Shot to Hell

Shot to Hell is the seventh studio album by Black Label Society. It was released September 12, 2006 and was the band's only record to have been released by Roadrunner Records.

The cover art was originally the three nuns holding shotguns (as seen in the advertisements handed out at Ozzfest 2006), but the artwork was deemed inappropriate and was changed to three nuns playing a game of pool. The band's signature skull, featured on their logo, can be seen on the 8 ball on the table.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Zakk Wylde.

1. "Concrete Jungle" - 3:24
2. "Black Mass Reverends" - 2:37
3. "Blacked Out World" - 3:16
4. "The Last Goodbye" - 4:04
5. "Give Yourself To Me" - 3:18
6. "Nothing's The Same" - 3:01
7. "Hell Is High" - 3:32
8. "New Religion" - 4:36
9. "Sick of it All" - 3:55
10. "Faith is Blind" - 3:36
11. "Blood is Thicker than Water" - 2:58
12. "Devil's Dime" - 2:16
13. "Lead Me to Your Door" - 3:33

Quotes and recording

"I never run out of ideas," Zakk says. "We just came in here and started knocking it out. That's how you make records." That take-no-prisoners attitude is all over such snarling tracks as "Concrete Jungle", "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" and "Give Yourself To Me", while reflective ballads like "Lead Me To Your Door" and "Sick Of It All" mix moody melodies with screaming guitar solos. "It's a real cool mix of heavy shit and mellow shit," Zakk explains.

During the recording of "Shot To Hell", Zakk and crew turned Ameraycan Studios in North Hollywood, CA into a cross between a Guitar Center and a teenage boy's bedroom. "We had a Mellotron in here, a Hammond B-3, a ton of Marshalls and just about every guitar I own," Zakk recalls. "It looked like 'Sanford and Son' out in the parking lot — a whole garage-sale going on with the equipment, you know? And we had pictures taped up on the walls of Randy Rhoads and Jimmy Page, just for inspiration, because you've still gotta listen to music with a fourteen-year-old's ears. Remembering when you were like, 'Dude, we're going to see ZEPPELIN this weekend!' — that's what it's all about, man. Because once you lose that, then you shouldn't be doing it anymore."

Personnel

• Zakk Wylde – guitar, vocals, talkbox, piano, keyboards, mellotron, organ
• Nick Catanese – guitar
• John DeServio – bass
• Craig Nunenmacher – drums

Production

• Produced by Zakk Wylde
• Executive producer – Michael Beinhorn
• Associate producers and engineers – Barry Conley, David Allen
• Mixed by Randy Staub, except "Faith Is Blind", mixed by Dave Allen
• Mastered by Ted Jensen

• Artwork concept – Zakk and Barbaranne Wylde
• Artwork production – Barbaranne Wylde
• Artwork photography – Neil Zlozower
• Artwork design and layout – Rob "RA" Arvizuae
• Artwork casting – Deborah German Casting
• Wardrobe – Bobbie Mannix
• Makeup – Ralis Kahn
• Nuns – Pat McNeely, Mary Lou Secor, Nan Taylor
• Devils – Frank Bettag, David Case, Richard Summers
• Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management)
• Assistant management – Barbaranne Wylde
• Founding Father (A&R) – Mike Gitter

Charting positions

Album

Singles

Billboard (North America)

References