Black Label Society

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Zakk no longer too wild It’s now 12 years since Zakk Wylde’s last studio album with the man who helped him become one of the preeminent guitar heroes of the past 25 years. Though now back as Ozzy Osborne’s right-hand man it’s good to see that the ever consistent Black Label Society remains a high priority. Last year’s acoustic

Book Of Shadows II album has certainly had a bearing on the blissful organ-led The Only

Words, but even the Sabbath-worshipping beasts have a more laid back feel. Seasons

Of Falter and Disbelief are content to swing rather than stampede while the emotive solos on A Love Unreal and The Day That

Heaven Had Gone Away are among his very best. [AR] Standout track: Room Of Nightmares For fans of: Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Corrosion of Conformity