BLACK VEIL BRIDES Singer ANDY BLACK To Release 'The Ghost Of Ohio' Album In April

BLACK VEIL BRIDES singer Andy Biersack (a.k.a. Andy Black) will release his new solo album, “The Ghost Of Ohio”, on April 12. The follow-up to 2016’s critically acclaimed “The Shadow Side” was completed with longtime producer John Feldmann.

The first single from “The Ghost Of Ohio”, a song called “Westwood Road”, can be streamed below.

Andy told Rock Sound about “Westwood Road”: “‘Westwood Road’ is about being so fucking miserable while sitting in a hotel room and absolutely hating where I am now. It’s thinking ‘this doesn’t represent me at all, this is not who I am’ and thinking of going back to being a kid and enjoying going to football games with my dad and all that sort of stuff. Now as an adult, I actually do all that stuff.”

Speaking about the tie between his graphic novel and the album, Andy said: “In many ways, the comic book is a more stylized and heightened version of these stories, because it has to be. When I went to the company who is printing [the novel], I asked them if they could help me shape all of this into a way where it would make sense. I have written concept albums before, but this is my first time putting together a graphic novel. Then the record went from there.”

Andy Black will embark on “The Ghost Of North America Tour 2019” in April. Support on the 27-show trek will come from THE FAIM and KULICK.

“The Shadow Side” featured help from members of FALL OUT BOY, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, BLINK-182, ALKALINE TRIO and more.

Last fall, Biersack released the official music video for his cover of “My Way”, the Paul Anka-penned timeless classic made famous by Frank Sinatra, then infamous by Sid Vicious. Both versions seem to get a nod on Biersack‘s take. The clip was filmed with director Patrick Fogarty.