NEW ALBUM INFO!

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

From the official website

APRIL 29, 2003 - NEWS ABOUT THE COMING ALBUM!

- First of all The Black League is now situated on a "new" label. They will be releasing their third full lenght album, entitled "Man's Ruin Revisited", through Spinefarm sub-label RANCH. The recordings of the album are set to begin in October of this year at Sea Wolf Studios in Helsinki, Finland. Some of the tenative song-titles, as revealed previously, are: The Healer, Crooked Mile, Steal Your Heart, Lost in the Shadows (I Walk Alone), Mad Ol' Country, Alive and Dead, Black Water Fever

[Trouble Maker]

Spinefarm sub-label RANCH??? this mean that... hmmm... TBL will be very rare outside Finland?

[opacity]

what does sub-label imply in general? that TBL remain in the shadows for good? no tours, especially not outside finland? hardly any album availability outside finland (as eld asked) ? no promotion, no merch (ok, there was none before either, or hardly any) ?
so, TBL will become a studio band, and finally disband cos all are in some way occupied in other fields?

[Trouble Maker]

http://www.spinefarm.net/ranch/

i think that they are moved to rock label...

[Pakkanen]

That's really sad, but I don't see much changes. Although they are at Spinefarm, TBL is still hard to get here and as far as I know they haven't got a tour outside Finland yet either. The only merch, I know about is some nice TBL sticker that I saw in the Corner Bar in Helsinki (btw: does anybody know, where to get these stickers?)

But I hope that they'll keep on rocking and that maybe someday I've got a chance to see them live..... :rock:

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

There is nothing sad about it at all. They are still on the Spinefarm label, with the exact same distribution as before. If anything things will be better as the people who handle Ranch will have more time and money to focus on TBL as they have fewer bands on the label. Mannhai has had great distribution and promotion from Ranch. I think this will be a good thing....

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

btw: does anybody know, where to get these stickers?

You mean the "I (a spade sign) The Black League" stickers? I had a bunch of those but I have given them out already and I only have one left now :( Sorry dude.... :(

[Trouble Maker]

Originally posted by Mr. Lapin Kulta
There is nothing sad about it at all. They are still on the Spinefarm label, with the exact same distribution as before.

that's mean SUCK AS HELL!!! you know why i get Spinefarm's albums by you or Henu? because i can't get them in Poland, Czech or Germany :( i got Utopia and Doomsday by trade with a guy from Portugal... it's sick!!!

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

Nah come on now Eld. I am sure Ranch will be good for the League. I have never seen a Black League album in Sweden either, I have however seen the latest Mannhai in every store! Hopefully Ranch will do an equally good job for TBL....

[Trouble Maker]

because Mannhai was also released via Nuclear Blast...
anyway.. nevermind... i hope you'll pick up TBL for me :)

[Voice of God]

Originally posted by Mr. Lapin Kulta
I have never seen a Black League album in Sweden either, I have however seen the latest Mannhai in every store!

Hmh... weird. It's the opposite for me. There's TBL in most stores (that I visit), but I think I have never seen Mannhai album in a store. Then again, I probably haven't paid much attention to Mannhai albums so it could be just that I didn't notice them.

Anyway, good news that the album is on the way. Obviously, being a finn, I'm not so concerned about the distribution on the new label, but does this new label mean the next album will be even more rockier? Interesting....

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

From the demo songs I've heard so far it will be a lot harder and darker than Utopia. Some songs are a bit rocky and some are more in the vein of Ichor...

[roma]

From the demo songs I've heard so far it will be a lot harder and darker than Utopia. Some songs are a bit rocky and some are more in the vein of Ichor...

ouuuuuuuuuuuuh... GREAT!!! :)


by the way... lately I've read a review that said "the black league is like smoking pot"...
...ääääähm... well it sounds really funny at the first moment but I guess it's the best description I've EVER read... :D

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

Hahaha perhaps a good metaphor. I wouldn't know since I stay away from narcotics. I only drink beer :)

[roma]

I wouldn't know since I stay away from narcotics.

well... me to...

but... the mere "idea" of being stoned (assuming that it’s a positive one 'in general'… *...*) is a good comparison with the feeling when listening to tbl - you like it so much that you don’t want to let it go... ;)

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

The recordings of the new album will take place starting in August, not in October as I previously stated!

[roma]

:lol: no problem... August is better than October... :)

[Villain]

Yeah, this sounds very good, definitely!

Awaiting anxiously for the new album.

-Villain (it's been a while...)

[Pahin Kaikista]

League album is worth wait that MILLENIUM :)

LEAGUE FUCKING ROKS, have to get to Qstock or whatever that was :bounce:

[millenniumking]

I still have to buy my first TBL release (yes I know, shame on me).

[winter-frost]

Just got the Doomsday Sun LP in the mail a few days ago so now I have everything I need!

[opacity]

i hope that both Chaosbreed's recording session and the League's recording session don't interfere (delays and such) :spin: