Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride

Limited edition 180-gram white vinyl reissue

Featuring "Stillborn" and "Doomsday Jesus"

Limited time album download included

Longtime Ozzy Osbourne guitar god and sometimes studio collaborator Zakk Wylde has been releasing his own brand of hard rock and heavy metal under the moniker Black Label Society since before the turn of the century and not one bit of it has sucked.

The Blessed Hellride by Black Label Society contains a mix of heavy ("Stoned and Drunk," "Stillborn") and lighter tunes ("The Blessed Hellride," "Dead Meadow"). The second track "Doomsday Jesus" was featured on the soundtrack to the game MTX: Mototrax, but with altered lyrics.

The third track "Stillborn" is featured on the soundtrack of the game Guitar Hero: World Tour, Zakk Wylde was also a playable celebrity rockstar in that same game.Ozzy Osbourne appears on the first single "Stillborn," though his name was not used to promote the track. He is credited inside the booklet, however, due to Ozzy being on Sony Records at the time, Spitfire Records were not allowed to promote this song with Osbourne's name — a sticker on the cover of the album said "featuring special guest star."

The Japanese bonus track "F.U.N." is a joke song, presumably recorded while Zakk and Craig Nunenmacher were horsing around in the studio. The song's lyrics poke fun at the cheesiest of the 1980s hairband's "party" lyrics. It stands for Fucked Up Nonsense.

 

Side A

1. Stoned and Drunk

2. Doomsday Jesus

3. Stillborn (Feat. Ozzy Osbourne)

4. Suffering Overdue

5. The Blessed Hellride

Side B

1. Funeral Bell

2. Final Solution

3. Destruction Overdrive

4. Blackened Waters

5. We Live No More

6. Dead Meadow

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