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Metal / Metalcore

Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde. They have released 7 albums to date, and Wylde (with bassist John "JD" Deservio and drummer Craig Nunenmacher) has recently finished recording the follow up to the 2005 release "Mafia". The new album is said to have an autumn release date (9/11 UK, 09/19 US) and will be called "Shot To Hell". Zakk recently started a record deal with Roadrunner Records and the new album will be produced by Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers).

In 1992, Ozzy retired after the No More Tears tour, which led Zakk to form his own solo band Pride & Glory, blending potent bluesy southern rock with heavy metal. In 1994 Ozzy decided to come out of retirement, and the numerous recording sessions for Ozzmosis took place. Around this time, Zakk was also offered the open guitar slot in Guns N' Roses and had a hard time deciding whether to tour with Ozzy or join Guns N' Roses. Neither project panned out. This gave Wylde the opportunity to record his own acoustic solo album, "Book of Shadows." After limited commercial success with Book Of Shadows, in 1998, Zakk and drummer Phil Ondich formed Black Label Society and recorded their debut album "Sonic Brew." Nick Catanese has been Zakk's rhythm guitarist since the Book Of Shadows tour. Craig Nunenmacher has been drumming since 1919 Eternal (2001) following Phil's departure.

Black Label Society are headlining the second stage at this year's Ozzfest (US). Tickets for dates in Australia, New Zealand and the UK have gone on sale - an early Spring 2007 world tour looks likely.

The band had their song "Fire It Up" featured as a bonus song in the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero.

On June 29, 2006, "Concrete Jungle", the first single from "Shot to Hell" was released online via Blabbermouth.net, which is owned by the band's new record label Roadrunner Records.

There is a hidden track on the "Shot to Hell" album that can only be accessed by hitting your cd player during the 20 second mark on the third track. This makes the cd player's laser switch over to the hidden track. Currently the track's name is unknown.