Artist · chart history
Black Label Society
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1998
Black Label Society formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, United States. Black Label Society has 15 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Suicide Messiah”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #36. The station that charted Black Label Society most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Black Label Society is Zakk Wylde's heavy metal army, formed in Los Angeles in 1998 with Wylde singing and wielding the electric guitar like a sledgehammer. The sound is thick, sludgy and Southern-fried: groove metal riffs as heavy as a pickup truck and Wylde's growling vocals booming through the middle.
Wylde has run the show with a revolving crew behind him. Nick Catanese was the long-serving second guitarist, Craig Nunenmacher pounded the drums through the 2000s, and James LoMenzo and then John DeServio held down the low end. On 1919★Eternal in 2002 they hammered through "Bleed for Me" and "Genocide Junkies", and Hangover Music, Vol. VI in 2004 brought "House of Doom".
Mafia, in 2005, is the band at full muscle: "Suicide Messiah" grinds like heavy machinery, "Fire It Up" charges, and "In This River" slows everything to a brooding crawl. Shot to Hell followed in 2006 with "Blood is Thicker Than Water" and "Concrete Jungle", and on Roadrunner Records, the machine has kept rolling, piling up twelve studio albums and counting.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Black Label Society on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suicide Messiah | 2 | #36 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | In This River | 2 | #27 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Bleed for Me | 2 | #46 | – | 2002 | |
| 4 | House of Doom | 2 | #45 | – | 2004 | |
| 5 | Fire It Up | 2 | #52 | – | 2005 | |
| 6 | Blood is Thicker Than Water | 1 | #45 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | Concrete Jungle | 1 | #54 | – | 2006 | |
| 8 | Set You Free | 1 | #25 | – | 2021 | |
| 9 | Genocide Junkies | 1 | #86 | – | 2002 | |
| 10 | Life, Birth, Blood, Doom | 1 | #96 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | Set You Free | KILO's Top 30 Kountdown of 2021 |
| 2006 | 45 | Blood is Thicker Than Water | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 |
| 2006 | 54 | Concrete Jungle | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 |
| 2005 | 27 | In This River | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 36 | Suicide Messiah | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 52 | Fire It Up | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 175 | Suicide Messiah | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 231 | Fire It Up | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 237 | In This River | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 45 | House of Doom | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 53 | House of Doom | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2002 | 47 | Bleed for Me | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 46 | Bleed for Me | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 86 | Genocide Junkies | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 96 | Life, Birth, Blood, Doom | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
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