Black Label Society announced their eleventh studio album, Doom Crew Inc., out November 26 via Entertainment One (eOne). The album will be available digitally, on CD and vinyl, plus a deluxe edition that includes vinyl, CD longbox, cassette and more. Pre-order now. Today, the band released the track, Set You Free – check out the absurdly ridiculous video for the first single.
The 12-track album is both a tribute to the band’s “first to bleed, last to leave” road crew, and a salute to the legion whose support, stretching back to 1998, rivals that of the KISS Army. The stomping, heavy, bluesy, recklessly unhinged hard-rock-metal quartet are part invading horde, and part traveling carnival – summoning caffeine-fueled cacophony on records and the stage.
The songs are odes to celebration and mourning, the soundtracks to jubilant evenings and bewildering days recorded in Zakk’s home studio, the Black Vatican. On this album, Zakk trades solos and twin-guitar parts with Dario Lorina, backed by the rumble of longtime bassist, John “J.D.” DeServio, and powerhouse drummer, Jeff Fabb. “We incorporated Father Dario even more into the solos, doubling with me and being more involved in that regard,” said frontman, Zakk Wylde. “It really, truly is a two-guitar album, more so than ever. A twin guitar band, whether it’s the Allman Brothers or Judas Priest, with harmony lines, unison lines, and trading off solos. It stemmed from the live shows, where we’d both go into the crowd and extend songs like ‘Fire It Up.’”
Black Label Society will hit the road this fall on the Doom Trooping Over North America tour starting October 1 in Sacramento at Ace of Spades with openers Obituary and Prong through November 28 ending in Albuquerque at the Sunshine Theater. The band will then finish up the tour from December 27 to 31 with Prong and Armored Saint – see full tour details below and tickets on sale now.
Doom Crew Inc. Tracklisting
1.Set You Free
2.Destroy & Conquer
3.You Made Me Want to Live
4.Forever and a Day
5.End of Days
6.Ruins
7.Forsaken
8.Love Reign Down
9.Gospel of Lies
10.Shelter Me
11.Gather all my Sins
12.Farewell Ballad
U.S. Tour Dates
October 1 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades*+
October 2 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater*+
October 4 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory*+
October 5 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory*+
October 7 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo*+
October 8 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater*+
October 12 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom*+
October 13 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre*+
October 15 – Bowler, WI @ Mohican North Star Gaming & Resort*+
October 16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club Stage*+
October 17 – Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues*+
October 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore*+
October 19 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater *+
October 21 – Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Live Hotel & Casino*+
October 22 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater*+
October 23 – Dothan, AL @ The Plant*+
October 24 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues*+
October 26 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live*+
October 28 – Huntsville, AL @ Mars Music Hall*+
October 29 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel*+
October 30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s*+
October 30 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works*+
November 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall*+
November 4 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*+
November 5 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live*+
November 6 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater*+
November 7 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza*+
November 9 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater*+
November 10 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater*+
November 11 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory*+
November 13 – Sault Ste. Marie, MI @ Kewadin Casino*+
November 14 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit*+
November 15 – Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues*+
November 16 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s Entertainment Center*+
November 18 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom*+
November 19 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre*+
November 20 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre*+
November 21 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live*+
November 23 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater*+
November 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues*+
November 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex*+
November 27 – Denver, CO @ Summit Theater*+
November 28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater*+
December 27 – Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse+^
December 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Grand+^
December 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern+^
December 30 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues+^
December 31 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee+^
w/ Obituary*
w/ Prong+
w/ Armored Saint^
