The New Black - Discography

Duration / Продолжительность: 00:55:20
Tracks / Треклист:
01. Everlasting (03:07)
02. Why I Burn (04:26)
03. Coming Home (03:39)
04. More than A Man (03:26)
05. Simplify (04:25)
06. 50 Ways to Love Your Liver (03:40)
07. Ballad of Broken Angels (04:15)
08. Not Me (02:54)
09. Superman Without A Town (04:37)
10. The Man Who Saw the Universe (04:14)
11. Love is Blue (Bonus Track) (03:32)
12. Drive (Bonus Track) (03:56)
13. Welcome to Point Black (04:32)
14. Wound (04:19)
15. Statement (00:18)

Duration / Продолжительность: 00:13:04
Tracks / Треклист:
01. The King I Was
02. Simplify (Live Version)
03. The Man Who Saw the Universe (Acoustic Version)

Duration / Продолжительность: 00:48:27
Tracks / Треклист:
01. Better In Black (03:04)
02. The King I Was (03:56)
03. Batteries & Rust (03:26)
04. Downgrade (03:57)
05. Into Modesty (03:42)
06. Altar Boys (03:23)
07. Happy Zombies (03:58)
08. My Favorite Disease (03:05)
09. Fading Me Out (03:26)
10. When It All Ends (04:05)
11. Last Chance To Throw Dirt (03:49)
12. Sun Cries Moon (04:38)
13. 4 Weeks With A Perfect 10 (03:58)

Duration / Продолжительность: 00:46:50
Tracks / Треклист:
01. Innocence & Time (02:48)
02. Count Me In (04:06)
03. Muzzle & Blinkers (03:32)
04. Superhuman Mission (03:22)
05. Cut Loose (04:25)
06. Any Colour You Like (As Long As It's Black) (04:05)
07. Burning D (03:34)
08. Not Quite That Simple (03:12)
09. Sharkpool (03:34)
10. The Unexpected Truth (03:48)
11. One Thing I Know (03:51)
12. Antidote (03:24)
13. Stuck (Suburban End Of Luck) (03:09)

Christof Leim - Guitar
Fabian Schwarz - Guitar
Fludid - Vocals
Günt Auschrat - Bass
Chris Weiss - Drums

German bashers THE NEW BLACK have been rocking the metal since 2009,
exhibiting real talent and tenacity on a scene cluttered with washed-up has-beens
that should have packed it in long ago and newcomers that think musicianship and
songwriting comes out of a can marked "Pro-Tools". It's not the typical flapping of
music biz gums to say THE NEW BLACK is the ultimate threesome of heavy, melody
and groove, something they've proven over two albums - their self-titled debut and
“II: Better In Black” - and through nailing live support slots with the likes of AC/DC,
Volbeat, Alter Bridge and Black Label Society. The band makes it triumphant return
with their all important third album, “III: Cut Loose”, a record that takes the lessons
learned over the last four years and puts THE NEW BLACK in a league several cuts
above where they started.

"On the first album we were just shooting from the hip," says guitarist/co-founder
Christof Leim. "On the second album we thought a lot more about what we were
doing and we experimented quite a bit. Some of those ideas worked and some
didn't, so we discovered who we were as a band. On this third album we're reaping
the fruits of our labours. We know what makes the five of us tick musically, we wrote
a bunch of songs that we liked, and we were confident about what worked when we
were putting the album together."

Not ones to be accused of cranking out basic three chord pint-of-beer rock 'n' roll,
the band keeps the songs heavy, intricate, yet catchy all the way through. THE NEW
BLACK's established arsenal of trademarks is fully loaded for “III: Cut Loose”,
making rockers like 'Superhuman Mission', 'Any Colour You Like (As Long As Its
Black)', ‘Muzzle & Blinkers’, 'Sharkpool' and 'Not Quite That Simple' guaranteed fan
favourites. Ultimately, however, it comes down to finding your earworm of choice
amongst the familiar and new twists on a working theme; there are plenty to choose
from. Whether it's the party crash Motörhead-flavoured opener 'Innocence & Time' (if
Lemmy could sing he’d sound like TNB vocalist Fludid), the groovy stomper 'Count
Me In', a balls out '80s-with-a-harmonica rocker 'Cut Loose', or the oddly infectious
ballad-esque "screw you" tune 'One Thing I Know' - it's very clear that nothing about
“III: Cut Loose” was phoned in or blueprinted from previous efforts.
"The first draft of the album was okay, but there was something missing," Leim
admits. "So, we did what we always do; Fabs (guitarist/co-founder Fabian Schwarz)
and I went to his basement and went through the songs with a fine-tooth comb. It
was basically us producing, and the roles were pretty clear. We have one James
Hetfield and one Lars Ulrich in the band; one guy is super-talented and shits out the
songs, the other one has less to show technically, but offers the vision and
perspective... and probably talks to much (laughs). At times Fabs was writing two
songs a day, recording and producing them, and it was useful for me to sit back and
say 'That part rules!' or 'No, that's not a chorus.' The album is accessible, it's not the
re-inventing of the wheel, but the music still has its own touch. This is the
combination of rock and metal, it's right in between the two as far as the mixture
goes."

Added to this mixture is producer Jacob Hansen, known for his work with veteran
rockers Volbeat and Pretty Maids.”III: Cut Loose” marks the first time in THE NEW
BLACKs history they didn't do everything in-house. Hansen was invited to mix and
master the album, giving the band a new perspective on their own work and the
tunes an additional kick in the butt." We wondered who could make it fat but still
make it rock," says Leim of the decision to go with Hansen. "We asked around, and
Jacob Hansen's name popped up. It turns out he'd actually had heard of us, and he
had some time for us between Christmas 2012 and early January. We sent him
some stuff and talked about what we were looking for, so he could do some rough
mixes which we liked right off the bat, then we went up to Denmark and finished the
mix and master with him. That just elevated the whole thing to a entirely new level."