{"id":3054,"date":"2006-07-11T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/?post_type=discography&#038;p=3054"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T22:22:25","slug":"the-new-black","status":"publish","type":"discography","link":"https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/discography\/the-new-black\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3054\" class=\"elementor elementor-3054\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;premium_particles_zindex&quot;:0,&quot;premium_particles_responsive&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"discography\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-090b619 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"090b619\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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*\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The New Black<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5f470c elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"f5f470c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"album alignleft wp-image-690 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thenewblack_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thenewblack_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thenewblack_600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hevydevy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thenewblack_600-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><p>Being the type of person who prides himself on \u2018finishing what he starts\u2019, it was important for me to conclude SYL in a way that a) made sense to the legacy of the vision, b) was aware enough of the pitfalls of \u2018Alien\u2019 and \u2018City\u2019 to avoid them emotionally, and c) was ok with the fans.<\/p><p>We got offered the opportunity to do Ozzfest 2006 as well as Download and a few other higher profile gigs. I remember talking with the head of Century Media about the last record of our contract prior to those offers, and being afraid (yet again) to do it, but the Ozzfest thing in particular struck me as inspiring because I could use the fact that we were becoming \u2018popular\u2019 as a catalyst to make a statement about the irony of the whole thing. From \u2018Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing\u2019 selling nothing , and not being able to get arrested for years while fuming and spitting vitriol, as soon as the effects of that emotional drama ended up taking hold, we began to get visible. So I decided to make \u2018The New Black\u2019 lyrics almost a parody of the whole situation, and the irony of SYL doing the Ozzfest was fuel for a kind of \u2018commercial\u2019 SYL album that was disgusted by the success of something I had come to realize was toxic to me. The whole sense that by continuing to have these moral and existential crosses publicly, while self-destruction was an underline seemed sick and profoundly ugly.<\/p><p>So lyrically, The New Black was all kind of sing along metal songs about \u2018the biggest band in the world\u2019 and the implications of what sort of vibrations you choose to throw into the environment, and how the come back to resonate with your world. The result was an odd, sort of eerie album that was sparse production (Mixed by Mike Fraser) and a very uneasy feel. A \u2018skin of the teeth\u2019 feeling that qualified for all the objectives I had originally planned for, plus gave us some good songs for Ozzfest (You Suck etc\u2026)<\/p><p>It was a tumultuous time internally as well\u2026 although I thought I had been clear with the band and label about this being the last album I ever did for SYL, I kind of think they thought I was just being overdramatic and was \u2018crying wolf\u2019 again. (understandable, as I was prone to that) When the label came and offered us a renewal of the contract and I reminded everybody that I was \u2018out\u2019, the shit kind of hit the fan. Byron had been playing with Fear Factory, and I think kind of threw his hands up about the whole deal. He had invested a ton of time and effort into managing the band with Mike and Jeff (Outerloop) and when it became clear that I was serious, everybody just kind of gave up.<\/p><p>As a result, the Ozzfest was a rather horrible experience for us all, and the day of the last Ozzfest show, I shaved my \u2018beard\u2019 and left for good. I think it\u2019s a shame in the sense that when you get a bunch of people together, all working for their livelihood on music, they can\u2019t be expected to see the underlying drama that inherently came with the process for the main person with the original vision.<\/p><p>By me making a decision that I knew was for the benefit of my mental health, I had to leave casualties behind and that was one of the hardest decisions I\u2019ve had to make as a musician and person. The bottom line is that I remember being on stage at Download in 2006, (a great show\u2026) and I looked out over the audience and remember thinking \u2018You can have this if you want\u2026 but your world will resonate with it forever\u2019 \u2026and at that moment I knew I was done.<\/p><p>It was dark at the time, and in order for me to continue, I would have to continually mine the vein that was unhealthy for me, so I made the decision to end it. It\u2019s been almost 7 years, and I don\u2019t regret my decision. However, the loss of relationship with those guys on some degree has been hard. On a side note: Gene absolutely played staggeringly well on this record and there are times when \u2018The New Black\u2019 is what I consider among my favourite SYL releases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2dab92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2dab92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_particles_zindex&quot;:0,&quot;premium_particles_responsive&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9997347\" data-id=\"9997347\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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