{{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = In the Black | type = studio | artist = Kittie | cover = Kittie-intheblackalbumcover.jpg | alt = Four women dressed in gothic clothing in a forest. The text "Kittie" at the center top, with "In the Black" at center bottom | released = {{start date|2009|9|15}} | recorded = November–December 2008 | studio = Beach Road (Goderich, Ontario) | genre = {{flatlist| * Groove metal * heavy metal * thrash metal }} | length = 41:00 | label = E1 Music | producer = Siegfried Meier | prev_title = Funeral for Yesterday | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = I've Failed You | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = In the Black | type = studio | single1 = My Plague | single1date = July 22, 2009 | single2 = Cut Throat | single2date = July 31, 2009 | single3 = Sorrow I Know | single3date = August 17, 2009 }} }}
'''''In the Black''''' is the fifth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, released on September 15, 2009, through E1 Music. It was the band's first album with bassist Ivy Jenkins, who had joined in 2007. The album was produced and recorded by Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios in Goderich, Ontario, in November and December 2008. A groove metal, heavy metal, and thrash metal album incorporating elements of black metal, melodic death metal and metalcore, Kittie intended ''In the Black'' to be the "antithesis" of their previous album ''Funeral for Yesterday'' (2007), whose production and style they were disappointed with.
Music critics praised Kittie's musicianship on ''In the Black'', with some considering it their best album, though others found it unremarkable and lacking in originality. The album debuted at number 133 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 3,400 copies in its first week. Kittie toured in support of the album from September 2009 to September 2010, performing in North America and Europe. The band also joined the 2010 Thrash and Burn Tour and embarked on supporting tours with Insane Clown Posse and DevilDriver.
== Background and recording == thumb|264x264px|Kittie recorded ''In the Black'' at Beach Road Studios; the studio's tracking room is pictured.|leftIn 2007, Kittie released their fourth album ''Funeral For Yesterday''. Following the album's release, bassist Trish Doan left the band due to her worsening anorexia athletica-nervosa, which she developed during its production''.<ref name="TrishLeaves">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2008-03-04 |title=Kittie Parts Ways With Bassist Trish Doan |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-parts-ways-with-bassist-trish-doan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407092133/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-parts-ways-with-bassist-trish-doan |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2007-09-03 |title=Kittie Frontwoman Says Bassist's 'Serious Eating Disorder' Prevented Her From Touring |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-frontwoman-says-bassist-s-serious-eating-disorder-prevented-her-from-touring/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501213719/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-frontwoman-says-bassist-s-serious-eating-disorder-prevented-her-from-touring |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> After a tour with Jeff Phillips filling in on bass, Kittie recruited Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins as Doan's replacement.<ref name="Femmemetal2">{{Cite web |last=Cadoni |first=Miriam |date=2012-11-07 |title=Interview : Morgan Lander - Kittie (2009) |url=https://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/uncategorized/interview-morgan-lander-kittie-2009/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413150918/https://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/uncategorized/interview-morgan-lander-kittie-2009/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Femme Metal Webzine |language=en-US |quote=}}</ref> Kittie began "sketching out ideas" for ''In the Black'' whilst touring in the summer and fall of 2008.<ref name="Femmemetal2" /> In July of that year, they played two new songs, "My Plague" and "Sorrow I Know", in Fayetteville, North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-08 |title=Kittie: Performance Footage Of Two New Songs Available |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-performance-footage-of-two-new-songs-available/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515111003/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-performance-footage-of-two-new-songs-available |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> Vocalist and guitarist Morgan Lander and drummer Mercedes Lander described the songwriting process as more collaborative than that of ''Funeral for Yesterday'';<ref name="carlint">{{Cite web |last=Begai |first=Carl |date=2009-09-27 |title=Kittie – Black Enough For Ya? |url=http://carlbegai.com/2009/09/27/black-enough-for-ya/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406120614/http://carlbegai.com/2009/09/27/black-enough-for-ya/ |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=carlbegai.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Bruce |date=November 20, 2009 |title=Interview with Kittie vocalist & guitarist Morgan Lander |url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/kittie-interview-with-vocalist-and-guitarist-morgan-lander |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202210010/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/kittie-interview-with-vocalist-and-guitarist-morgan-lander |archive-date=2010-02-02 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=PureGrainAudio.com}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Brezezinski |first=Ken |date=2009-08-12 |title=Interview with Mercedes from Kittie |url=http://staticmultimedia.com/music/features/interview_with_mercedes_from_kittie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812132632/http://staticmultimedia.com/music/features/interview_with_mercedes_from_kittie |archive-date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Static Multimedia}}</ref> both members wrote most of the album's material together before seeking guitarist Tara McLeod's input,<ref name="carlint" />{{Sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=1:06:58–1:07:19}} with Jenkins contributing basslines at the end.<ref name=":4" /> Mercedes credited McLeod and Jenkins with making the album sound "multi-dimensional and complete";<ref name=":17" /> McLeod said she "realised her value in [Kittie]" when the band began using her riffs and guitar parts.{{Sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=1:09:21–1:09:42}} Mercedes said that Kittie finished writing ''In the Black'' by August 2008,<ref name=":4" /> although Morgan said the band did not start to coalesce their ideas into songs until they left their record label later that year.<ref name="Femmemetal2" />
Kittie recorded ''In the Black'' in three weeks between November and December 2008 with producer Siegfried Meier at his newly constructed Beach Road Studios in Goderich, Ontario.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bowar |first=Chad |date=September 12, 2009 |title=Kittie Interview: A Conversation with Drummer Mercedes Lander |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/kittieinterviewmercedes.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001004416/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/kittieinterviewmercedes.htm |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |website=heavymetal.about.com |page=1}}</ref> Meier had previously worked with Kittie as an assistant engineer on their second album ''Oracle'' (2001).<ref name=":0" /> He purchased a Studer A827 tape machine to record the album, though Mercedes' drum tracks were recorded digitally.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Schulze |first=John |date=2011-08-21 |title=Kittie builds on a career's worth of metal |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/kittieinterview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702130312/https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/kittieinterview |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=OnMilwaukee}}</ref> Morgan would record two takes for her vocals and select the best one.<ref name="carlint" /><ref name="MetalObs">{{Cite magazine |last=Fred |first=Seigneur |date=Winter 2009 |title=Kittie: Black is Beautiful |url=https://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2010/0110_kittie.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728113448/https://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2010/0110_kittie.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2024 |magazine=Metal Obs' |publisher=H.I.M Media |page=26 |language=fr |via=noise-web.com}}</ref> Meier said that Kittie wanted to avoid having too many vocal harmonies and "glisteny, polished, airy things" on the album.{{Sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=1:10:42–1:10:56}} Mercedes considered its recording to be closest to their debut album ''Spit'' (1999), in that Kittie "got to do exactly what we wanted, how we wanted it",<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Trunk |first=Russell A. |date=n.d. |title=Kittie: 'Back in Black!' |url=https://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php?id=1104 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522091749/https://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php?id=1104 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=annecarlini.com}}</ref> and praised Meier's production, saying that he was "the first producer [Kittie have] worked with that knows metal and knows what we want to sound like. ... [''In the Black''] is the first album that we've recorded that I'm totally happy with."<ref name="carlint" />
== Composition ==<!-- music -->
''In the Black'' has been described as groove metal,<!-- "neo thrash" -->{{sfn|Popoff|Perri|2011|p=}} heavy metal,<ref name="Metalde" /><ref name="AM" /> and thrash metal.<ref name="Lautderev" /> The album incorporates elements from black metal, melodic death metal,{{sfn|Popoff|Perri|2011|p=}}<ref name="MetalRules" /> and metalcore,<ref name="MetalRules" /> and mixes clean singing and crooning<ref name="TimeOffRev" /><ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /> with black metal and death metal-inspired growls and screamed vocals.<ref name="AM" /><ref name="AVClub">{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Leonard |date=2009-09-09 |title=September 2009 |url=https://www.avclub.com/september-2009-1798217615 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601122132/https://www.avclub.com/september-2009-1798217615 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref> Its songs also feature guitar solos.<ref name="Lautderev" /><ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /> Denize Falzon of ''Exclaim!'' described the album as combining 1970s classic rock and 1980s heavy metal with a "modern style" and compared McLeod's guitarwork to Testament's debut album, ''The Legacy'' (1987).<ref name="ExclaimRev2" /> Kittie intended it to be the "antithesis" of ''Funeral for Yesterday'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=2009-08-24 |title=Kittie's Morgan Lander: 'We Are Stronger Than Ever' |url=http://noisecreep.com/kittie-s-morgan-lander-we-are-stronger-than-ever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228191606/https://noisecreep.com/kittie-s-morgan-lander-we-are-stronger-than-ever/ |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=1:06:24–1:06:43}} whose production and style they were disappointed with.<ref name="carlint" /><ref name=":12" /><ref name=":19" /> In an interview with ''Chart Attack'', Morgan said that Kittie wanted to make a faster, rawer and "more outlandish" album representative of how they sounded live.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Carman |first=Keith |date=March 2, 2010 |title=Kittie Recover From Funeral For Yesterday |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/79834/kittie-recover-from-funeral-for-yesterday |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825220621/http://www.chartattack.com/news/79834/kittie-recover-from-funeral-for-yesterday |archive-date=2010-08-25 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Chart Attack}}</ref> The album's lyrics were written by Morgan and Mercedes, and detail personal situations and experiences they went through.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Night |first=Nataly |date=2009-12-18 |title=Kittie - December 2009 |url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o-interviews-87/6541-kittie-december-2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502230708/https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o-interviews-87/6541-kittie-december-2009 |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Reflections of Darkness |language=en-gb}}</ref> ''Noisecreep''{{'s}} Amy Sciarretto attributed some of its "anger" to Kittie's split with their previous record label.<ref name=":2" /> <!-- songs -->
{{Listen | filename = Kittie My Plague Sample.ogg | title = "My Plague" | description = The lead single from ''In the Black'' is a metalcore and groove metal song<ref name="Metalde" /> featuring "mammoth musical composition"<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> and screaming.<ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /> }}
''In the Black'' begins with the instrumental guitar intro "Kingdom Come",<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> followed by "My Plague", a metalcore and groove metal song<ref name="Metalde" /> featuring "mammoth musical composition"<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> and screaming.<ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /> "Cut Throat" incorporates southern rock grooves<ref name="UGRev" /> and "blackened" vocals from Morgan.<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> In an interview with ''Reflections of Darkness'', Morgan said that "Die My Darling" is "about hoping that someone you detest gets what they deserve".<ref name=":1" /> "Sorrow I Know" is driven by "sly, thunderous drums";<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> ''Ultimate Guitar'' considered its vocal range and pacing reminiscient of Kittie's debut album ''Spit'' (1999).<ref name="UGRev" /> Martin Popoff likened "Forgive and Forget" to a "moshable Dark Tranquility".{{sfn|Popoff|Perri|2011|p=}} "Now or Never" recalls 1980s thrash metal, with Michael Edele of laut.de comparing its verse riff to Metallica circa ''Kill 'Em All''.<ref name="Lautderev" /> ''Blabbermouth.net'' reviewer Keith Bergman cited "Falling Down" and "Sleepwalking" as songs representative of the "darker, slower, more brooding mood" of ''In the Black''{{'s}} second half.<ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /> Kenada Quinlan of ''Time Off'' highlighted both songs for their more accessible nature compared to the rest of the album's material.<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> The album closer "The Truth" begins with a "funeral hymn" intro<ref name="UGRev" /> before harkening back to Kittie's "roots of unadulterated, sludge-driven metal", per Quinlan.<ref name="TimeOffRev" /> Edele compared its "bluesy" guitar solo and vocals to Drain STH.<ref name="Lautderev" /> <!-- title/artwork -->
The album's title is a play on the financial term "in the red".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-02 |title=Kittie Drummer: '90% Of The People Out There Don't Realize We're Canadian' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-drummer-90-of-the-people-out-there-don-t-realize-we-re-canadian/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107143844/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-drummer-90-of-the-people-out-there-don-t-realize-we-re-canadian |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> Mercedes said that being ''In the Black'' "doesn't mean you're clear of all your problems, but you're on your way to doing better. That's kind of how we [Kittie] feel right now [...] we're on our way towards making a full recovery."<ref name=":6" /> The album was Kittie's first since ''Spit'' to feature its members on the cover, and was intended to show the band's growth from the album.<ref name=":5" /> The album was dedicated to David Lander,<ref name="MetalObs" /> Kittie's former manager and Morgan and Mercedes' father, who died in August 2008.<ref name=":4" />
== Release and promotion ==<!-- 2009 --> [[File:Kittie_at_the_Opera_House_2010.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Kittie performing at the Opera House in Toronto in March 2010|left]]On June 26, 2009, Kittie announced that they had signed a three-album record deal with E1 Music.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Kittie Signs With E1 Music |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-signs-with-e1-music/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710152724/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-signs-with-e1-music |url-status=live }}</ref> The band chose to sign with the label as they had previously worked with a number of its personnel in the past,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Orwat Jr. |first=Thomas S. |date=February 11, 2010 |title=Interview - Kittie - Morgan Lander |url=http://www.rockmusicstar.com:80/kittie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221012221/http://www.rockmusicstar.com:80/kittie |archive-date=2010-02-21 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Rock Music Star}}</ref> including its vice president of Metal, Scott Givens, whom they had known for over 10 years.<ref name=":6" /> On July 18, 2009, the band revealed the track listing for ''In the Black'';<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2009-07-18 |title=Kittie: 'In The Black' Track Listing Revealed |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-track-listing-revealed/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130110603/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-track-listing-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in July 2009, Kittie worked with director David Brodsky on two music videos, for "Cut Throat" and "Sorrow I Know".<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":7" />'''<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-03 |title=Kittie: 'Cut Throat' Video Released |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-cut-throat-video-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513115659/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-cut-throat-video-released |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref>''' The former features the band performing the song inside an abandoned department store in Brooklyn.'''<ref name=":9" />''' The "Sorrow I Know" video was filmed at the Backroom in New York City on July 26, 2009.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2009-07-17 |title=Kittie Looking For Extras For Video Taping In New York City |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-looking-for-extras-for-video-taping-in-new-york-city/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513200909/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-looking-for-extras-for-video-taping-in-new-york-city |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> The band invited its fans to participate in the video shoot, which featured a 1920s speakeasy theme.<ref name=":11" /> On August 1, 2009, Kittie played at the Altered Skin Revolution festival in Saginaw, Michigan, where they performed "Cut Throat" live for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kittie - Footage Of First Ever Performance Of New Song 'Cut Throat' Available |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-footage-of-first-ever-performance-of-new-song-cut-throat-available |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513200749/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-footage-of-first-ever-performance-of-new-song-cut-throat-available |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref> "My Plague",<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2009 |title=Kittie - New Song Streaming Online |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-song-streaming-online |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125841/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-song-streaming-online |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref> "Cut Throat",<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2009 |title=Kittie - New Song Now Online |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-song-now-online |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125840/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-song-now-online |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref> and "Sorrow I Know" were uploaded to Kittie's MySpace between July and August 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2009 |title=Kittie posts new song |url=https://thegauntlet.com/article/234/16623/kittie-posts-new-song |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125840/https://thegauntlet.com/article/234/16623/kittie-posts-new-song |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=thegauntlet.com |language=en-US}}</ref> "Cut Throat" debuted on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal station on August 31, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kittie's 'Cut Throat' To Premiere Monday On Liquid Metal |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kitties-cut-throat-to-premiere-monday-on-liquid-metal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515110958/https://bravewords.com/news/kitties-cut-throat-to-premiere-monday-on-liquid-metal |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref> The music video for "Cut Throat" was released on September 3, 2009.'''<ref name=":9" />''' ''In the Black'' was released in the United States through E1 Music on September 15, 2009, and in Europe through Massacre Records on October 23, 2009.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-23 |title=Kittie: 'In The Black' First-Week Sales Revealed |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-first-week-sales-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418130630/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-first-week-sales-revealed |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-09-16 |title=Kittie's New Album To Be Released In Europe Via Massacre |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-s-new-album-to-be-released-in-europe-via-massacre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513115646/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-s-new-album-to-be-released-in-europe-via-massacre |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> It was released as a CD and on vinyl, the latter in limited quantities.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Kittie - New Album Available For Pre-Order as CD / LP / Signed Poster Bundle |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-album-available-for-pre-order-as-cd-lp-signed-poster-bundle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513200742/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-album-available-for-pre-order-as-cd-lp-signed-poster-bundle |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref> The album debuted at number 133 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 3,400 copies in its first week.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="KittieCharts" /> The album also reached number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Top Hard Rock Albums chart and number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums chart.<ref name="KittieCharts" /> Following its release, Kittie embarked on a headlining tour of the United States supported by Soil, Red Line Stitch and Arkaea from September 27 to October 29, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-07 |title=Kittie: U.S. Dates Announced |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-u-s-dates-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708215028/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-u-s-dates-announced |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-11 |title=Soil, Arkaea, Straight Line Stitich Added To Kittie's U.S. Tour |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soil-arkaea-straight-line-stitch-added-to-kittie-s-u-s-tour/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514122756/https://blabbermouth.net/news/soil-arkaea-straight-line-stitch-added-to-kittie-s-u-s-tour |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-26 |title=Arkaea Drops Off Kittie Tour |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/arkaea-drops-off-kittie-tour/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514122801/https://blabbermouth.net/news/arkaea-drops-off-kittie-tour |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> <!-- 2010/2011 -->
On January 14, 2010, the "Sorrow I Know" video premiered on ''Noisecreep'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=2010-01-14 |title=Kittie, 'Sorrow I Know' — Video Premiere |url=http://noisecreep.com/kittie-sorrow-i-know-video-premiere/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212023308/https://noisecreep.com/kittie-sorrow-i-know-video-premiere/ |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref> with an "uncut" version arriving on February 8, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-08 |title=Kittie: 'Uncut' Version Of 'Sorrow I Know' Video Available |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-uncut-version-of-sorrow-i-know-video-available/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210401/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-uncut-version-of-sorrow-i-know-video-available |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> Also in January, Kittie toured Europe with It Dies Today and Malefice. Forever Never and Magnacult provided additional support on select dates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-05 |title=Kittie, It Dies Today, Malefice to Tour Europe in January |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-it-dies-today-malefice-to-tour-europe-in-january/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513115727/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-it-dies-today-malefice-to-tour-europe-in-january |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> In March 2010, the band embarked on a co-headling tour of North America with God Forbid.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Kittie, God Forbid tour dates |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/13863/kittie-god-forbid-tour-dates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812181047/https://www.lambgoat.com/news/13863/kittie-god-forbid-tour-dates/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=lambgoat.com |language=en}}</ref> Periphery and Gwen Stacy opened for both bands from March 3 to 11 and March 14 to 21, 2010, respectively.<ref name=":15" /> On May 4, 2010, Kittie filmed a music video for "Die My Darling" with director John Barber, which was released on June 7.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-05 |title=Kittie: 'Die My Darling' Video To Debut On Monday |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-die-my-darling-video-to-debut-on-monday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506113141/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-die-my-darling-video-to-debut-on-monday |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-07 |title=Kittie: 'Die My Darling' Video Released |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-die-my-darling-video-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031202511/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-die-my-darling-video-released/ |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> Morgan and Mercedes initially planned the video as a spoof of the Quentin Tarantino film ''Death Proof'' (2007), and it "just turned into its own kind of thing".<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Schulze |first=John |date=2010-07-31 |title=11 years later, Kittie is still going strong |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/kittierocks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405183812/https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/kittierocks |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=OnMilwaukee}}</ref> From May 10 to June 8, 2010, Kittie embarked on their first supporting tour since 2000,<ref name=":4" /><!-- Mercedes: "we haven't opened for a band since 2000" --> for Insane Clown Posse on their Happy Daze Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-18 |title=Kittie To Support Insane Clown Posse |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-to-support-insane-clown-posse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513120546/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-to-support-insane-clown-posse |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=2010-03-19 |title=Kittie Tour Dates With Insane Clown Posse, Coolio, Necro, Kottonmouth Kings |url=http://noisecreep.com/kittie-tour-dates-insane-clown-posse-coolio-necro-kottonmouth-kings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305183845/https://noisecreep.com/kittie-tour-dates-insane-clown-posse-coolio-necro-kottonmouth-kings/ |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref> The tour was one of the last things David Lander organized for Kittie prior to his death; Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope had previously invited the band to join their tours but they had turned them down.<ref name=":16" /> Although Kittie considered themselves an outlier as they were "the only band who played instruments",<ref name=":13" /> the tour went "unbelievably well" for the band, according to Morgan;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=2010-06-11 |title=Kittie: Insane Clown Posse/Coolio Tour Has Gone 'Unbelievably Well' |url=http://noisecreep.com/kittie-insane-clown-posse-coolio-tour-has-gone-unbelievably-well/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513195933/https://noisecreep.com/kittie-insane-clown-posse-coolio-tour-has-gone-unbelievably-well/ |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref> Mercedes said the band managed to sell "a box of CDs per night" of the tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=2010-12-20 |title=Kittie Drummer: Insane Clown Posse Tour Was Full of 'Clown Love' |url=http://noisecreep.com/kittie-insane-clown-posse-tour-clown-love/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926092155/http://noisecreep.com/kittie-insane-clown-posse-tour-clown-love/ |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref> From July 16 and August 15, 2010, Kittie participated in the 2010 Thrash and Burn Tour, featuring Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris, Impending Doom and Motionless in White.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=2010-06-08 |title=Thrash and Burn Tour Dates With Kittie, Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris |url=http://noisecreep.com/thrash-and-burn-tour-dates-with-kittie-asking-alexandria-born-of-osiris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513120536/https://noisecreep.com/thrash-and-burn-tour-dates-with-kittie-asking-alexandria-born-of-osiris/ |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Noisecreep |language=en}}</ref> From August 25 to September 25, 2010, the band supported DevilDriver on a tour of North America, alongside Kataklysm and Hostility.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2010 |title=Kittie Announce Final Dates With DevilDriver |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-announce-final-dates-with-devildriver |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513120559/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-announce-final-dates-with-devildriver |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=wookubus |date=2010-08-16 |title=Full Itinerary Revealed For DevilDriver, Kittie, Kataklysm, Etc. Tour |url=https://www.theprp.com/2010/08/16/news/full-itinerary-revealed-for-devildriver-kittie-kataklysm-etc-tour/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930062544/https://www.theprp.com/2010/08/16/news/full-itinerary-revealed-for-devildriver-kittie-kataklysm-etc-tour/ |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=ThePRP |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2011, the band released a live music video for "My Plague".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=March 9, 2011 |title=Kittie Completes Writing 'Most Pissed-Off-Sounding Record We Have Ever Had' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-completes-writing-most-pissed-off-sounding-record-we-have-ever-had/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730054649/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-completes-writing-most-pissed-off-sounding-record-we-have-ever-had/ |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=AM>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-black-mw0000826869 |website=AllMusic |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |access-date=August 6, 2018 |title=Kittie: In the Black |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002929/https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-black-mw0000826869 |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev2 = ''Blabbermouth.net'' | rev2score = 7.5/10<ref name="BlabbermouthRev">{{Cite web |last=Bergman |first=Keith |date=2009-09-08 |title=In the Black |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/in-the-black/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718103039/http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/in-the-black/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev3 = ''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev3score = 8/10{{sfn|Popoff|Perri|2011}} | rev4 = laut.de | rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Lautderev">{{Cite web |last=Edele |first=Michael |date=October 23, 2009 |title=Plätschert vor sich hin und kommt nicht aus der Hüfte |trans-title=Splashes along and doesn't come from the hips. |url=http://www.laut.de/Kittie/Alben/In-The-Black-46688 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=laut.de |language=de |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529121123/https://www.laut.de/Kittie/Alben/In-The-Black-46688 |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev5 = Metal.de | rev5score = 6/10<ref name="Metalde">{{Cite web |last=Wischkowski |first=Jan |date=October 25, 2009 |title=Kittie - In The Black Review |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/kittie-in-the-black-13255/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Metal.de |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522003829/https://www.metal.de/reviews/kittie-in-the-black-13255/ |language=de |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev6 = ''Metal Rules'' | rev6score = 2.5/5<ref name="MetalRules">{{Cite web |last=Waspman |date=2009-12-01 |title=Kittie - In The Black |url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2009/12/01/kittie-in-the-black/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Metal Rules |language=en-US |archive-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506202212/https://www.metal-rules.com/2009/12/01/kittie-in-the-black/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev7 = ''Rock Hard'' | rev7score = 8/10<ref name="RockHardRev">{{Cite web |last=Schleutermann |first=Marcus |date=October 21, 2009 |title=In The Black |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kittie-in-the-black |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Rock Hard |type=Vol. 270 |language=de-DE |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103502/https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kittie-in-the-black |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Time Off'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="TimeOffRev">{{Cite web |last=Quinlan |first=Kenada |date= |title=Album Reviews |url=http://www.timeoff.com.au/html/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=45&Itemid=4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017111907/http://www.timeoff.com.au/html/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=45&Itemid=43 |archive-date=2009-10-17 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Time Off}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Ultimate Guitar'' | rev9score = 7.3/10<ref name="UGRev">{{Cite web |last=UG Team |date=September 21, 2009 |title=Kittie: In The Black Review |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/kittie/in_the_black/11250/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Ultimate Guitar |language=en |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428180919/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/kittie/in_the_black/11250/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }}According to James Reaney of ''The London Free Press'', ''In the Black'' received "some of the best reviews in Kittie's decade-plus career".{{Sfn|Reaney|2009}} Some critics considered it to be the band's best album.<ref name="UGRev" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name="RockHardRev" /> Bergman of ''Blabbermouth.net'' and ''Rock Hard''{{'s}} Marcus Schleutermann both applauded the album's musical "conviction"; the former considered it to be "the biggest metal shock of 2009".<ref name="BlabbermouthRev" /><ref name="RockHardRev" /> Falzon of ''Exclaim!'' was surprised by the quality of the album's sound and songwriting, singling out Morgan's vocals and McLeod's "catchy riffs" for praise.<ref name="ExclaimRev2">{{Cite web |last=Falzon |first=Denise |date=December 21, 2009 |title=Kittie: In the Black |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kittie-in_black |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=Exclaim! |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327092655/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kittie-in_black |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Ultimate Guitar'' also highlighted Kittie's stronger musicianship and chemistry on the album and believed that the band had "perfected [the] formula [...] they've been mixing for nearly ten years".<ref name="UGRev" />
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic stated that ''In the Black'' only "fortifies what [Kittie have] been standing on for the last decade".<ref name="AM" /> Waspman of ''Metal Rules'' considered it "relatively impressive as a step forward for Kittie", but "not [...] for anyone else", and felt the album as a whole lacked originality.<ref name="MetalRules" /> ''The A.V. Club''{{'s}} Leonard Pierce and ''Time Off''{{'s}} Quinlan both highlighted the album's improved musicianship but criticized Morgan's vocals; the latter remarked that it "dances dangerously close to being swallowed amongst the mass produced."<ref name="TimeOffRev" /><ref name="AVClub" /> Edele of laut.de found its guitar solos were "sloppily or just cheaply [played]".<ref name="Lautderev" /> Jan Wischkowski of Metal.de praisied the album's consistency but considered it only "above-average" due to a lack of standout tracks.<ref name="Metalde" />
In ''The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s'' (2011), Popoff praised ''In the Black''{{'s}} grooves and variety and compared Kittie favourably with Sinergy.{{sfn|Popoff|Perri|2011|p=}} Paul Travers of ''Metal Hammer'' ranked it fifth out of band's seven studio albums, calling it their first to combine their melodic and aggressive sensibilities "into a single hulking whole."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Travers |first=Paul |date=2024-07-21 |title="A highly consistent and often underrated catalogue": Every Kittie album ranked from worst to best |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/kittie-albums-ranked-worst-to-best |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722122508/https://www.loudersound.com/features/kittie-albums-ranked-worst-to-best |archive-date=2024-07-22 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Metal Hammer |language=en |via=loudersound}}</ref> In a 2020 Reddit AMA, Morgan and Mercedes both named it the Kittie album they are most proud of.<ref> {{Cite web |last=MorganLander |date=2020-01-11 |title=Hey! This is Morgan and Mercedes Lander, founding members of the metal band Kittie. Today is the 20th anniversary of our debut album "Spit". To celebrate, we are here to answer your burning questions. Ask Us Anything! |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/numetal/comments/enccar/hey_this_is_morgan_and_mercedes_lander_founding/fdy6hyq/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404122807/https://old.reddit.com/r/numetal/comments/enccar/hey_this_is_morgan_and_mercedes_lander_founding/fdy6hyq/ |archive-date=2025-04-04 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=r/numetal {{!}} Reddit}}
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==Track listing== All songs written by Kittie.<ref name="ITBLiners" /> {{track listing | title1 = Kingdom Come | length1 = 1:29 | title2 = My Plague | length2 = 3:05 | title3 = Cut Throat | length3 = 2:55 | title4 = Die My Darling | length4 = 2:46 | title5 = Sorrow I Know | length5 = 3:30 | title6 = Forgive and Forget | length6 = 3:44 | title7 = Now or Never | length7 = 2:35 | title8 = Falling Down | length8 = 3:08 | title9 = Sleepwalking | length9 = 3:17 | title10 = Whiskey Love Song | length10 = 4:29 | title11 = Ready Aim Riot | length11 = 3:13 | title12 = The Truth | note12 = featuring Justin Wolfe | length12 = 6:41 | title13 = | length13 = | headline = Standard release | total_length = 41:00 }} {{track listing | title13 = The Only | length13 = 5:19 | headline = Taiwanese bonus track<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=In the Black |author=Kittie |year=2009 |type=booklet |publisher=E1 Music/High Note Records |id=HN713CD |location=Taiwan}}</ref>
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==Personnel== Adapted from CD liner notes.<ref name="ITBLiners">{{Cite AV media notes |title=In the Black |author=Kittie |year=2009 |type=booklet |publisher=E1 Music |id=KOC-CD-2050 |location=Port Washington}}</ref>{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}'''Kittie''' * Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitars, piano * Mercedes Lander – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Tara McLeod – guitars * Ivy Vujić – bass '''Production''' *Siegfried Meier – production, mixing, engineering *T-Roy – mastering (at Spectre Studios){{col-2}}'''Artwork''' * Dale May – cover and insert photography * Paul Grosso – creative direction & design * Gregory Alan – hairstylist * Dahlia Warner – make-up {{col-end}}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''In the Black'' ! scope="col" |Chart (2009) ! scope="col" |Peak position |- ! scope="row" |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="KittieCharts">{{Cite magazine |title=Kittie |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kittie/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315160252/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kittie/ |archive-date=2023-03-15 |access-date=2023-03-15}}</ref> | align="center" |133 |- ! scope="row" |US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="KittieCharts" /> | align="center" |18 |- ! scope="row" |US Top Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="KittieCharts" /> | align="center" |23 |- |}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable" |+Release history for ''In the Black'' !Region !Label !Format !Date !Catalog # !Ref. |- |United States |E1 Music |{{flatlist|* CD * LP * DD}} |September 15, 2009 |KOC-CD-2050 |<ref name=":14" /> |- |Australia |Shock Entertainment |{{flatlist|* CD * DD}} |September 18, 2009 |KOCCD2050 |<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Kittie In the Black |url=http://www.shock.com.au/release/209721/kittie-in-the-black/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331022043/http://www.shock.com.au/release/209721/kittie-in-the-black/ |archive-date=2011-03-31 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Shock Entertainment}}</ref> |- |Europe |Massacre Records |{{flatlist|* CD * LP * DD}} |October 23, 2009 |MAS CD0672 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-09-23 |title=Kittie: 'In The Black' First-Week Sales Revealed |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-first-week-sales-revealed/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418130630/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-in-the-black-first-week-sales-revealed |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
==References== '''Citations'''{{reflist}}'''Bibliography''' * {{cite AV media |title=Kittie: Origins/Evolutions |date=2017 |type=Motion picture |publisher=Lightyear Entertainment |location=Canada |ref={{harvid|McCallum|2017}} |people=McCallum, Rob (director)}} * {{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri |first2=David |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2011 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |pages=268 |isbn=9781-926592-20-6}} * {{Cite news |last=Reaney |first=James |date=October 31, 2009 |title=All's Purrfect with Kittie |work=The London Free Press |page=C1 |id={{ProQuest|2211766274}}}}
== Further reading ==
* {{Cite podcast |url=http://www.allknowingforce.com/interview_kittie_morgan_lander_09_09_21.mp3 |title=Kittie Interview with Morgan Lander |website=All Knowing Force |last=Bilach |first=Andrew |date=September 21, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007153701/http://www.allknowingforce.com/interview_kittie_morgan_lander_09_09_21.mp3 |archive-date=October 7, 2013}}
== External links ==
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldQ6SwEOU1DPOpHoUWN35GvHt3_UWt2cs In the Black]'' on YouTube (streamed copy where licensed) * {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0CyC5FguKg |title=Kittie EPK / In the Black In-Stores now |date=January 15, 2010 |type= |language=en |access-date=February 29, 2024 |via=YouTube |people=MNRK Music Group}} {{Kittie}}
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