Review: Lana Harris
Black Label Society – The Song Remains not the Same
(Outtakes from the Order of the Black Recording Sessions).
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Taking its cues from the ballad style tracks which were flung through Order Of The Black, The Song Remains Not The Same is half unplugged reworking of tracks seen on Order of the Black and half new material, including a Christmas carol (sans words) to round out what is essentially an album of power ballads .
The recording begins with a stripped-back-to-basics version of ‘Overlord’. The new version still sounds great, reminiscent of a listening experience post concert with the band at 3am in a hotel room with only acoustic guitars. The brief solo is played |
impeccably and marks this song as Black Label Society rather than a cover version of the track which it could otherwise easily be mistaken for.
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