The Blessed Hellride

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The Blessed Hellride
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
StudioParamount Studios, Hollywood, California; Cartee Day Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Amerayacan Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre
Length45:02
Label Spitfire
Producer Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
1919 Eternal
(2002)
The Blessed Hellride
(2003)
Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metal.de 8/10 [2]

The Blessed Hellride is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society. It contains a mix of heavy ("Stoned and Drunk", "Stillborn") and lighter ("The Blessed Hellride", "Dead Meadow") tracks.

Contents

The second track, "Doomsday Jesus", was featured on the soundtrack to the video game MTX Mototrax , [3] but with altered lyrics. The third track, "Stillborn", is featured on the soundtrack of the game Guitar Hero: World Tour . [4] Frontman Zakk Wylde was also a playable celebrity rockstar in that same game.

Ozzy Osbourne appears on the first single, "Stillborn", though his name was not used to promote the track. He is credited inside the booklet, however, due to Osbourne being on Sony Records at the time, Spitfire Records were not allowed to promote this song with Osbourne's name—a sticker on the cover of the album said "featuring special guest star".

The Japanese bonus track "F.U.N." is a joke song, presumably recorded while Wylde and Craig Nunenmacher were horsing around in the studio. The song's lyrics poke fun at the cheesiest of the 1980s hair band's "party" lyrics; Wylde himself noted that "parody" would be a charitable term, saying "That song is so ridiculous, I don't think you could mock anybody... No one sucks that much." [5]

A song called "No Other" was recorded, mixed, and mastered for this album, however, it remained unreleased until the next album, Hangover Music Vol. VI .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Stoned and Drunk"5:02
2."Doomsday Jesus"3:30
3."Stillborn" (feat. Ozzy Osbourne)3:15
4."Suffering Overdue"4:29
5."The Blessed Hellride"4:32
6."Funeral Bell"4:41
7."Final Solution"4:04
8."Destruction Overdrive"3:01
9."Blackened Waters"3:56
10."We Live No More"4:02
11."Dead Meadow"4:30
12."F.U.N." (Japanese edition bonus track)2:58
Total length:45:02

Personnel

Black Label Society

Production

Charts

Chart performance for The Blessed Hellride
Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 2

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