Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society - Kings of Damnation: Era 1998-2004
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Free Music Review: BLS Rocks!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my second copy of Kings of Damnation... one for the house and one for the car!Free Music Review: Great introduction to a band that remembers how to ROCK!
Hit: 4 Stars
For whatever reason, a lot of people seem to hate this particular compilation. People are either upset over the song selection or the fact that the record company stuck a couple of exclusive tracks on here to entice the fans who already own the BLS albums.
I have to say though, as someone new to Black Label Society (but long familiar with Zakk Wylde's work), Kings of Damnation makes an excellent introduction to this hard charging rock band. I may sing a different tune once I have some of the band's studio albums, but I can't see any reason to complain about a collection that serves up a career-spanning 19 tracks.
Musically, what more needs to be said about Black Label Society? This band plays the kind of no-nonsense straightforward hard ROCK (caps intentional) that precious few bands play these days. BLS bridges the gap between classic bands like Motorhead and Corrosion of Conformity and the new breed of real ROCK bands like Brand New Sin and Bullets and Octane. It's loud, heavy, and alcohol fueled.
I can see how this one might irritate older BLS fans, but for me it was the perfect way to discover this killer ROCK band.
Free Music Review: greatest hits?....maybe....hits?....ok.
Hit: 4 Stars
yes this is a "hits" package. is it Zakk's(BLS)best? not really. is there a little in it for the novice s.d.m.f.'ers? definitely. as one of my fellow reviewers writes, "it's impossible to put the best on 1 cd", or something to that effect. from a fan's perspective, owning the entire catalog, including Book of Shadows and Pride & Glory, is the only real way to get the full effect of this musical genius' best, and the BLS package as well. but barring that, this will have to do. i purchased this simply to have the 2 new tunes and to say "i have every BLS cd". if what you crave is a "taste of Zakk" then get this offering. if you want the full course, then buy 'em all. peace. Free Music Review: Thought it was a Great Introduction to BLS
Hit: 4 Stars
I had been a big fan of Zakk's work with Ozzy Osbourne for awhile when I came across this CD. I knew it was Zakk's band but I had never really heard anything by them before. I had enough money for it and figured what the hell. I was VERY pleased with my purchase. I was very suprised by Zakks voice, it was actually... good. I understand how many pople who already own the BLS CDs and Book of Shaddows (tracks 3-4) and Pride and Glory (tracks 1-2) might be dissapointed, but holy cow. If you already own all of the albums then why are you buying this? I mean... there are the two new tracks but don't complain because you think it is better to buy all the albums instead. I think Zakk did a good job choosing songs, you can't put EVERY good song they did on one compilation (If Led Zeppelin did that then every song off of their first 4 albums would be part of the 7-disc Best Of that they would have). If you are interested in hearing Zakk's work then I highly recommend buying this to hear all the kind of music he has done throughout the years. If you are only interested in heavy stuff he has done though then I would highly recommend picking up Sonic Brew, it is a great album. This album made me see how hard and not hard Zakk can rock. His acoustic work is AMAZING! I bought Books of Shadows after I bought this CD and it is also a great piece of work. Zakk's distortion on the hard songs is crazy, he really keeps his guitar overdriven, and I love it. This is a great first look into BLS. BLS is almost like southern metal to me. Also: Zakk's guitar solos are extremely shreddy (fast as hell). Anyway, I was very happy with this CD and it was a good introduction to a great band. If you own all the albums then just let the CD go (unless you REALLY want the 2 new tracks, which are very good i must say). If you like this then i highly recommend buying some of their other albums. Free Music Review: Weak
Hit: 2 Stars
Hey, "Losing your mind" and "Horse called war" are not BLS songs! They are Pride & Glory songs, the first band Zakk put together. And the Pride & Glory album remains as his best effort so far. And "Sold my soul" is not a BLS song either! It's from a Zakk's solo album called Book of Shadows, which is also great. Well, now looking at the real BLS songs, every fan can notice that the best songs are not there! What compilation is this one? Where are songs like "The beginning at last", "Graveyard Disciples", "Just killing time", "Destruction overdrive", "Suffering overdue", "Damage is done" etc. etc.????
If you don't know BLS and wants to get started with this compilation, don't do it! You better start with one single album, "1919 Eternal", which is much better than this compilation here!