THE NEW BLACK, featuring SINNER guitarist Christof Leim, have issued the following update:

"Dear Blackies and Blackettes,

We’re excited. Pretty freaking excited! When it rains, it pours, right? This time in our favor, as we have two big pieces of news to announce - regarding album release (yes!) and shows (more!).And it couldn’t be any cooler…

Let’s get it on:

We signed a record deal with AFM Records, so our self-titled debut album will be released in January!

Release dates for “The New Black”:
Jan 23rd - Germany
Jan 26th - other parts of Europe

North America and the rest of the world will follow later in 2009!

So, friends, we told you it’s coming, and now it’s on its way - hell yeah! Expect all the good stuff you may have heard on MySpace or even live, fully produced, with riffs, hooks and leads for days.12 songs of real rock, Baby, 14 on the limited edition! More info on song titles and configurations later on this channel!

And there’s more great stuff:

We will be direct support for the only German show Zakk Wylde is doing with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY on December 3rd in Cologne. How fucking cool is that?

The day before (December 2nd) we’ll play with BLACK STONE CHERRY in Cologne and in January with the mighty VOLBEAT. More info on that later.We can’t wait!

For a complete list of dates, head over to www.thenewblackofficial.de!

Now we’re rolling! Welcome To Point Black!"

TNB