Strapping Young Lad – Report from the Studio – Tracklisting for “The New Black”
According to an SMNnews.com reader, a recent STRAPPING YOUNG LAD newsletter has reported that the band have been busy recording a new album to be released in July to coincide with OZZFEST 2006. Titled “The New Black”, it features 10 songs including:
Decimator
You Suck
Antiproduct
Hope
Wrong Side
Monument
Far Beyond Metal
Fucker
Almost Again
Polyphony
The New Black
Frontman Devin Townsend had this to say:
“It’s all sorts of styles in one. It’s about Infinity, it’s really cool to listen to and sounds great. Each SYL disk has been it’s own thing, and this is too. It’s really heavy, it has lots of cool textures and the band is proud of it. There are two bonus tracks, ‘The Long Pig’ and ‘C:enter:###’. The album is being mixed by Mike Fraser of AC/DC, METALLICA, AEROSMITH fame. From the Century Media press release: “The soon-to-be genre defying epic will showcase a new dimension of the SYL beast that puts an emphasis on incorporating more hooks and catchier melodies into the group’s renowned insanity, which is backed up with an abundance of devastating guitar solos. It would be safe to say that you can expect the unexpected. [Devin says] ‘The recording process went amazingly well, and Strapping as a whole is really excited about this effort. We were very inspired with the idea of doing Ozzfest, and the concept we are running with on this record is really based around abhorring the current music scene, yet being a part of it in some weird way. SYL is ready to be a subversive product for the unwitting 14-year-olds to scream along with… We also intend to sprinkle a little ugly around all the pretty bands this year. You can think of us as the proverbial pubic hair in the cheesecake of this year’s festival. We are ugly, large and angry. We have also been around longer as a band than 90% of the other bands. Most of all, we’re just really excited to be a part of Ozzfest and this summer is going to be crazy.’
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