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Jeffrey Weilandt, better known as Zakk Wylde, is back again. Strong as hell. As always. The American guitar player, born in New Jersey and known for his participation in Pride & Glory and Ozzy Osbourne's band, re-emerged on the rock horizon in the end of April 2004 with the fifth full-length studio release by his "main" group Black Label Society. Now, in "Hangover Music, Vol. VI" (and as always before, actually), Zakk is responsible not only for the six strings, but for the vocals, the beautiful piano parts and the production as well. As for the bass duties - they've divided between James Lomenzo and John DeServio, excluding the opener "Crazy or High" where former Alice in Chains four-stringer Mike Inez' work can be heard. Regarding the drums, they should be credited to Craig Nunenmacher, with the exception of "Once More" - a hope-loaded tune where the sticks have been handled by the well-known John Tempesta (ex-White Zombie, Testament). Let's finally focus on the album's audio-substance. "Hangover Music, Vol. VI" is definitely one of the highest quality records created lately, both as production and composition. As a whole, we get pleasantly devastated by catchy, mainly slow to mid-tempo hard rock, with some metallized intrusions every now and then, and a huge, really huge amount of variety. For example, there are some typical 90's Seattle sound reminders here and there (like in "No Other" and the already mentioned opening piece), obligatory straightforward rock'n'roll passages ("House of Doom"), quite a lot balladesque audio-pearls ("Damage Is Done", "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", "Val's Song"), a Spanish guitar interlude ("Takillya"), doomed Western atmosphere ("Steppin Stone"), and a deeply touching, piano-driven cover version of Procol Harum's evergreen classic "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Zakk proved it again: You simply cannot expect anything less than "great" from a total rock professional.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Crazy Or High |
| 2. Queen Of Sorrow |
| 3. Steppin Stone |
| 4. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |
| 5. Takillya (Estyabon) |
| 6. Won't Find It Here |
| 7. She Deserves A Free Ride (Val's Song) |
| 8. House Of Doom |
| 9. Damage Is Done |
| 10. Layne |
| 11. Woman Don't Cry |
| 12. No Other |
| 13. A Whiter Shade Of Pale |
| 14. Once More |
| 15. Fear |
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