May 21, 2009
Black Label Society (CD/DVD) :: Skullage
Eagle Entertainment
By The Atomic Chaser
Zakk Wylde serves up a double shot of steriod injected tunage with the combo CD/DVD set,'Skullage'. Representing a look at the history of Black Label Society through album tracks, fan favorites and four live acoustic cuts. The package may be packed with material you might have already heard, but when it comes to Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society, one could never get enough. Featured is the Pride & Glory song "Machine Gun Man" and a full metal jacket of BLS "greatest hits" tracks, then a few unplugged type versions of the songs "The Blessed Hellride", "Spoke In The Wheel" and "Stillborn". The DVD set features live tracks that have been previously released on the 2 live DVDs (4 total) plus music videos "Stillborn", "Suicide Messiah", the track he wrote with Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P) "In This River" and the blistering "Fire It Up". There is also a good interview that is damn funny in parts and very entertaining. Like I mentioned if you're a BLS fan you've seen and heard most of this, but it's still a very nicely packaged, cheap collection of very good stuff. Having graced the world's stages for the last 18 years, both as Ozzy Osborne's right hand man and as well as fronting BLS, Zakk Wylde has established himself as one of the few remaining guitar heroes. Nothing to bitch about here really. Throw on your BLS colors, pound your chest and raise and pump your fists in the air as you rock this bad boy at MAXIMUM VOLUME!
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