Hangover Music, Vol. VI (2004) (SPITFIRE RECORDS) Black Label Society (Zakk Wylde)
Album Description:
HANGOVER MUSIC, VOL. VI is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Black Label Society, released April 20, 2004. This album is a much more mellow affair than any other Black Label Society album, and some fans have recognized it as a nod back to Zakk Wylde's solo effort, BOOK OF SHADOWS, from 1996. HANGOVER MUSIC VOL. VI features songs predominantly built around acoustic guitar and piano. The album contains a piano version of Procol Harum's 1967 No. 1 "Whiter Shade of Pale" and a song entitled "Layne," which is written in memory of Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. The song "No Other" is a leftover track from THE BLESSED HELLRIDE sessions, which explains why Zakk Wylde played bass on this song, whereas other bassists played on the rest of the album. The song was also recorded, mixed, and mastered by the same team that was responsible for the production on THE BLESSED HELLRIDE. This was the last album that Black Label Society recorded for Spitfire Records - it was recorded as a contract fulfilling obligation, and therefore received very little promotion from the label. None of the songs from this album were performed live by the band until 2009 when "Damage Is Done" was performed.
Music:
Fans of Wylde's soloing style will be blissfully sated: his overdriven, searing vibrato and screaming false harmonics are as omnipresent as ever. Not simply content with sideman status (as a veteran of the Ozzy Osbourne band), Wylde uses Black Label Society to channel his songwriting and his voice into a persona akin to a demonically possessed Bob Seger. Echoes of Alice in Chains ("Queen of Sorrow"), Zakk's mentor Ozzy ("Steppin' Stone"), and even his inaugural solo outfit, Pride & Glory, ring out clearly here. For this volume of raunchy, Southern-tinged, blues-based hard rock, the approach is scaled back from his usual unforgiving style.
Black Label Society: Zakk Wylde (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass); John "J.D." DeServio, James Lomenzo (bass); Craig Nunenmacher, John Tempesta (drums).
Additional personnel: Mike Inez (bass instrument).
Recorded at Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood, CA & Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, TN.
Produced by Zakk Wylde.
Track Listing:
1. Crazy or High - 3:34 2. Queen of Sorrow - 4:15 3. Steppin' Stone - 4:54 4. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow - 3:43 5. Takillya (Estyabon) - :39 6. Won't Find It Here - 6:26 7. She Deserves a Free Ride (Val's Song) - 4:19 8. House of Doom - 3:46 9. Damage Is Done - 5:20 10. Layne - 5:15 11. Woman Don't Cry - 5:39 12. No Other - 4:59 13. A Whiter Shade of Pale - 5:08 14. Once More - 4:10 15. Fear - 4:38
Hangover Music, Vol. VI (2004) (SPITFIRE RECORDS)
ReplyDeleteBlack Label Society (Zakk Wylde)
Album Description:
HANGOVER MUSIC, VOL. VI is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Black Label Society, released April 20, 2004. This album is a much more mellow affair than any other Black Label Society album, and some fans have recognized it as a nod back to Zakk Wylde's solo effort, BOOK OF SHADOWS, from 1996. HANGOVER MUSIC VOL. VI features songs predominantly built around acoustic guitar and piano. The album contains a piano version of Procol Harum's 1967 No. 1 "Whiter Shade of Pale" and a song entitled "Layne," which is written in memory of Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. The song "No Other" is a leftover track from THE BLESSED HELLRIDE sessions, which explains why Zakk Wylde played bass on this song, whereas other bassists played on the rest of the album. The song was also recorded, mixed, and mastered by the same team that was responsible for the production on THE BLESSED HELLRIDE. This was the last album that Black Label Society recorded for Spitfire Records - it was recorded as a contract fulfilling obligation, and therefore received very little promotion from the label. None of the songs from this album were performed live by the band until 2009 when "Damage Is Done" was performed.
Music:
Fans of Wylde's soloing style will be blissfully sated: his overdriven, searing vibrato and screaming false harmonics are as omnipresent as ever. Not simply content with sideman status (as a veteran of the Ozzy Osbourne band), Wylde uses Black Label Society to channel his songwriting and his voice into a persona akin to a demonically possessed Bob Seger. Echoes of Alice in Chains ("Queen of Sorrow"), Zakk's mentor Ozzy ("Steppin' Stone"), and even his inaugural solo outfit, Pride & Glory, ring out clearly here. For this volume of raunchy, Southern-tinged, blues-based hard rock, the approach is scaled back from his usual unforgiving style.
Black Label Society: Zakk Wylde (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass); John "J.D." DeServio, James Lomenzo (bass); Craig Nunenmacher, John Tempesta (drums).
Additional personnel: Mike Inez (bass instrument).
Recorded at Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood, CA & Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, TN.
Produced by Zakk Wylde.
Track Listing:
1. Crazy or High - 3:34
2. Queen of Sorrow - 4:15
3. Steppin' Stone - 4:54
4. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow - 3:43
5. Takillya (Estyabon) - :39
6. Won't Find It Here - 6:26
7. She Deserves a Free Ride (Val's Song) - 4:19
8. House of Doom - 3:46
9. Damage Is Done - 5:20
10. Layne - 5:15
11. Woman Don't Cry - 5:39
12. No Other - 4:59
13. A Whiter Shade of Pale - 5:08
14. Once More - 4:10
15. Fear - 4:38