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One of the biggest sensations of 2009 come back in this beginning of 2011 with an album that have big responsibilities... Can The New Black confirm all the good things heard and written about them in 2009???? In my opinion the answer is yes - for many reasons: first of all it's the quality of the songs where their multiple influences built an interesting labyrinth of emotions. Guys, tell me where to find a band that in a single CD put sounds of Black Label Society, Metallica, Stained, Thin Lizzy and every big (and small) hard rock / metal / pop / grunge / alternative of this world. Another reason is the boombastic production of Michael Dotzler and the TNB guitar player Fabian Schwarz with the collaboration of Achim Köhler (Primal Fear) that give to the songs power, sweetness, sadness with modern technologies.
But now let's go to the most important thing of a review, the songs..... From the first track Better In Black until the last one Sun Cries Moon it's possible to recognize Fludid, frontman / singer, the prima donna of this album always ready to change his mood with any song with excellent results. The whole CD contains excellent songs like the title track or Downgrade or Altar Boys, so it's hard for me to choose the best one, but it's easy to recognize the song that I don't like as much as the others and the title is When It All Ends.
In my opinion TNB confirm the status of surprise / big act of 2009, confirm that they are NOT a cloud that comes and go, confirm that is not easy to put all the rock influences in twelve songs, confirm that they are one of the biggest German rock bands today.... Well done, guys!!!
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