German heavy rockers The New Black are currently working hard on their fourth album with Danish producer Jacob Hansen of Volbeat fame. The album will be released on February 26th, 2016 via AFM Records and is being recorded in the band‘s hometown of Würzburg, Germany at Jam Productions Studio.

Jacob Hansen had previously mixed and mastered the band‘s last self-produced effort, III: Cut Loose (2013). He comments: "Watching the guys live, I saw some extra excitement that I‘d love to capture on an album. There‘s a lot of cool music cooking in this band, and I‘m looking forward to making it as good as we can."

Says the band: "We loved what Jacob did for the sound of last album. He‘s a cool guy, too, so we wanted him on board as the producer from start to finish to really dig into the songs together. We had reached a limit with doing everything ourselves, we need to make the next step to avoid repeating ourselves. And it all sounds so far like we achieved that next step. We have never worked on new material that intensively, mercilessly and enjoyably." 

The New Black ask any friends, sympathizers and well-wishers to have a look at their crowdfunding campaign at PledgeMusic. Here the fans can pre-order new music and get their hands on cool exclusives goodies like checking out the band at their rehearsal dungeon, get their portrait drawn by singer Fludid and becoming the official Beer Tech at one of their shows, not to mention a lot of behind-the-scenes-stuff.

The band‘s campaign can be found here.

The five musicians are also grateful for being supported by the Wacken Foundation with a temporary loan to help cover the cost.

The New Black entered the studio freshly energized from a stint on the road with Zakk Wylde‘s Black Label Society where they premiered new tracks "Send In The Clowns" and the title track "Godzilla With A Grin". Pics from the studio can be found on the bands homepage, Facebook presence and other social media outlets.

For information and updates on The New Black go to this location.