Ice-T, whose spoken contribution appears on “The Illusion of Power.”

Forbidden reunited the core Tyr-era lineup of Tony Martin, Tony Iommi, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell, and Geoff Nicholls. It was recorded between December 1994 and March 1995 and released through I.R.S. Records on June 5, 1995. The album’s production became controversial: critics and band members later felt its dry, unusual sound did not suit Sabbath.

A common mix-up is Tom Allom, who engineered Black Sabbath’s debut album and worked extensively with the band, or Martin Birch, the celebrated producer behind several classic Sabbath releases. Neither produced Forbidden. Tony Iommi later oversaw a remix released in 2024, but that does not change the original producer credit.