''Forever Black'' is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band

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. It was released on April 24, 2020, and is the band's first studio album since its reunion in 2016, and its first studio album since ''

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'' named it the 42nd-best metal album of 2020.

Track listing

Charts

References

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