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Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will release Book Of Shadows II on April 8th, 2016 via Entertainment One Music, his first solo release in 20 years. This release is the highly anticipated follow up to 1996 s Book of Shadows LP, a classic album Wylde released between his work with Ozzy Osbourne that has since become a fan favorite. Book Of Shadows II was recently named as one of the "Most Anticipated Metal Releases of 2016" via by Rolling Stone magazineWylde has been feverishly working on new material since he wrapped up Black Label Society s Unblackened spring tour last year. All songs on Book of Shadows II were recorded and produced at Wylde s legendary home studio, The Black Vatican, which produced several of Wylde s recent releases. The new effort will be followed by a wave of tour dates in support to be announced soon.Zakk Wylde is no stranger to showing the lighter, introspective side of his music, having previously released two Black Label Society albums of stripped down material. The Song Remains Not the Same was released in 2011 which included acoustic versions of songs originally released on Order of the Black and 2013 s Unblackened, a live acoustic album that was recorded live at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
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In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station to become his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multi-platinum success, inspiring him to create the now legendary Black Label Society in 1998. In the decade since, BLS has turned the notion of what a rock band should be upside down by inspiring legions of fans (known as Berzerkers) all over the world to follow the mantra: Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever--SDMF for short. The Berzerkers, with Wylde as their leader, have created a heavy metal institution true to his vision of uncompromising, unfiltered, and unrestrained rock and roll. Wylde has won nearly every guitar award imaginable, and is a major influence on a new battalion of rock guitarists currently popular today. One thing is for certain: wherever Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society travels, brutality is sure to follow.
