Zakk Wylde Workshop

Zakk Wylde is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Playing with legends like Ozzy Osbourne he has greatly improved his playing over the years. Initially he made a solo album by the name of Book of Shadows and later on he progressed with his own band called the Black Label Society.

Zakk formed a band called Lynyrd Skynhead with James Lomenzo and Greg DeAngelo of White Lion fame in 1992 while he was still with Ozzy. They jammed a bunch of classic rock and southern rock tunes from bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Bros, ZZ Top, and Mountain. This lineup recorded the track "Farm Fiddlin'" which appeared on the "Guitars That Rule The World Vol. 1" compilation album, which is now out of print.

Black Label Society are currently on the mainstage of Ozzfest 2002, with Robert Trujillo, also Ozzy's bassist, playing bass for them. You can also catch Zakk playing with Ozzy's band as well.

Odyssey Releases Debut Album through Gasmask Holocaust Records

Odyssey is proud to announce the name and tracklist of our debut album!

The album is called 'Ghosts Of Yesterday', features 10 tracks (and one cover song) and has a total running time of 72 mins. Here's the tracklist along with the respective track times.

Odyssey - Ghosts Of Yesterday

1. Exordium (Instrumental) - 1:56
2. The Last Stand - 4:59
3. Falling Into Infinity - 5:56
4. With Him Came Destruction - 8:25
5. Frozen In Time - 9:07
6. Mind Over Matter (Instrumental) - 4:18
7. Devolution - 12:00
8 Nightmare Cinema - 6:48
9. The Razor's Edge - 4:06
10. Odyssey Pt.1: A Coming Of Age - 11:07
11. Hawa Hawa (Hassan Jehangir cover) - 3:54


An official release date will be announced soon, but the album will be released by GmH Records. We're also working on the album cover, booklet and an official website for the band. Once again, thank you for all the support. For any comments/remarks that you guys may have, you can post them here.

Thanks.

Run To The Hills

The eighties to the early nineties saw Iron Maiden ruling the roost, certainly in terms of the British, and arguably the world, rock scene. They were massive. Even nowadays, when this feat is a normal weekly event, it is rarely achieved by a rock band. Back then – when a number one hit couldn't be guaranteed by selling a suitcase full of singles – it was simply unknown. Given the repute of the band and my appetite for collecting, why then the marked gap where this band's portfolio should be?

There are, I think, a number of contributing factors. Firstly, their thrust into super-stardom came at the same time my personal finances were stretched to the limit. Secondly, my musical tastes were diversifying into more interesting fields. And, thirdly, and most importantly, rock music in general was rapidly losing its appeal.

With the advent of grunge and emo-core the more traditional rock fare became, in some cases, an object of ridicule but when they started remastering and reissuing Maiden's back catalogue I had a mighty big rethink.

With its absurdly pompous intro section, whacky-whacky video and metal-opera vocals, Run to the Hills is a proposition over which we should cast an extremely jaundiced eye. Once that's been accomplished, we can bung it on the record player and howl along to the chorus like we're crazy.