The New Black

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The New Black
The New Black cover
Studio album by Strapping Young Lad
Released July 11, 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Metal, Progressive Metal
Length 42:44
Label Century Media Records
Producer(s) Devin Townsend
Professional reviews
Strapping Young Lad chronology
Alien
(2005)		 The New Black
(2006)


The New Black is the fifth and latest album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on July 11, 2006, debuting at #200 on the Billboard charts.[1] Promo copies of the album began surfacing since June, 2006, and were subsequently leaked onto the Internet.

For the first time, a studio version of "Far Beyond Metal" is made available here. The song was previously only made available as a live recording on the 1998 live album No Sleep Till Bedtime.

Guitarist Jed Simon said the following about the album on the band's MySpace page:

We have moved over to Profile Studios here in Vancouver (for the recording of the new album), and Byron (Stroud, bass) and Jed are both busy tracking their bass and guitar parts. It's going great. Wait 'till you hear how crushing it sounds, whoa! Dev (Devin Townsend, guitar / vocals) and Will (Campagna, keyboards) should be getting busy in the next week, Dev is running the board for Byron while Shaun (Thingvold...longtime SYL engineer) is running Jed's world. The drums are just insane...but what else would you expect from THE MAN!!!!??? Everything is on track, and on schedule...the guys are focused...all is well.[2]

The first single from the album is "Wrong Side," and a music video of the song was shot on May 28, 2006. The video was officially released on the band's MySpace around the same time as the album.

The album comes packaged with a second CD featuring a sampling of various other Century Media artists. The European version contains two bonus tracks: "The Long Pig" and a cover of The Melvins' "Zodiac".[3] The Japanese version contains "The Long Pig" and the instrumental "C:enter:###" (pronounced: see colon, enter colon, pound pound pound).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Decimator" – 2:53
  2. "You Suck" – 2:40 [4]
  3. "Anti Product" – 3:56
  4. "Monument" – 4:11
  5. "Wrong Side" – 3:35
  6. "Hope" – 5:02
  7. "Far Beyond Metal" – 4:36
  8. "Fucker" – 3:53
  9. "Almost Again" – 3:43
  10. "Polyphony" – 1:54
  11. "The New Black" – 6:15

[edit] Disc 2 (Century Media sampler)

  1. "In Effigy" (Shadows Fall)
  2. "My Apocalypse" (Arch Enemy)
  3. "Chains of Humanity" (God Forbid)
  4. "Slaves Shall Serve" (Behemoth)
  5. "99" (The Haunted)
  6. "Our Truth" (Lacuna Coil)

[edit] Bonus tracks

  • "The Long Pig"
  • "Zodiac" (The Melvins cover) (European only)
  • "C:enter:###" (Japanese only)

The bonus disc can only be found on North American/standard copies, while international versions have previously unreleased tracks.

[edit] Credits

  • Devin Townsend - Vocals, Guitar, Production
  • Jed Simon - Guitar
  • Gene Hoglan - Drums and Percussion
  • Byron Stroud - Bass guitar
  • Will Campagna - Keyboards
  • Oderus Urungus (GWAR) - Guest Vocals on "Far Beyond Metal"
  • Bif Naked - Guest Vocals on "Fucker"
  • Cam Kroetsch (The Almighty Punchdrunk) - Guest Vocals on "You Suck"
  • Chris Valagao (Zimmer's Hole) - Backing vocals (Small appearance on "Monument")
  • Shaun Thingvold - Engineer
  • Mike Fraser - Mixing
  • Ryan van Poederooyen - Drum Technician
  • Travis Smith - Artwork

[edit] External links

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