Stronger Than Death (2000) (SPITFIRE RECORDS) Black Label Society (Zakk Wylde)
Album Description:
STRONGER THAN DEATH is the second album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society.
For the year 2000 sophomore effort, Zakk Wylde and company offered another slab of guitar-heavy, headbanging metal. With many rock bands expanding their approach - for better or for worse - on subsequent albums, STRONGER THAN DEATH shed the few remaining Southern rock elements that were heard on SONIC BREW (undoubtedly left over from Wylde's Pride & Glory days). The riffs are meaty and the solos are furious, as heard on such tracks as the album-opening "All for You," "Counterfeit God" (which is a song about a subject that seemingly every single metal band has penned a song about - televangelists), and the title track, the latter of which includes a vocal cameo from New York Mets slugger Mike Piazza. STRONGER THAN DEATH provided a firm confirmation that Black Label Society would be sticking closely to the guitar-heavy game plan from here on out.
Black Label Society:
Zakk Wylde - Vocals, Guitars Phil Ondich (credited as "Philth") - Drums Robert Trujillo - Bass Mike Piazza - Guest Vocals ("Growls Of Doom") on title track
Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, California. Engineered by Lee DeCarlo. Mixed by Lee DeCarlo & Zakk Wylde. Mastered by Ron Boustead, Lee DeCarlo, Zakk Wylde & Rony Brack.
Produced by Zakk Wylde.
Track Listing:
1. All for You - 3:59 2. Phoney Smiles and Fake Hellos - 4:15 3. 13 Years of Grief - 4:11 4. Rust - 6:08 5. Super Terrorizer - 5:33 6. Counterfeit God - 4:18 7. Ain't Life Grand - 4:40 8. Just Killing Time - 4:56 9. Stronger Than Death - 4:52 10. Love Reign Down - 8:04
Stronger Than Death (2000) (SPITFIRE RECORDS)
ReplyDeleteBlack Label Society (Zakk Wylde)
Album Description:
STRONGER THAN DEATH is the second album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society.
For the year 2000 sophomore effort, Zakk Wylde and company offered another slab of guitar-heavy, headbanging metal. With many rock bands expanding their approach - for better or for worse - on subsequent albums, STRONGER THAN DEATH shed the few remaining Southern rock elements that were heard on SONIC BREW (undoubtedly left over from Wylde's Pride & Glory days). The riffs are meaty and the solos are furious, as heard on such tracks as the album-opening "All for You," "Counterfeit God" (which is a song about a subject that seemingly every single metal band has penned a song about - televangelists), and the title track, the latter of which includes a vocal cameo from New York Mets slugger Mike Piazza. STRONGER THAN DEATH provided a firm confirmation that Black Label Society would be sticking closely to the guitar-heavy game plan from here on out.
Black Label Society:
Zakk Wylde - Vocals, Guitars
Phil Ondich (credited as "Philth") - Drums
Robert Trujillo - Bass
Mike Piazza - Guest Vocals ("Growls Of Doom") on title track
Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, California.
Engineered by Lee DeCarlo.
Mixed by Lee DeCarlo & Zakk Wylde.
Mastered by Ron Boustead, Lee DeCarlo, Zakk Wylde & Rony Brack.
Produced by Zakk Wylde.
Track Listing:
1. All for You - 3:59
2. Phoney Smiles and Fake Hellos - 4:15
3. 13 Years of Grief - 4:11
4. Rust - 6:08
5. Super Terrorizer - 5:33
6. Counterfeit God - 4:18
7. Ain't Life Grand - 4:40
8. Just Killing Time - 4:56
9. Stronger Than Death - 4:52
10. Love Reign Down - 8:04