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Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 3:44 PM
Black Label Society, Hatebreed, Butcher Babies
The Fillmore
Jan. 18, 2015
Watching Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde play a guitar is a lot like watching a Hell's Angel ride a tricycle. It's about power and speed, not about simplicity or intense emotion. For the better part of 10 minutes, Wylde unleashed a solo in the midst of his BLS concert on Sunday night at the Fillmore that was relentless. His left hand flew up the fretboard while his right chugged across the strings vigorously. Staccato notes bounced off the walls in a barrage on the audience. It never really ended, either. Instead, the band returned to the stage and rolled right into the next song, "Godspeed Hell Bound."
There are guitar solos that serve songs and there are displays of self-aggrandizing guitarsturbation that are pointless. I'd say Wylde's moments in the spotlight are somewhere in between. They lean more toward self-serving, sure, but how many guitarists out there can do what he does with the same level of speed and skill? The now 48-year-old had to fill the shoes of deceased Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads — when he was 19. To metal fans, Wylde is a guitar god.
For about an hour and 15 minutes, Black Label Society blasted loud, churning metal that was far more melodic than either of the opening bands. Hey, the guy did play with Ozzy Osbourne for the better part of two decades. He paid tribute to his good friend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott with the song "In This River." Wylde closed his set with the song "Stillborn" as he cruised through solo after solo showcasing his talents and high-speed techniques.
The night opened with a 30-minute set by the two-female fronted Butcher Babies and a 45-minute set from Hatebreed — both of which will return to Charlotte in May for Carolina Rebellion and did solid jobs of getting the crowd ready for Wylde and Co.
Black Label Society setlist
The Beginning... At Last
Funeral Bell
Bleed for Me
Heart of Darkness
Suicide Messiah
My Dying Time
Damn the Flood
Guitar Solo
Godspeed Hell Bound
Angel of Mercy
In This River
The Blessed Hellride
Concrete Jungle
Stillborn
Hatebreed setlist
To the Threshold
Dead Man Breathing
Honor Never Dies
Everyone Bleeds Now
In Ashes They Shall Reap
Indivisible
As Diehard as They Come
Boundless (Time to Murder It)
Last Breath
Perseverance
This Is Now
I Will Be Heard
Destroy Everything
Butcher Babies setlist
I Smell a Massacre
The Mirror Never Lies
Goliath
Jesus Needs More Babies for His War Machine
Mr. Slowdeath
The Deathsurround
Axe Wound
Magnolia Blvd.
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