Asking Alexandria BLACK

Personnel: Ben Bruce (vocals, guitar); Denis Stoff (vocals); Cameron Liddell (guitar); James Cassells (drums).There's something to be said about letting go. In 2015, after a period of internal turmoil and divisive creative differences about the band's direction, Asking Alexandria vocalist Danny Worsnop left the band. Founding member Ben Bruce describes it as a dark time -- for both morale and creativity -- that would inform the name of the metalcore quintet's fourth official album, The Black. After recruiting Denis Stoff -- an avowed fan and the former vocalist of Ukrainian band Make Me Famous -- the revived Asking Alexandria got to work on an album that would mark a return to form. Rather than writing a collection of diss tracks to trash a former colleague, the band chose to refocus and tap into the energy of the new creative unit, which resulted in an album that they could all support. Unlike their previous effort -- 2013's From Death to Destiny, an album weighed down by a heavy dose