Black Label Society is tipping the hat to Ozzy Osbourne on its 12th studio album, Engines Of Demolition, landing March 27.
The new record follows 2021’s Doom Crew Inc. and has a digital preorder window running at a discount through Jan. 13 via MNRK Heavy. That preorder packages three already-out singles — “Broken and Blind,” “Lord Humungus” and “The Gallows” — along with two tracks that have not surfaced yet.
One of the biggest conversation-starters is track 13, “Ozzy’s Song”, a title that spells out the intent without pretending subtlety. The tribute angle also lines up with Zakk Wylde’s long history at Ozzy Osbourne’s side, including their final big moment together at July’s Back To The Beginning farewell concert.
Wylde put it plainly in a recent interview with NJ.com, describing the mindset at that show: “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.”
Engines of Demolition Track Listing:
1. Name in Blood
2. Gatherer of Souls
3. The Hand of Tomorrow’s Grave
4. Better Days & Wiser Times
5. Broken and Blind
6. The Gallows
7. Above & Below
8. Back to Me
9. Lord Humungus
10. Pedal to the Floor
11. Broken Pieces
12. The Stranger
13. Ozzy’s Song
14. Name in Blood (Unblackened)
15. Lord Humungus (Unblackened)
To back the release, Black Label Society is heading out on a North American tour. Wylde is also handling support duties through Zakk Sabbath, his Black Sabbath tribute act.
