Unblackened, the new live DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Video from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, was released on September 24th via Eagle Rock Entertainment. Frontman Zakk Wylde recently spoke with Ultimate-Guitar.com about the release:

UG: Where did the idea for Unblackened come from?

Zakk: "A lot of the mellower tunes or even the stuff that has the electric stuff in it never sees the light of day live. We got nine studio records out now so you try and touch on each one of 'em or play one song from everything. Me even as a fan of all my favorite bands, I don't know if I'm up for a full hour concert. After a while it's just like havin' sex. I've broken the Black Label sound barrier of 18 seconds (laughs). It's just that after a blowjob of 50 minutes, you already blew a load and it's like, 'I'm done. Can we just watch Seinfeld now?'"

UG: Fans know you as this heavy guitar player but the truth is you've been doing this more acoustic-oriented music right from the beginning.

Zakk: "Oh, without a doubt. Just like when I listen to LED ZEPPELIN and them doing 'Black Dog' and then they do 'Going To California'. With our stuff, I love the mellow stuff just as much as I love the heavy stuff. Even with OZZY we'd doing 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' and then we're doing 'No More Tears'. You know what I mean? It's always been around."

UG: Unblackened was a chance for you to pull out songs from your earlier records that rarely got played live?

Zakk: "Yeah, it was kind of cool taking a trip down memory lane because a lot of 'em we haven't played since we recorded them. Like the PRIDE & GLORY songs, I might dick around playing 'Sweet Jesus' but I never played 'em with the band. The last time we played 'Sweet Jesus' or 'Road Back Home' or any of those songs was with the band back when we did 'em. 'Road Back Home' was never even played live. Me and Nick (Catanese/guitar) did that Book Of Shadows thing. It was just me and him and acoustic guitars so a lot of those songs have never even been played with a band."

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A special one night only Unblackened performance by Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society at Club Nokia took place in Los Angeles on March 6th, 2013. This limited deluxe box set is the best way for you to experience and commemorate this special evening. It includes:

- Double CD containing the live performance from the show and six studio tracks
- DVD of entire show
- Custom pewter dagger necklace, the same that Zakk wears
- Extended photo book with live shots from the show
- One of a kind custom packaging

DVD tracklisting:

'Losin’ Your Mind'

'The Blessed Hellride'

'Sold My Soul'

'Road Back Home'

'Spoke In The Wheel'

'House Of Doom'

'Queen Of Sorrow'

'Machine Gun Man'

'Sweet Jesus'

'In This River'

'Throwin’ It All Away'

'Takillya (Estyabon)'

'Won’t Find It Here'

'Rust'

'Speedball'

'I Thank You Child'

'Stillborn'

CD tracklisting:

Disc 1

'Losin' Your Mind'

'The Blessed Hellride'

'Sold My Soul'

'Road Back Home'

'Spoke In the Wheel'

'House Of Doom'

'Queen Of Sorrow'

'Machine Gun Man'

'Sweet Jesus'

'In This River'

'Throwin' It All Away'

Disc 2

'Takillya (Estyabon)'

'Won't Find It Here'

'Rust'

'Speedball'

'I Thank You Child'

'Stillborn'

'Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone' (cover)

'Lovin' Woman'

'Queen Of Sorrow' (unplugged)

'Song For You' (cover)

'Won't Find It Here' (unplugged)

'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow'