''Unblackened'' is a live acoustic album by American heavy metal band

Black Label Society Black Label Society is an American heavy metal/southern metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde. To date, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one EP, and three ...

. It was recorded live on March 6, 2013, at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, and released on September 24, 2013. Disc 1 consists of live tracks and disc 2 also consists of live tracks among six newly recorded songs, three of which are re-recordings of previously released songs from the band's studio albums. The album was announced back in 2012, but the release was delayed due to the postponement of the show, which was settled to be recorded in August. Black Label Society started the pre-ordering of the album in August 2013, also offering a deluxe edition box set containing a double live CD pack, a DVD of the show, a replica of

Zakk Wylde Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967) is an American rock musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heav ...

's pewter dagger necklace, a photo book with photos taken from the show, and a custom package. On August 9, 2013, "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" was released as a single through

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in North America.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, piano. acoustic guitar on studio tracks *

Nick Catanese Nick Catanese is an American musician. He is best known as a former rhythm guitarist for heavy metal band Black Label Society. He supported lead player Zakk Wylde, who has commented that "If I'm Keith Richards, he's Mick Taylor Michael K ...

– guitar *

John DeServio John "JD" DeServio is an American musician who has been the bassist of heavy metal band Black Label Society since 2005. He was also a member of Pride & Glory (band), Pride & Glory, a southern rock trio, for a short time in December 1994 (again ...

– bass, additional vocals *

Derek Sherinian Derek Sherinian (born August 25, 1966) is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X (ban ...

– piano *

Chad Szeliga Chad Szeliga (born December 23, 1976) is an American drummer from Elyria, Ohio. Formerly the drummer of rock band Breaking Benjamin, he joined Black Label Society in 2013, replacing Mike Froedge. In 2017, Szeliga replaced Jimmy DeGrasso in ...

– drums *Greg Locascio – additional vocals

Charts

References

Black Label Society albums 2013 live albums E1 Music albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub