''Order of the Black'' is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band

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. It was released in North America on August 10, 2010, through

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. In New Zealand and Australia, it was released by

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(with special cover art) and in Europe through

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Release

The first single "Parade of the Dead" was released on June 16. The second single of the album entitled "Crazy Horse" was released next day via

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. On August 9, 2010, ''Order of the Black'' was premiered at Rockline Radio, hosted by Bob Coburn. The same date, the album was posted to AOL music for streaming in its entirety (minus bonus tracks). Although various versions in different territories and formats carried different bonus tracks, all available bonus tracks are actually taken from the 2011 album ''

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''. On August 23, 2010, the band was scheduled to perform ''Order of the Black'' at the

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show. On August 29, 2010, Black Label Society announced ringtones from their album ''Order of the Black''.

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released an exclusive edition of the album with a 50-minute bonus DVD for a limited time. The DVD features "Trakk by Trakk with Zakk", a song-by-song overview of the album where

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talks about his lyrical and musical inspiration for the songs. It will also feature a solo performance of the song "The Last Goodbye" from the 2006 ''

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'' album and an exclusive tour of the BLS Bunker. This is the only studio album with drummer

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. ''Order of the Black'' sold around 33,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at position number 4. The album also made a Top 10 debut in Canada, landing at #9 on Canadian album charts.

Track listing

Personnel

Black Label Society *

– guitars, lead vocals, piano *

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– bass, backing vocals *

– drums Production * Produced by Zakk Wylde *Associate producer – John DeServio * Engineered by Adam Klumpp * Mixed by Zakk Wylde, John DeServio, Adam Klumpp *

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by George Marino *Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management) *Publicity – Carise Yatter (Hired Gun Media), Darren Edwards *Marketing, Internet – Jim Baltutis (Concepts in Concert), Denner Vieira, Angela McGill *Artwork, layout, and design – John Irwin (John Irwin Design), Zakk Wylde

Charts

References

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