BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's Deal With E1 MUSIC To Cover Two Studio Albums

January 8, 2010

As BLABBERMOUTH.NETfirst reported on January 6, E1 Music has now officially announced the addition of guitar icon Zakk Wylde's band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY to its rock and metal roster. The two-album deal covers North America exclusively.

E1 Music VP of Metal Scott Givens comments on the deal: "Rarely does the opportunity come along to sign an artist as talented, influential and important as Zakk Wylde. I am thrilled to welcome him to the E1 Music group. He is the future of our company and all of us are battle ready to go to the wall for him."

Zakk Wylde said about the pairing: "I've known Scott Givens since I first joined Ozzy [Osbourne], and we've always looked for an opportunity to work together... everything came together at E1. I cannot wait to bring new BLS nationwide on E1!"

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will release a new studio album in late summer 2010. The CD will be recorded during January/February at Zakk's new studio, which was built by Zack Fagan of Under The Wire, a Studio City, California-based company which specializes in the installation of commercial and private recording studios and post-production complexes. The band will also embark on its annual "Black Label Bash" tour in the fall.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "Skullage" DVD package sold 5,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on the Top Music Videos chart. Released April 21, 2009 in three different configurations — CD, DVD and CD/DVD — this collection features the best of Zakk Wylde & Co. This massive greatest hits package is chock-full of live material, music videos, interviews, and a vivid cross-section of brutal and introspective tracks, from amped-up blazers like "Fire It Up" and "Suicide Messiah" to raw power ballads like "In This River" and "Spoke In The Wheel".

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY announced in June 2007 that it had parted ways with Roadrunner Records.

The group's sole release through Roadrunner was 2006's "Shot to Hell" album.

"Shot to Hell" sold just under 32,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release — less than the 45,000 copies shifted by BLS's "Mafia" (Artemis) back in March 2005 — to land at position No. 21 on The Billboard 200 chart.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is managed by Bob Ringe at Survival Management.

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