The Blessed Hellride is the fourth studio album by Black Label Society. It is often named their best album, containing a mix of heavy ("Stoned And Drunk", "Stillborn") and lighter ("The Blessed Hellride", "Dead Meadow") tunes.
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. Ozzy Osbourne appears on the first single "Stillborn," though his name was not used to promote the track.
On THE BLESSED HELLRIDE, the ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist's Black Label Society attempts to create nothing less than the ultimate mullet-sporting high school headbanger's dream album. Fans of old school, "strap on Les Paul / insert into Marshall stack / rock like hell" thrash mayhem will find a lot to love here, from the raw, aggressive monster guitar and drum sounds to the Black Sabbath-via-Judas Priest gargantuan riffs. The lyrics pretty much stick to the metal essentials: drugs, evil, supernatural forces, death, and oh yeah, more drugs. For those who find nu-metal suspiciously lacking in heft, THE BLESSED HELLRIDE provides a welcome fix of the hard stuff.
Nu-metal be damned: there's only one kind of metal, and that's "heavy."
Recorded At:
Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, Amerayacan Studios, North Hollywood, California.
The Blessed Hellride (2003)
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Album Description:
The Blessed Hellride is the fourth studio album by Black Label Society. It is often named their best album, containing a mix of heavy ("Stoned And Drunk", "Stillborn") and lighter ("The Blessed Hellride", "Dead Meadow") tunes.
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. Ozzy Osbourne appears on the first single "Stillborn," though his name was not used to promote the track.
On THE BLESSED HELLRIDE, the ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist's Black Label Society attempts to create nothing less than the ultimate mullet-sporting high school headbanger's dream album. Fans of old school, "strap on Les Paul / insert into Marshall stack / rock like hell" thrash mayhem will find a lot to love here, from the raw, aggressive monster guitar and drum sounds to the Black Sabbath-via-Judas Priest gargantuan riffs. The lyrics pretty much stick to the metal essentials: drugs, evil, supernatural forces, death, and oh yeah, more drugs. For those who find nu-metal suspiciously lacking in heft, THE BLESSED HELLRIDE provides a welcome fix of the hard stuff.
Nu-metal be damned: there's only one kind of metal, and that's "heavy."
Recorded At:
Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California
Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, Amerayacan Studios, North Hollywood, California.
Black Label Society:
Zakk Wylde (vocals, guitars)
Craig Nunenmacher (drums)
John "JD" DeServio (Bass).
Additional personnel:
Ozzy Osbourne (Guest vocals on "Stillborn").
Track Listing:
1. Stoned and Drunk - 5:02
2. Doomsday Jesus - 3:30
3. Stillborn - 3:15
4. Suffering Overdue - 4:29
5. The Blessed Hellride - 4:32
6. Funeral Bell - 4:41
7. Final Solution - 4:04
8. Destruction Overdrive - 3:01
9. Blackened Waters - 3:56
10. We Live No More - 4:01
11. Dead Meadow - 4:30