Guitar World had uploaded a new instructional guitar video featuring Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, ex-Ozzy Osbourne). Watch Zakk as he shreds through a bluesy chicken pickin’ lick below:

Wylde will release Book Of Shadows II on April 8th, via Entertainment One Music (eOne Music), his first solo release in 20 years. This release is the highly anticipated follow up to 1996’s Book Of Shadows LP, a classic album Wylde released between his work with Ozzy Osbourne that has since become a fan favourite.

In this new video from Loudwire, Zakk performs an unplugged version of the album track “Autumn Changes” on a Hello Kitty guitar:

The fearlessly introspective melancholy and melody of Book Of Shadows helped to make its follow-up one of Rolling Stone’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2016. As fierce and diverse as his work in Black Label Society and as large as his accomplishments as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne have been, Book Of Shadows II offers an even richer look into the spirit and psyche of one of the most beloved pillars of the hard rock community. Brand new tracks like “Sleeping Dogs”, “Tears Of December”, “Darkest Hour”, “Harbors Of Pity”, and “The King” are bold proclamations of intense feeling and powerful catharsis.

Zakk Wylde’s powerful pipes, mayhem-inducing charisma, mischievous humor, and instantly recognizable pinch-harmonic driven blues based histrionic guitar shredding have made him the world’s most beloved American Guitar Hero.

 

 

Tracklisting:

"Autumn Changes"
"Tears Of December"
"Lay Me Down"
"Lost Prayer"
"Darkest Hour"
"The Levee"
"Eyes Of Burden"
"Forgotten Memory"
"Yesterday's Tears"
"Harbors Of Pity"
"Sorrowed Regret"
"Useless Apologies"
"Sleeping Dogs"
"The King"

"Sleeping Dogs”:

A pre-order bundle is available offering a Book Of Shadows II CD signed by Zakk plus a 17"x11" poster. Limited to 1,000 bundles.