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FESTIVAL RECAP: Blue Ridge Rock Fest – Blue Ridge Amphitheater – Danville, Virginia

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Massive music festivals are commonplace now, but they were far and few between fifty years ago. They are hard to produce well, but can be great moments in time for fans and musical artists. For every Lollapalooza, Wacken, and Ozzfest, we have Altamont, Woodstock 1999, and Fyre Fest as well. No festival sets out to fail or do harm and hurt the trust of fans, but sometimes that happens. Blue Ridge Rock Fest, as it turns out, became a perfect storm of too many fans, too small a town, to support those fans. Purpose Driven events had put on severa

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CONCERT REVIEW: Black Label Society – Obituary – Prong: Live at Ace of Spades

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Getting fully back into concert mode has been fun, but also scary on some levels as a fan. I need live music in my life, bad, but I am nervous around small clubs and tons of people right now, since the pandemic is still a thing. Nevertheless, I got the opportunity to cover legends like Black Label Society, Obituary, and Prong all at the same show, no less, and so I had to handle my emotions and nerves (I have pretty bad anxiety on the reg) and trooped out to Sacramento’s respected Ace of Spades club.

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Black Label Society Shares New Video and Single for “Set Me Free” – New Album Incoming

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Black Label Society, led by guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde has announced a new album, Doom Crew Inc., due out on November 26th, 2021 via eOne Music. The band shared their first single and hysterical video for the track “Set Me Free” which you can see below. The album will be available digitally on CD and vinyl plus a deluxe edition that includes vinyl, CD longbox, cassette and more and pre-orders are live now. You can also see the full list of BLS tour dates through the end of 2021 right now!

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Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Limp Bizkit, and More Confirmed for Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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Quickly shaping up to be the biggest music festival in the USA this year, Blue Ridge Rock festival has announced their full line-up of 180 bands. Headlining the massive 4 day festival are Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, and Limp Bizkit. There is a special club warm up show which includes headliner Ludacris, T-Pain, and Lil Jon. Also on tap: the Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue, a vaudeville freak show of wonder by Hellzapoppin’s Ringleader and Producer, Mr. Bryce “The Govna” Graves. In addition, excitingly, the festival will be hosted by Steve-O (MTV’s Jackass); and special guest Lou Brutus (SiriusXM). The fest takes place September 9th – 12th at Blue Ridge Amphitheater, a long-awaited large-scale concert venue in Southwest Virginia. Tickets are on sale now at the link below and here is the full lineup:

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Download Festival 2022 Adds Deftones, Korn, Megadeth, Steel Panther, The Ghost Inside, Funeral For A Friend, Descendents, Electric Wizard, Sepultura, and More!

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Download Festival 2021 is postponed to summer 2022, but the fest has wasted little time stacking the bill. Already headlined by Iron Maiden, KISS, and Biffy Clyro, seventy new bands have been added including Deftones, Korn, Megadeth, Steel Panther, The Ghost Inside, Funeral For A Friend, Descendents, Electric Wizard, and Sepultura. Watch a video teaser with the updated poster and buy your tickets now!

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Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society Shares New Music Video for “Heart of Darkness”

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Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society has released their None More Black Vinyl boxed set via their longtime label, eOne Music! The set contains all twelve of BLS’s studio albums and a trove of other cool merch and extras. The set retails for $375.00 USD and is on sale now at the link below.The band has released a new music video for the track “Heart of Darkness” which you can watch now, and order the boxed set at the link below.

Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society to Release “None More Black” Vinyl Boxed Set

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Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society has released their None More Black Vinyl boxed set via their longtime label, eOne Music! The set contains all twelve of BLS’s studio albums and a trove of other cool merch and extras. The set retails for $375.00 USD and is on sale now at the link below. To celebrate, the band has released a hilarious commercial, an unboxing video, and a new music video for “Blind Man” from the set, but also from Book of Shadows II. Continue reading →


Zakk Sabbath’s Black Sabbath Tribute Album Enters the Global Charts Without Streaming

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Zakk Sabbath, led by Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne shredder Zakk Wylde, has an unlikely hit on their hands. Released by the great label Magnetic Eye, known for sick bands, tons of stoner doom original releases, and tribute albums, Vertigo, is a tribute to Black Sabbath’s historic debut album which invented heavy metal and doom metal and turned 50 in 2019. The album, released only in physical versions and without online streams still ranked worldwide on the charts, due to physical sales (Deluxe CD vinyl). The label issued a statement on the release in light of charting., which you can see below. Zakk Sabbath also includes legends of rock and metal such as bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie), and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queen Of The Stone Age, Bloodclot),

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: The Naked High – “Jewel of The Crowd”

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Montreal hard rock and metal band The Naked High released their new EP this spring Tap Into The Evil, and have just released a new video for their single – “Jewel of The Crowd’! The live performance clip features the band’s visceral, heavy nature of the band and what they bring to the table with their massive riffs, bassy grooves. Formed in 2015, their DNA comes from the same well-spring as heroes such as Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Black Label Society, and of course, the kings Black Sabbath! You can watch the clip for “Jewel of The Crowd’ here at Ghost Cult right now!

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