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Black Label Society, is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde

After falling out with mentor Ozzy Osbourne following the recording sessions for 1995's Ozzmosis, guitarist Zakk Wylde struck out on his own with his first solo album, Book of Shadows, in 1996. When it failed to score any mainstream success, the six-stringer took an extended break before resurfacing with a new album and band called Black Label Society in 1999, featuring Wylde on vocals, guitar, and bass and drummer Phil Ondich.

Black Label Society Band History 

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Band's Formation

A number of different musicians would sift through the band's ranks during the convoluted tour that followed, but Ondich was back on the drum stool by the time Black Label Society recorded 2000's Stronger Than Death album for new label Spitfire Records. The subsequent tour included a slot on the second stage of his old boss' Ozzfest tour and yielded the Alcohol Fueled Brewtality Live!! album in 2001. The band returned to Ozzfest the following year (this time on the main stage) in support of the 1919 Eternal LP. Blessed Hellride appeared in 2003 and Hangover Music, Vol. 6 followed a year later. Mafia, Black Label Society's seventh album, was released in spring 2005. The following October, Spitfire Records issued the Wylde work compilation Kings of Damnation: Era 1998-2004. In 2006, the band began their relationship with the Roadrunner label with a new album, Shot to Hell. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Band members
* Zakk Wylde - vocals, guitars, piano (1998-present)
* Nick Catanese - guitar (1998-present)
* Craig Nunenmacher - drums (2000-present)
* John DeServio - bass (1999, 2005-present)

In the early 1990s, Wylde had formed his own solo band Pride & Glory, playing a mixture of bluesy southern rock with heavy metal. However, after one album, they disbanded in December 1994. Wylde subsequently recorded an acoustic solo album, Book Of Shadows (released 1996). In May 1998, after limited commercial success with Book of Shadows, Wylde and drummer Phil Ondich recorded what became Black Label Society's debut album Sonic Brew. It was decided, rather than the album being another solo album for Wylde, that they would form a long-lasting band. It was known from the get-go that Nick Catanese would be retained as the second guitarist in the band (Catanese previously toured as rhythm guitarist for the Book Of Shadows tour). John DeServio, who previously worked with Wylde as a temporary replacement in Pride & Glory, joined as the band's bassist for the album's tour.

Sonic Brew was released in Japan on 28 October 1998. Due to delays in signing with a record label (Spitfire Records), the album was not released in the rest of the world until 4 May 1999, almost a year after the album was recorded.

Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date.

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Shot to Hell by Black Label Society 

It was released September 12, 2006 and was the band's only record to have been released by Roadrunner Records

The cover art was originally the three nuns holding shotguns (as seen in the ads handed out at Ozzfest 2006), but the artwork was deemed inappropriate and was changed to three nuns playing a game of pool. The band's signature skull, featured on their logo, can be seen reflecting off the 8 ball on the table.

Stylistically, this album blends the hard-rock, balls-out attitude of Mafia ("Concrete Jungle," "Black Mass Reverends") with the more mellow/acoustic affair of Hangover Music Vol.VI ("The Last Goodbye," "Nothing's The Same").

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Track listing
1. "Concrete Jungle" - 3:25
2. "Black Mass Reverends" - 2:37
3. "Blacked Out World" - 3:17
4. "The Last Goodbye" - 4:05
5. "Give Yourself To Me" - 3:19
6. "Nothing's The Same" - 3:02
7. "Hell Is High" - 3:33
8. "New Religion" - 4:37
9. "Sick of it All" - 3:56
10. "Faith is Blind" - 3:37
11. "Blood is Thicker than Water" - 2:59
12. "Devil's Dime" - 2:16
13. "Lead Me to Your Door" - 3:34

Release Date: 09/12/2006

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Concrete Jungle from Black Label Society 

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Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society welcome you to take a ride through their, at once nightmarish and hilarious, vision of the "Concrete Jungle" - off their new album, Shot to Hell.

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The Blessed Hellride by Black Label Society 

It is often named Black Label Society's best album

Containing a mix of heavy (Stoned and Drunk, Stillborn) and lighter (The Blessed Hellride, Dead Meadow) tunes.

The second track "Doomsday Jesus" was featured on the soundtrack to the game MTX: Mototrax, but with altered lyrics.

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Track listing
1. "Stoned and Drunk" - 5:02
2. "Doomsday Jesus" - 3:30
3. "Stillborn" - 3:15
4. "Suffering Overdue" - 4:29
5. "The Blessed Hellride" - 4:32
6. "Funeral Bell" - 4:41
7. "Final Solution" - 4:04
8. "Destruction Overdrive" - 3:01
9. "Blackened Waters" - 3:56
10. "We Live No More" - 4:02
11. "Dead Meadow" - 4:30
12. "F.U.N." (Japanese Bonus Track) - 2:58

Release Date: 04/22/2003

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Mafia by Black Label Society 

Released March 8, 2005

It is one of the band's most commercially successful releases selling over 250,000 copies in the U.S. The track "In This River" was written before the death of Zakk Wylde's friend and fellow guitarist Dimebag Darrell, but it has since been dedicated to him.

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Track listing
1. "Fire It Up" - 5:02
2. "What's In You" - 3:02
3. "Suicide Messiah" - 5:49
4. "Forever Down" - 3:41
5. "In This River" - 3:54
6. "You Must Be Blind" - 3:29
7. "Death March" - 3:07
8. "Dr. Octavia" - 0:52
9. "Say What You Will" - 3:49
10. "Too Tough To Die" - 2:52
11. "Electric Hellfire" - 2:30
12. "Spread Your Wings" - 4:11
13. "Been A Long Time" - 3:09
14. "Dirt On The Grave" - 2:47
15. "I Never Dreamed" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover, bonus track) - 6:08
All music and lyrics by Zakk Wylde, apart from I Never Dreamed.
The track Fire It Up was featured in the 2005 game Guitar Hero.

Release Date: 03/08/2005

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Stillborn Music Video 

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Danny Gill is an excellent tutor so I had no qualms about paying what I think is a relatively hefty $27 for this DVD. As it turned out, I wasn't disappointed - Gill takes the viewer slowly through several of Zakk Wylde's tunes taken from solo albums like Sonic Brew to Pride & Glory. Each track is broken down into intro, verse, chorus and guitar solo, and Gill slows all of these down so you can see exactly what's going on. Of course to be able to play the solos up to the correct speed would take tons of practice but at least intermediate players will be able to get a good handle on all the rhythm parts pretty quickly. Highly recommended for all students of hard rock/metal guitar.

Release Date: 08/14/2007

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Concrete Jungle Music Video 

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Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society welcome you to take a ride through their, at once nightmarish and hilarious, vision of the "Concrete Jungle" - off their new album, Shot to Hell.

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Blood Is Thicker Than Water Music Video 

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