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Black Label Society record “The First Noel”

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Black Label Society record “The First Noel”

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’S NEW VIDEO “OVERLORD”

MAKES ITS WORLD PREMIERE ON VEVO TODAY

BLS’ FIRST-EVER CHRISTMAS TUNE “THE FIRST NOEL” AVAILABLE ON

iTUNES NOW; PROCEEDS FROM TRACK DONATED TO THE ZAKK AND BARBARANNE WYLDE FOUNDATION AT ST. JUDE’S

Black Label Society has partnered with VEVO for the world premiere of BLS’ hysterical new video “Overlord.”  As of today, Monday, November 1st, the video can be viewed here.  The video, directed by Master Cylinder, finds guitar legend Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society in a satire of 70’s Kung Fu movies.  Wylde is featured as the Bruce Lee-type action hero (yellow jumpsuit and all) in hot pursuit of the Overlord…in this case an old lady who holds the key to a very special prize.  “Overlord” will be the next single from Black Label Society’s latest album ORDER OF THE BLACK; it follows the breakthrough Top 20 rock radio track, “Parade Of The Dead.”

In other Black Label Society news, the first-ever BLS Christmas tune, “The First Noel” is available now on iTunes.  The track is a beautiful instrumental which highlights Wylde’s prowess on the acoustic guitar.  Black Label Society’s proceeds from sales of the single will be donated to The Zakk and Barbaranne Wylde Foundation at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, a charity The Wyldes have long supported.  Click here to purchase the track.

Black Label Society’s first new album in four years, ORDER OF THE BLACK, was released via Entertainment One in North America in August, 2010 and debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.  Black Label Society is currently headlining The Black Label Berzerkus, Zakk Wylde’s own North American package tour featuring Black Label Society, Children Of Bodom, Clutch and 2Cents (please see below for tour dates).

About Zakk Wylde/Black Label Society

In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over.  Wylde has won nearly every guitar award imaginable, graced countless magazine covers and is a major influence to a new battalion of rock guitarists.  Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multi-platinum success, inspiring him to create the now iconic Black Label Society in 1998.  In the decade plus since, BLS has turned the notion of what a rock band should be upside down by inspiring legions of fans (known as Berserkers) all over the world to follow the mantra: Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever (SDMF for short).  Wylde and his Berserkers have established a heavy metal institution true to the vision of uncompromising, unfiltered and unrestrained rock n’ roll.  To date, Black Label Society has sold more than 3.5 million albums worldwide and continues to be a massive presence on the worldwide touring and merchandising circuits.


About VEVO

VEVO is the leading premium music video and entertainment service with over one billion worldwide streams and nearly 60 million unique visitors in the U.S. and Canada each month. VEVO’s programming is made available across the VEVO platform, which includes VEVO.com (the service’s marquee destination site), VEVO Mobile, VEVO on Google TV, VEVO on YouTube, and a VEVO-branded embedded player. The service also serves as a syndication platform for additional internet destination sites, including AOL, CBS Interactive Music Group including sites like Last.FM and Univision, expanding the reach of the VEVO platform across the worldwide Web.  VEVO was created in partnership by Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and the Abu Dhabi Media Company. It is operated independently by a dedicated management team with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and San Francisco.  Explore VEVO at http://vevo.com. Journalists/Bloggers can stay updated on VEVO news at http://twitter.com/VEVO_Media.

About Entertainment One

Entertainment One (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content.  The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Benelux, France, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.  Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

The Black Label Berzerkus 2010:

NOVEMBER

2         Austin, TX                                Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater

3         Tulsa, OK                                Brady Theater

5         Grand Rapids, MI                    DeltaPlex

6         Chicago, IL                              Congress Theater

7         Detroit, MI                                The Fillmore Detroit

9         Rochester, NY                                    Main Street Armory

10        Columbus, OH                        The LC Pavilion

12        Wichita, KS                             Cotillion

13        Kansas City, MO                     Uptown Theater

14        Denver, CO                             The Fillmore Auditorium

16        Salt Lake City, UT                   The Complex

18        Phoenix, AZ                             Dodge Theatre

19        Los Angeles, CA                     Hollywood Palladium

20        San Francisco, CA                 Warfield

21        Las Vegas. NV                        House Of Blues

For more information please visit:

www.blacklabelsociety.com

www.zakkwylde.com

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