Catacombs of the Black Vatican

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Catacombs of the Black Vatican
Catacombs of the black vatican album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Black Label Society
ReleasedApril 7, 2014
Genre
Length44:39
Label Mascot (Europe)
eOne Music (US)
Producer Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
Unblackened
(2013)		Catacombs of the Black Vatican
(2014)		 Grimmest Hits
(2018)
Singles from Catacombs of the Black Vatican
  1. "My Dying Time"
    Released: January 21, 2014
  2. "Angel of Mercy"
    Released: June 18, 2014

Catacombs of the Black Vatican is the ninth studio album by heavy metal band Black Label Society. The album was released in the UK on April 7, 2014, and in the US on April 8. [1] It is the only Black Label Society album to feature former Breaking Benjamin drummer Chad Szeliga after fill-in Mike Froedge departed the band. Froedge himself replaced Will Hunt, who in turn replaced longtime drummer Craig Nunenmacher, all in the span of fewer than two years.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10 [4]
Loudwire Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [6]

The album debuted at No. 5 on Billboard 200, [7] and No. 1 on Top Rock Albums. [8] with around 25,000 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 80,000 copies in the US as of March 2016. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zakk Wylde

No.TitleLength
1."Fields of Unforgiveness"3:12
2."My Dying Time"3:22
3."Believe"3:44
4."Angel of Mercy"4:14
5."Heart of Darkness"3:39
6."Beyond the Down"2:54
7."Scars"4:13
8."Damn the Flood"3:18
9."I've Gone Away"3:51
10."Empty Promises"5:16
11."Shades of Gray"6:28
Total length:44:39
'Black Edition' bonus tracks - Europe
No.TitleLength
12."Dark Side of the Sun"5:19
13."Blind Man"4:36
'Black Edition' bonus tracks - North America/digital
No.TitleLength
12."Dark Side of the Sun"5:19
13."The Nomad"4:15
Bonus tracks - Japan
No.TitleLength
12."Dark Side of the Sun"5:19
13."Hell and Fire"4:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 111
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 59
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 12
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 29
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 87
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 30
US Billboard 200 [22] 5
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [24] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [26] 3

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