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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
1998 - Sonic Brew.
2000 - Stronger Than Death.
2002 - 1919 Eternal.
2003 - The Blessed Hellride.
2005 - Mafia.
more BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.
way more Helter Skelter.

October 28, 1998 - 2023: 25 years of: Sonic Brew.

Have another shot of Hell !

Sadly there shall not be another PRIDE & GLORY record ...luckily there's this new drunk doom crew looming ahead. After 1996's acoustic solo-CD, Zakk Wylde would get wylder and louder, please welcome to the scene, the global biker-rock takeover of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.

The dirt and grime lifts from the floor, as "Bored To Tears" crushes in. Hard-hitting like a battering-ram, the riff-o-rama continues on "The Rose Petalled garden" and the power-punch of "Born To Lose". No escape.

More sandblasting rock defies holy decibels on "Mother Mary" and the sick-squeals of "Low Down". The melodic muscular powerballad of "Peddlers Of Death" is a slick shot, while the ZZ TOP-ish "World Of Trouble" is top Southern comfort.

Fueled by 40% distilled Whiskey and recorded as a 2-piece along drummer Phil Ondich, Wylde is 100% everywhere.

In his post-Osbourne career, Zakk would fly high again and carve himself a cool brand of rebellious heavyrock. Destroying nümetal one riff at a time, the inevitable collaborations with the Prince Of Darkness would also be part of this new millennium of crazy train metal. Chapter Two would rise up to 11: 2000's Stronger Than Death CD.

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Bored To Tears = 2019 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2KW0y2AFcU
Sonic Brew = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgSdocISYLU&list=PLL44kuYYS8ylasODzxfPH2f9Q4I7a6flr
Interview in 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR3DU3th4Nk
Rehearsal in 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvbmMWWoCoI
Live at Dynamo in 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5VdNjK-Fw

March 8, 2000 - 2025: 25 years of: Stronger Than Death.

A blunt brutal bold statement.

Buttfukking the scene with 1998's Sonic Brew CD, these nightcrawlers are angrier than ever. Year 2000 and amps are cranked to 2000 dB ...BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's trendkillin' is now the Mother of American-Metal.

High-gain crunch jack-hammers "All For You", filled with "Phoney Smiles, Fake Hellos" through "13 Years Of Grief". Intense riffology and powerful pentatonics, the BLS jab is ..."Stronger Than Death".

Loud headroom is reached on "Counterfeit God", a tower menace, while the blatant BLACK SABBATH doom-vibe is present on "Love Reign Down". Mr. Wylde is the answer against the current metal-drought.

Again recorded as a two piece, yet the colossal-connection had special-guest cameos: screams by New-York Mets baseball-player Mike Piazza and video-collaboration from actor Mark Wahlberg. More bold fake hellos, high pinched-harmonics and thick blood to this metal mess shall appear on 2002's war-metal campaign 1919 Eternal CD.

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Counterfeit God = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow25OBGGum4
Stronger Than Death = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfpg1KZRWlY&list=OLAK5uy_mvf-UeQzhU6r9VWcgt0053WOnkRWEfanc
Interview in Austin in 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHR2RLJilcA
Live in Detroit in 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3A9Ikz6Br8

March 5, 2002 - 2022: 20 years of: 1919 Eternal.

Stronger than death !

Round Three hits harder and the propaganda gets rowdier. Zakk Wylde's new hard-metal mafia entity is now running on full steam. Notable on bass, his Osbourne buddy Rob Trujillo solidifies the low-ends ...you can't look away.

Time to "Bleed For Me" pile-drives its way into your subconscious, while "Genocide Junkies" confirms BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's newly assumed ass-kicker status. The sludge of "Refuse To Bow Down" is a sure-shot, while the up-beat "Demise Of Sanity" turns the heat on, as the thunderous thrashmetal signature makes an apparition on "Battering Ram".

Still with Ozzy and still enraged, this wild SOCIETY shall soon strike back. The new millennium would finally be blessed with a heavymetal revival and 2003's high-octane The Blessed Hellride CD is one of those iconic assets.

S.D.M.F. !

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1919 Eternal = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPcjYTYgNgQ&list=OLAK5uy_mXNfsIaG3lR7vmF3_zc278V1fouspopnk&index=1
Boozed, broozed & broken-boned = full DVD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhEXli0peeY
Live at Rock Im Park in 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIOqGqJZARc
some dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGTS_ygTmyk

April 22, 2003 - 2023: 20 years of: The Blessed Hellride.

More heavy artillery.

Pushing heaviness to it's full potential and spreading more Chapters across the Red, White & Blue. Zakk's fourth assault was the one that kickstarted the BLS-mania. Fuck nümetal, the real metal's new millennium is here. The battalion in united under this BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.

Blunt power explodes like nitroglycerin as "Stone And Drunk" blasts-off. Raging guitars filled with rich mids and jackhammering drums, this fucking revolution is here to stay, deal with it. The piledriving powerhouse rolls into town with the Holy One at the helm, preaching the rebel news, all hail the "Doomsday Jesus". Destruction crushes on "Suffering Overdue" and more metal-squeals appears on the last rites of "Final Solution".

Ringmaster Osbourne makes cameo shouts on "Stillborn", while the title-track "The Blessed Hellride" takes a different turn, into Americana blues. Loud and proud, trashed but not thrash, hear the ring of the "Funeral Bell", 2003's coolest riff, followed closely by "Destruction Overdrive" ...with such title, no description needed.

Fist in the air, The Blessed Hellride CD is a strong statement in US-metal's revival. Rock was rising from the ashes, the 2003-04 era came-out with some dangerous returns, courtesy of W.A.S.P., MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, EUROPE, EXODUS and teaser from the great ones: JUDAS PRIEST.

The vibe is alive, the Marshall are humming and the Les Pauls are fine tuned. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY would offer 2004's ballad-filled Hangover Music Vol. VI CD and later ...2005's V8 piston-pumping Mafia CD.

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Stillborn = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZGt4JVX860
The Blessed Hellride = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqajNswmlFA&list=OLAK5uy_k3YDnQitCNWdaPSak-3cTf6nXiZ6QdEN0

March 8, 2005 - 2025: 20 years of: Mafia.

Another sky-wide B52 raid.

After 2004's folksy Hangover Music, Vol. VI CD, Zakk's gang strikes at midnight. This BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is the now dominating metal mafia.

Ablazed under a bright red sun, time to "Fire It Up". Midpaced crunch and merciless metal, the only exit is through the "Suicide Messiah". The funeral bell rings twice on "You Must Be Blind" and the equivocally loud "Electric Hellfire".

A mass dementia spreads a the pure riot of "What's In You" hails the Helter Skelter mania. Still providing strong powerballads, this time "In This River" brings the tears aplenty.

Once again, ultimate bass-assery pushing the limits of pain ...BLS reigns supreme ! They'll bitch-slap again with 2006's eight-ballin' Shot To Hell CD.

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Fire It Up = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayjUnLyB3Y
Suicide Messiah = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZdAEyiFomU
Mafia = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9cM7TVfIU&list=OLAK5uy_kWBvxKwviMkVda4sbtZDYMhHjJyw0ChNQ
Interview in Sweden in 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcMI1pMfCE
Live in Philadelphia in 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_3BMCemWM

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