Metal Riot

Hey tickets on sale this Friday! Prong with @blacklabelsocietyofficial @obituaryband https://t.co/7ypkPqE8Pu

— Tommy Victor (Prong) (@prongmusic) June 9, 2021

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will indeed embark on a U.S. tour this fall. Support on the trek will come from OBITUARY and PRONG. As far as hot summer heavy tours go, it is gonna be hard to stop this certified town stomper. Nice to see an all veterans, all killer line-up like this!

Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 11 and the itinerary is as follows:

Oct. 01 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
Oct. 02 – Ventura, CA – The Majestic Ventura Theater
Oct. 04 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory [Boise]
Oct. 05 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory [Spokane]
Oct. 07 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Oct. 08 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Oct. 12 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
Oct. 13 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
Oct. 15 – Bowler, WI – North Star Mohican Casino Resort
Oct. 16 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Club
Oct. 17 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues Chicago
Oct. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis
Oct. 19 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
Oct. 21 – Biloxi, MS – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi
Oct. 22 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
Oct. 23 – Dothan, AL – The Plant
Oct. 24 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues Orlando
Oct. 26 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
Oct. 28 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall
Oct. 29 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Oct. 30 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Oct. 31 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
Nov. 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
Nov. 04 – Worcester, MA – Worcester Palladium
Nov. 05 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
Nov. 06 – Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
Nov. 07 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Nov. 09 – Hartford, CT – The Webster
Nov. 10 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
Nov. 11 – Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory
Nov. 13 – Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Kewadin Casinos – Sault Ste. Marie
Nov. 14 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Nov. 15 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
Nov. 16 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
Nov. 18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
Nov. 19 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
Nov. 20 – Grand Prairie, TX – The Texas Trust CU Theatre
Nov. 21 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
Nov. 23 – Tucson, AZ – The Rialto Theatre/Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 24 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues Las Vegas
Nov. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov. 27 – Denver, CO – Summit Denver
Nov. 28 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

The brotherhood that is Black Label Society are hitting the road again. Rocking plenty a face off of late with Zakk Sabbath and Ozzy is not enough for the insatiable guitarist Zakk Wylde and the man with a plan is taking BLS back to the stages of America in 2018. The band will be supporting Grimmest Hits and are bringing a stellar array of heavy support on select dates from Eyehategod, Red Fang and Corrosion Of fuckin’ Conformity.

Dates BELOW.

“I smell a massacre!” We’ve got some exclusive Black Label Society, Hatebreed and Butcher Babies shots from staff photog Matt Slater. The show is from January’s stop at the Webster in Hartford, CT and from the looks of it the show was pretty intense. I’m a big fan of all of these bands. Hatebreed have been metalcore originators for a long time, since Slater and I used to go see them (and in Matt’s case his band Beneath The Remains used to open for them) in Poughkeepsie hardcore’s arguable heyday in the late 90’s-early 00’s. Black Label? It’s fuckin’ Zakk. What else is there to know? And as for Butcher Babies? They get a lot of shit for looking good but you know what? The band is not only about sex or some BS. Pay attention to their Instagram feeds and you’ll see how they really work hard, push themselves and care about connecting to their fan base as a full band. I agree that women shouldn’t be exploited but don’t think that means every woman and/or man in a band has to leave their outfits from showing too much all the time either. Bottom line? Butcher Babies fuckin’ rule! Go listen to Goliath now and tell me you don’t want to pit it up during “C8h18 (Gasoline)”!

Anyway, check out the shots BELOW. As Hatebreed scream “This Is Now!!”

This just in from the boys in Black Tusk:

It’s been an incredibly trying time for us over the past month and we want to thank everyone for their support. We had confirmed the European tour with Black Label Society and finished the new album before Athon’s accident and Athon, specifically, had been very excited about the opportunity to tour with BLS and we feel there’s no way he’d want things to end on this note. Corey Barhorst, formerly of Kylesa and currently of Niche, will be stepping in for Athon for the time being. All of us go back over 10 years and Corey seemed the natural choice to carry on for Athon.

If you’d like to donate to the Athon Memorial Fund, you can do that via Paypal at AthonFund@gmail.com.

The dates with Black Label Society and Crobot are BELOW.

Black Label Society have released a great video for heartfelt and  world weary ballad “Angel Of Mercy”, easily one of the best new BLS tunes in awhile. Black Label Society’s latest scorcher is CATACOMBS OF THE BLACK VATICAN and is in stores now!

The contemplative video, complete with a great solo on a double neck axe, was directed by Justin Reich and can be viewed HERE.

A more detailed report on the guitar’s discovery can be read in a yesterday’s story in the Chicago Tribune.

Black Label Society have been announced as the musical guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, May 6.  The band will perform “Angel of Mercy” from their recently released album Catacombs of the Black Vatican, which debuted at #1 on the Independent, Rock and Metal charts and #5 on the Billboard 200.

Zakk recently took part in the REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS, paying tribute to long time friend Dimebag Darrel by performing “In This River.” 

Catch Zakk Wylde on tour with Black Label Society, and special guests Down, at the FOLLOWING SHOWS.

If you thought you knew all about Black Label Society, you need to hear Zakk Wylde and company’s latest 2x Live release Unblackened. Recorded in high definition to an excited crowd at Club Nokia in L.A., the release features the bearded guitar warrior dropping knowledge on fools like it is easy on track after great track. You can just put this on and escape for a little while into bluesy, heavy metal biker escapism. Unblackened presents BLS classics in a new dynamic, with heavy use of acoustics and a stripped down feel, but scorching solos and intensity still in place. it is kind of like if Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains was a halfway heavier record. 

Click HERE for the full review.