Tim Calvert

Tim Calvert is an American metal guitarist. In the mid 80's he began his career in a thrash metal band called Militia. He then received wide attention throughout the thrash community when he joined Forbidden, playing on their second album Twisted Into Form, co-writing much of the material, resulting in the albums darker and more progressive sound than it's predecessor, Forbidden Evil.

Calvert played on two more Forbidden albums, Distortion in 1994 and Green in 1997. After the dissolution of Forbidden in the late 90's Calvert was asked to replace Pat O'Brien in the progressive metal band Nevermore. Calvert joined the band and played on their classic concept album Dreaming Neon Black, released in 1999.

Calvert left Nevermore in 2001. He has since married and pursued a full time, non-musical career. He did reunite with Forbidden for a performance at Thrash of the Titans in 2002, along with Paul Bostaph, Glen Avalais, Russ Anderson and Matt Camacho.

Tim Calvert is known for his dark, moody style of songwriting created via his frequent usage of dissonant passages and diminished chords. Calvert is a very technically accomplished guitar player who plays in a very neoclassical, heavily theorized style. He started guitar lessons with Bob Marshall in Castro Valley and eventually took lessons from Jim Bedford in Hayward for about 10 years. He played Jackson Guitars throughout his entire career.