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Imagine standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Prince of Darkness, shredding through decades of chaos, only to face his final bow. That’s the world Zakk Wylde knew, and now, with Ozzy Osbourne gone, Black Label Society is channeling that unbreakable brotherhood into their rawest tribute yet\u2014a new album that feels like a love letter etched in distortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ozzy’s passing hit the rock world like a thunderclap, leaving fans and family sifting through the wreckage of a legacy that redefined heavy metal. But out of the shadows steps Zakk Wylde, the guitar wizard who’d been Ozzy’s right-hand man since 1987, stepping in after Jake E. Lee and making his wild debut at just 20 years old\u2014at the U.K.’s Wormwood Scrubs Prison, no less. Their connection? It ran deeper than the music, a bond Zakk always called something sacred, always on call for the Osbournes like family you fight for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Label Society’s 12th studio album, Engines of Demolition<\/em>, drops March 27, and it’s packed with fire\u2014three previously released singles, two fresh unreleased tracks, and right in the heart of the official tracklist, a gut-punch called \u201cOzzy\u2019s Song.\u201d Is it an original scorcher or a straight-up homage to the madman? Details are still under wraps, but coming from Zakk, it carries the weight of every shared stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stuck by Ozzy through it all, right up to that emotional July farewell concert, Back to the Beginning<\/em>. Picture it: the lights blazing, the crowd roaring, Zakk ripping into \u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u201d and \u201cCrazy Train\u201d one last time. \u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking when we were doing the show that this was the last time I\u2019m going to be doing \u2018Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u2019 with the boss, or this is the last time I\u2019m going to play \u2018Crazy Train\u2019 with him or anything like that,\u201d Zakk shared with NJ.com. \u201cI was just going, \u2018Let\u2019s do this and let\u2019s have a good time, like always.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That mindset\u2014pure, no-looking-back rock ‘n’ roll\u2014is what pulses through this album. You can preorder it now on MNRK Heavy\u2019s website, feeling the anticipation build like a solo winding up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they’re not stopping at the studio. Black Label Society kicks off their 2026 tour in late February in San Antonio, Texas, hauling the new record on the road. Sharing the bill? Zakk’s killer Black Sabbath tribute outfit, Zakk Sabbath, plus opener Dark Chapel\u2014turning every stop into a metal family reunion that honors the past while charging forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t just an album or a tour. It’s Zakk Wylde keeping Ozzy’s fire alive, reminding every headbanger in the pit that legends don’t fade\u2014they demolish. A brother remembered, a stage reclaimed, a sound that echoes forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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