Doom Crew Inc.

Doom Crew Inc. is BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’s eleventh album, packed full of Zakk Wylde’s thick, tenacious guitar riffs, Southern-rock-derived blues feel and heavily sinking groove. Rather than attacking with speed alone, it gives the songs a solid presence using the afterglow of the riffs and the phrasing of the singing. Even after a long career, the band’s heavy sound has not dimmed in the least. On “Set You Free,” “Destroy & Conquer,” “You Made Me Want To Live” and “End of Days,” heavy songs and lyrical passages coexist. The guitar-hero solos never float out of the songs’ flow, blending in naturally. Songs like “Forever and a Day” and “Farewell Ballad” hold an introspective melancholy too. What is felt across the whole album is a “tactile weight” over technique. It is a full work for fully savoring Zakk Wylde’s personality in a single record.