The Black by Asking Alexandria

The Black, Asking Alexandria's fourth studio album, came out on Sumerian on 25 March 2016, and it's the one record the York band made without Danny Worsnop. He had walked out in January 2015, and Denis Stoff stepped in on lead vocals, fronting Ben Bruce and Cameron Liddell on guitars, Sam Bettley on bass and James Cassells on drums, with Joey Sturgis producing. The rollout started early: "I Won't Give In" arrived in May 2015, nearly a year ahead of the album, followed by "Undivided" and the title track.

It's metalcore with the melodic hooks turned up, and critics and fans liked it at the time. Then Stoff was gone five months after release, Worsnop came back that October, and the songs vanished from the band's setlists, even if Worsnop has said he wouldn't mind playing them. Fans still argue over where it belongs in the story.

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