BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has released a new album titled "Engines Of Demolition" via MNRK Heavy. The follow-up to 2021's "Doom Crew Inc." features 15 tracks, including four previously released singles: "Name In Blood", "Broken And Blind", "The Gallows", and "Lord Humungus". The album also includes a new track titled "Ozzy's Song", a tribute to the band's longtime collaborator and fellow musician Ozzy Osbourne.
Zakk Wylde, the band's frontman and guitarist, has been a member of Ozzy Osbourne's backing group since nearly four decades ago. He has contributed to all of Osbourne's solo albums except for 2020's "Ordinary Man", including classic releases such as "No More Tears", "Ozzmosis", and "Black Rain".
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's previous albums, "Order Of The Black" (2010) and "Catacombs Of The Black Vatican" ( 2014), both entered the top five on the hard rock album charts.
In a recent interview, Wylde reflected on the legacy of BLACK SABBATH, noting that the band released six studio albums within five years of the early 1970s, including 'Paranoid' in 1970 and 'Sabotage' in 1975. He emphasized the contrast between past and present music release practices, highlighting how bands like BLACK SABBATH once made multiple albums in rapid succession while touring intermittently between releases.
Wylde also addressed a recent comment from MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, who questioned the value of full-length records. Wylde acknowledged the shift in music industry practices but affirmed that the traditional approach—releasing a full album with a single and subsequent singles—still holds significant artistic and cultural value.