Black Label Society

SDMF13 · 10-25-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cheezyridr

zak is master of the pick squeal, and he has done some cool stuff. but truth is truth and zak is the least of ozzies hired guns. it may be just me, but i think he's kind of a one trick pony. i liked sonic brew, blessed hellride was ok, but the rest was only contract filler, in my opinion. i doubt if he would have gotten signed without ozzie's influence, and certainly the way things are these days.

Listen to Book of Shadows and Pride and Glory. He's not a "one trick pony"

SDMF13 · 10-25-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Armyholic

You guys are totally missing it!! Zakk was one of the guys who made the he plays cool. There are tonnes of peeps out there now ripping him off but he was doing at 17......and B4. So anybody who has anything negative to say about the man is total moron. Just sayin'......... I have all the respect in the world for Dime but Zakk did it all first and that is simple fact so bitch and moan all you want but in the end the world of guitar owes a hell of a lot to Mr. Zakk Wylde.

Agreed.

Werewolf · 10-25-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Laces Out Dan!

Well.....i LOVE Zakk wylde as a guitar player....vocaly he pisses me off .......... so i dont like BLS

I'd agree with this, except I'd replace "LOVE" with "like". He's a pretty decent guitarist, but yes vocals aren't my thing.

Darkest Hour · 10-25-2009, 11:58 PM

This band is terrible.

Yuk.

dedicated · 11-21-2009, 06:15 PM

I like Zakk and BLS. His vocals to me are pretty good, i like the haunting sound he has. But yeah, he does overdo things. Like he shows off too much. Like just hold a note, he doesn't need to fly up and down the neck every chance he gets.

Necromancer · 08-27-2010, 06:47 AM

Blessed Hellride has three or four songs on the album I listen to, but Shot To Hell is the best album by Wylde, reminds me of the Stone Temple Pilots in style.
Blood Is Thicker Than Water, a single from the (Shot To Hell) album, nice bass guitar.
YouTube - Black Label Society - Blood Is Thicker Than Water

crash_override · 08-27-2010, 09:26 AM

I owned one of their albums a couple years back, listened to it a few times but nothing really stood out to me. Wylde doesn't have the ability to carry a band, he's better in a supporting role.

almauro · 08-30-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by crash_override

I owned one of their albums a couple years back, listened to it a few times but nothing really stood out to me. Wylde doesn't have the ability to carry a band, he's better in a supporting role.

I thinks Zaks Wylde failure as a band leader is his inability to get players of equal ability in his band. Wylde's a fabulous guitar player, even though he does rely on the pinch-harmonic too heavily, but he's never gotten band member that could push him the way Mustaine did w/Megadeth. My favorite BLS is "Stronger Than Death" which is full of his phat riffs, shredding solos and odd harmonics.

Dr_Rez · 08-30-2010, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by almauro

I thinks Zaks Wylde failure as a band leader is his inability to get players of equal ability in his band. Wylde's a fabulous guitar player, even though he does rely on the pinch-harmonic too heavily, but he's never gotten band member that could push him the way Mustaine did w/Megadeth. My favorite BLS is "Stronger Than Death" which is full of his phat riffs, shredding solos and odd harmonics.

Im not sure how you think he relies on pinch harmonics to much... Its a style of playing and he has some of the best chops I have ever seen. I just saw him a few weeks ago and his performance was incredible.

He has been doing so well actually he is starting his own festival in the vein of Ozzfest. Berserker fest I believe it will be called.

crash_override · 08-30-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

Im not sure how you think he relies on pinch harmonics to much... Its a style of playing and he has some of the best chops I have ever seen. I just saw him a few weeks ago and his performance was incredible.

He has been doing so well actually he is starting his own festival in the vein of Ozzfest. Berserker fest I believe it will be called.

I don't think the fact that he is having his own festival has anything to do with how good he is. Ozzfest is over and the world is in dire need of another white-trash metal festival, just good timing if anything.

How can you say Zakk Wylde doesn't rely on the pick-squeel too much? it's all the guy ****ing does. He tries to use it to cover up his clear lack of dynamics during portions of the song where he's not shredding, but it's obvious. I'm ok with him as a guitar player, but I refute claims that he's a "guitar god' or even a frontman for that matter.

10-25-2009, 11:58 PM	#44 (permalink)
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08-27-2010, 06:47 AM	#46 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Black Label Society - Shot To Hell Blessed Hellride has three or four songs on the album I listen to, but Shot To Hell is the best album by Wylde, reminds me of the Stone Temple Pilots in style. Blood Is Thicker Than Water, a single from the (Shot To Hell) album, nice bass guitar. YouTube - Black Label Society - Blood Is Thicker Than Water

11-21-2009, 06:15 PM	#45 (permalink)
dedicated Groupie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 18	I like Zakk and BLS. His vocals to me are pretty good, i like the haunting sound he has. But yeah, he does overdo things. Like he shows off too much. Like just hold a note, he doesn't need to fly up and down the neck every chance he gets.