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.
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]
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.
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]