Biography

After falling out with mentor Ozzy Osbourne following the recording sessions for 1995's Ozzmosis, guitarist Zakk Wylde struck out on his own with his first solo album, Book of Shadows, in 1996. When it failed to score any mainstream success, the six-stringer took an extended break before resurfacing with a new album and band called Black Label Society in 1999, featuring Wylde on vocals, guitar, and bass and drummer Phil Ondich. A number of different musicians would sift through the band's ranks during the convoluted tour that followed, but Ondich was back on the drum stool by the time Black Label Society recorded 2000's Stronger Than Death album for new label Spitfire Records. The subsequent tour included a slot on the second stage of his old boss' Ozzfest tour and yielded the Alcohol Fueled Brewtality Live!! album in 2001. The band returned to Ozzfest the following year (this time on the main stage) in support of the 1919 Eternal LP. Blessed Hellride appeared in 2003 and Hangover Music, Vol. 6 followed a year later. Mafia, Black Label Society's seventh album, was released in spring 2005. The following October, Spitfire Records issued the Wylde work compilation Kings of Damnation: Era 1998-2004. . After falling out with mentor Ozzy Osbourne following the recording sessions for 1995's Ozzmosis, guitarist Zakk Wylde struck out on his own with his first solo album, Book of Shadows, in 1996. When it failed to score any mainstream success, the six-stringer took an extended break before resurfacing with a new album and band called Black Label Society in 1999, featuring Wylde on vocals, guitar, and bass and drummer Phil Ondich. A number of different musicians would sift through the band's ranks during the convoluted tour that followed, but Ondich was back on the drum stool by the time Black Label Society recorded 2000's Stronger Than Death album for new label Spitfire Records. The subsequent tour included a slot on the second stage of his old boss' Ozzfest tour and yielded the Alcohol Fueled Brewtality Live!! album in 2001. The band returned to Ozzfest the following year (this time on the main stage) in support of the 1919 Eternal LP. Blessed Hellride appeared in 2003 and Hangover Music, Vol. 6 followed a year later. Mafia, Black Label Society's seventh album, was released in spring 2005. The following October, Spitfire Records issued the Wylde work compilation Kings of Damnation: Era 1998-2004.

In 2006, the band began its relationship with the Roadrunner label with a new album, Shot to Hell. Black Label Society's engagement with Roadrunner was short-lived, with the band departing the label the following year. Most of 2007 was spent with the members pursuing other projects — Wylde once again toured with Ozzy, while current members bassist JD DeServio and guitarist Nick Catanese concentrated on their own bands. A compilation called Skullage appeared in 2009, then Wylde pulled the band — now featuring Catanese, DeServio, and drummer Will Hunt — into the studio for Order of the Black, Black Label Society's eighth album, released in the summer of 2010. Another studio album, The Song Remains Not the Same, appeared the following year. In 2013, Black Label Society decided to show fans a different side to their sound on the live album Unblackened, which found them dialing back the intensity of some of their past work in order to expose the bluesy roots at the heart of their sound. The following year, Wylde and company returned with new material, releasing Catacombs of the Black Vatican in 2014.

Top Albums
1. Catacombs of..	2. Order of the..	3. Skullage (fe..	4. Mafia (feat...	5. The Blessed ..
6. The Song Rem..	7. Order of the..	8. Shot to Hell	9. Kings of Dam..	10. Sonic Brew
11. 1919 Eternal	12. Hangover Mus..	13. Unblackened ..	14. Stronger Tha..	15. Alcohol Fuel..
16. Catacombs of..	17. My Dying Tim..	18. Ain't No Sun..	19. Glorious Chr..	20. The First No..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	My Dying Time	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	3:22	$1.29
2.	In This River (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Skullage (feat. Zakk Wylde)	3:53	$0.99
3.	Stillborn (feat. Zakk Wylde and Ozzy..	Skullage (feat. Zakk Wylde)	3:14	$1.29
4.	Angel of Mercy	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	4:14	$1.29
5.	Blessed Hellride (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Blessed Hellride (feat. Zak..	4:32	$0.99
6.	Fire It Up (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Skullage (feat. Zakk Wylde)	4:59	$1.29
7.	Suicide Messiah (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Skullage (feat. Zakk Wylde)	5:47	$1.29
8.	Funeral Bell (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Blessed Hellride (feat. Zak..	4:41	$1.29
9.	In This River (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Mafia (feat. Zakk Wylde)	3:52	$0.99
10.	Overlord	Order of the Black (Deluxe ..	6:05	$1.29
11.	Fire It Up (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Mafia (feat. Zakk Wylde)	4:59	$1.29
12.	Fields of Unforgiveness	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	3:12	$1.29
13.	Stillborn (feat. Zakk Wylde)	Kings of Damnation: Era 199..	3:15	$1.29
14.	Stillborn (feat. Zakk Wylde and Ozzy..	Blessed Hellride (feat. Zak..	3:15	$1.29
15.	House of Doom	Hangover Music, Vol. 6	3:45	$0.99
16.	Shades of Gray	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	6:28	$1.29
17.	I've Gone Away	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	3:51	$1.29
18.	Heart of Darkness	Catacombs of the Black Vati..	3:39	$1.29
19.	Ain't No Sunshine (Bonus Version..	Unblackened (Live)	3:31	$1.29
20.	Ain't No Sunshine	Ain't No Sunshine - Sin..	3:31	$1.29
21.	Can't Find My Way Home	Song Remains Not the Same	3:38	$1.29
22.	Southern Dissolution	Order of the Black (Deluxe ..	4:56	$1.29
23.	Crazy Horse	Order of the Black (Deluxe ..	4:04	$1.29
24.	Mass Murder Machine	1919 Eternal	5:45	$1.29
25.	Graveyard Disciples	1919 Eternal	3:21	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. In This River	2. Stillborn	3. Suicide Messi...	4. Fire It Up	5. The Last Good...
6. Concrete Jung...	7. Blood Is Thic...	8. Stillborn (fe...	9. Overlord	10. My Dying Time
11. Ain't No Suns...	12. Behind the Mu...	13. BLS Bunker St...

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