Black Label Society’s Next Album to Feature Ozzy Tribute That Will Surprise Absolutely No One
In a couple months, Black Label Society‘s 13th full-length studio album Engines of Demolition will be released into the wild by MNRK Heavy. It’s sure to feature tons of pinch harmonics, lyrics about “waving goodbye”, and general kickassery, but this is BLS in a post-Ozzy world. So naturally, the album’s closer will be titled “Ozzy’s Song” and it will be a tribute to the late cultural icon.
The inclusion of such a track makes sense, given frontman Zakk Wylde’s long-time proximity to Ozzy over the years. He got his first massive break when he was chosen to replace Jake E. Lee in the late ’80s. The dude made his debut appearance on an Ozzy album with the legendary No Rest for the Wicked. He played with Ozzy from 1987 to 1995, then from 2001 to 2009, and then from 2017 to 2025, ultimately ending his tenure at last year’s ‘Back to the Beginning’ farewell show.
Back in November, Wylde referenced that last show while chatting with NJ.com, stating that he didn’t think it would be his final time on stage with the “Prince of Darkness.”
“I wasn’t thinking when we were doing the show that this was the last time I’m going to be doing ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ with the boss or this is the last time I’m going to play ‘Crazy Train’ with him or anything like that. I was just going, ‘Let’s do this and let’s have a good time, like always.”
Wylde also runs a band called Zakk Sabbath where they pay tribute to Black Sabbath. So yeah. Of course Zakk was going to pen a song in honor of Ozzy Osbourne on the next Black Label Society record.
So far, we’ve all heard three of the album’s tracks: “Broken and Blind,” “Lord Humungus”, and “The Gallows.” You can check out those songs below if you’d like.
Engines of Destruction will be released on March 27 via MNRK Heavy, but you can preorder your copy today. Black Label Society will also be touring North America with Zakk Sabbath and Dark Chapel (yes, Wylde will be pulling double duty each night), so you can check out the tour dates for that run below.
Black Label Society Tour Dates
2/27 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port
2/28 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory
3/1 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
3/3 Chesterfield, MO The Factory at the District
3/4 North Kansas City, MO VooDoo at Harrah’s Kansas City
3/6 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
3/7 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center
3/9 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center
3/10 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
3/12 Funner, CA Harrah’s Resort Southern California
3/13 Inglewood, CA YouTube Theater
3/14 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
3/16 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
3/17 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theater
3/19 Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Event Centre
3/21 Edmonton, AB Midway Music Hall
3/23 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
3/25 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
3/27 Madison, WI The Sylvee
3/28 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
3/29 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre
3/31 Montreal, QC MTELUS
4/2 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
4/3 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theater
4/4 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
4/6 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore Philadelphia
4/7 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
4/9 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
4/10 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
5/10 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
5/11 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
5/12 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center
5/14 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
