Best Black Label Society album?

In anticipation of the new album, vote for your favourite BLS record.

I made it multiple choice.

But hey, it's all good. If you can't decide between two or more, you can vote for multiple albums. Or if you think there's a tier 1 and a tier 2, you can vote for the best six, for instance! Or hey, if you think they are all equally awesome, you can vote for them all! Or vote for none, I guess the effect is the same.

Personally, I only have five of their albums. This is how I'd rank them:

1. Blessed Hellride
T-2/3. Stronger than Death / 1919 Eternal
T-4/5. Hangover Music / Mafia

Well, if you're going by the thread title, I'd say the BEST is The Blessed Hellride. However, if you ask me which one is my FAVORITE, which you did in the body of your post, I'd have to say Stronger Than Death.

I pretty much like all BLS albums to some degree. There aren't any clunkers in the bunch in my opinion. The one that gets the least spins from me though is Hangover Music. Zakk's "ballad voice" sometimes sounds like a cat with his tail caught in the wringer.

I just picked up Unblackened last night. I was holding off getting that one till I found it used. It turned up sooner than I thought. Lucky me. Haven't listened to it yet.

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1919 Eternal, would be a close second for me.. I love most of Zakk's work!!!

1919 is the one I listen to most. And while not technically a BLS album I love the Pride and Glory album.

Dark Horseman wrote:

1919 is the one I listen to most. And while not technically a BLS album I love the Pride and Glory album.

That's one that I could never really get into. It's grown on me over time, but it's a little too "Southern rock" for my taste. So much so, that after I bought Pride & Glory as a new release and didn't care for it, I held off getting the first Black Label Society album till years afterwards. I just wrongfully assumed this new Zakk offering was more P & G with some different band members.

It wasn't until I saw a video on MTV (remember those?) for a single off Stronger Than Death that I gave BLS a chance.

I love the Southern rock vibe, Horse Called War and Machine Gun Man are excellent songs.

Interesting. An unresolved 3-way tie.

Would those 3 albums be the "golden age" of BLS?

The Blessed Hellride is the best one.

I'd pick Mafia as my second fave, TBH is only ok to me.

Who voted for Hangover Music?

Not criticizing, I'd just like to hear the reasoning. To me, that one is lacking in furious trademark BLS riffs, and it just doesn't have that kind of groovy heavy songs they are known for. Songs that destroy. It's a little off. So, if that one is your favourite, whoever you are, then maybe you just don't like their signature sound that much? Or is there something I'm missing?