In an interview with Examiner.com’s Keith Ashley, Barbaranne Wylde (wife of Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde), reveals that Zakk will release Book of Shadows Volume II on the 20th anniversary of release of the first Book Of Shadows album.

Says Barbaranne: “We are excited to announce that Zakk is entering the studio after this Unblackened Spring 2015 tour to record BOSII (Book of Shadows Volume II) which will be released early 2016, the 20th Anniversary of the original BOS, followed by a world tour to support that side of Zakk's music. We look forward to the evolution of Wylde Audio and further development and launch of products from our rock n roll lifestyle brand of leather garments, shoes and accessories, Black n'Skull. Zakk and I have a joint foundation for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and that we hope to do more aggressive fund raising in the next year as well.”

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Zakk Wylde officially launched his new business venture, Wylde Audio, at NAMM 2015 back in January. The clip below features an interview with Guitar.com editor in chief Adam St. James discussing his new project:

Black Label Society have announced the Unblackened tour. Originally performed as a one night only concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for a live CD/DVD release two years ago, the show will now make its way across the US. The show will feature intimate versions of some of the band’s most popular songs, as well as songs from Wylde’s best-selling solo album Book of Shadows and his Southern rock band Pride & Glory.

“I always wanted to take Unblackened on the road, we just didn’t have the time until now,” said Wylde. “You can take a song that you’ve played thousands of times and rearrange it, and all of a sudden it’s something totally fresh. The attitude of the songs doesn’t change when we play them acoustically–the tunes are gritty regardless.”

The new dates can be seen on the poster below, and the Black Label Society tour itinerary can be found at this location.

 

 

Black Label Society has been on the road constantly in support of their latest release, Catacombs Of The Black Vatican. The band recently wrapped up a block of successful tour dates with Hatebreed and Butcher Babies which took them across the States and Canada, followed by an electric performance at the 2015 annual Shiprocked cruise. Rocking on the high seas is nothing new for BLS as they have also participated in the inaugural Motorboat cruise just last year.

 

 

Catacombs of the Black Vatican was released on April 8th, 2014 and debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and #1 on the Rock and Independent Charts.