The Blessed Hellride

The Blessed Hellride is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society. It contains a mix of heavy ("Stoned and Drunk", "Stillborn") and lighter ("The Blessed Hellride", "Dead Meadow") tracks.

The Blessed Hellride
Studio album by
Black Label Society
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
StudioParamount Studios, Hollywood, California; Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Amerayacan Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre
Length45:02
LabelSpitfire
ProducerZakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
1919 Eternal
(2002)		 The Blessed Hellride
(2003)		 Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Metal.de8/10[2]

The second track, "Doomsday Jesus", was featured on the soundtrack to the video game MTX Mototrax,[3] but with altered lyrics. The third track, "Stillborn", is featured on the soundtrack of the game Guitar Hero: World Tour.[4] Frontman Zakk Wylde was also a playable celebrity rockstar in that same game.

Ozzy Osbourne appears on the first single, "Stillborn", though his name was not used to promote the track. He is credited inside the booklet, however, due to Osbourne being on Sony Records at the time, Spitfire Records were not allowed to promote this song with Osbourne's name—a sticker on the cover of the album said "featuring special guest star".

The Japanese bonus track "F.U.N." is a joke song, presumably recorded while Wylde and Craig Nunenmacher were horsing around in the studio. The song's lyrics poke fun at the cheesiest of the 1980s hair band's "party" lyrics; Wylde himself noted that "parody" would be a charitable term, saying "That song is so ridiculous, I don't think you could mock anybody... No one sucks that much."[5]

A song called "No Other" was recorded, mixed, and mastered for this album, however, it remained unreleased until the next album, Hangover Music Vol. VI.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Stoned and Drunk"5:02
2."Doomsday Jesus"3:30
3."Stillborn" (feat. Ozzy Osbourne)3:15
4."Suffering Overdue"4:29
5."The Blessed Hellride"4:32
6."Funeral Bell"4:41
7."Final Solution"4:04
8."Destruction Overdrive"3:01
9."Blackened Waters"3:56
10."We Live No More"4:02
11."Dead Meadow"4:30
12."F.U.N." (Japanese edition bonus track)2:58
Total length:45:02

Personnel

Black Label Society

Production

  • Produced by Zakk Wylde
  • Associate producer and engineer – Eddie Mapp
  • Assistant engineers – Christopher Rakestraw and Steve Crowder
  • Mixed by Eddie Mapp and Zakk Wylde
  • Mastered by Steve Marcussen
  • Illustrations by Rob Arvizu
  • Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management)

Charts
Chart performance for The Blessed Hellride
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 2

References
  1. The Blessed Hellride at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  2. "Black Label Society - Hangover Music Vol. VI". Metal.de. May 23, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  3. "MTX: Mototrax Soundtrack Announced". GameZone. May 4, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  4. Faylor, Chris (August 8, 2008). "More Guitar Hero World Tour Songs Confirmed: Dinosaur Jr., Bob Seger, System of a Down, Others". Shacknews. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  5. "Zakk Wylde - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?". February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via YouTube.
  6. "Black Label Society Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  7. "Black Label Society Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.

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