The New Black

by Strapping Young Lad

The New Black cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 July 2006
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 42:43
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Byron Stroud, Jed Simon, Dave Young, Gem, Devin Townsend, One Tribe

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the final studio effort before the project's dissolution, the record leans into more accessible song structures while retaining Devin Townsend's signature chaotic density. The writing heavily satirizes the music industry, commercialism, and standard heavy metal tropes. It is a highly energetic and self-aware send-off for the revered extreme metal outfit.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, technical, industrial, abrasive

Tracklist

  1. Decimator (2:53)
  2. You Suck (2:40)
  3. Antiproduct (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)

Credits

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