''1919 Eternal'' (also stylized as ''1919''★''Eternal'') is the third studio album by American heavy metal band

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. It was released on March 5, 2002, and was written for

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's father.

Writing

Five songs from the album sessions were written by Zakk Wylde for

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's album '' Down to Earth''. Osbourne rejected the songs because they were "too Black Label", so Wylde kept them for this album. The songs were "Bleed for Me", "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom", "Demise of Sanity", an alternate piano version of "Bridge to Cross", and a demo called "Find a Way". The latter two were never released. These original demo songs featured drummer Christian Werr, a friend of Wylde's who happened to be in the right place at the right time to record the tracks. Later, when Wylde went to re-record these demos for ''1919 Eternal'', Christian's drum tracks were used for "Bleed for Me", "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom", and "Demise of Sanity", which is why Craig Nunenmacher does not appear on these songs.

Artwork

The album artwork is based on a German

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(SS).

Track listing

Note: The 15th track is an unlabeled bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album, "Speedball" reversed.

Credits

– vocals, guitars, bass *

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– bass on "Demise of Sanity" and "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom" * Craig Nunenmacher – drums

Additional personnel

*Christian Werr – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4) Production *Produced by Zakk Wylde *Associate producer – Eddie Mapp *Engineered by Eddie Mapp and Sam Storey, assisted by Lou Michaels and Kent Hitchcock *Editing by Kent Huffnagle *Mastered by Ron Boustead *Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management) *A&R – Paul Bibeau, Tami Fukatami *Art concept – Zakk Wylde *Art direction and design – Zakk Wylde and Peter Tsakiris (Drunken Monkey Studios) *Illustrations – Adam Guyot (Eternal Art Tattoo, Canyon County, California) *Photography – Maryanne Bilham

Charts

References

Additional sources

* {{Authority control 2002 albums Black Label Society albums Spitfire Records albums