Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society Drops 'Lord Humungus'—New Single Out Now

you ever hear a song so ridiculously heavy it makes you wanna run through a wall—like, FULL Kool-Aid Man mode—except the wall is made of steel and your doctor is already tired of your bullshit? well, black label society has done it again, dropping their new track “lord humungus”, and it’s got more guitar shredding per second than an entire season of 90 day fiancé has red flags.

no seriously. turn it up. louder. LOUDER. okay now your speakers are smoking—good. that means it’s working.

why the hell is it called lord humungus?

ah yes. lord humungus. not to be confused with your uncle greg who refuses to wear a shirt at family gatherings and insists on grilling 20 pounds of meat just in case. no, we’re talking about the mad max 2 villain who looks like Jason Voorhees if he discovered the gym and started a doomsday cult.

and because black label society refuses to name songs like normal people (imagine if they dropped a track called “Mike”—horrifying), they’ve gone full wasteland overlord mode.

but WAIT. that’s not all.

there’s a music video, directed by justin h. reich, and it’s an absolute fever dream. imagine, if you will—a post-apocalyptic wrestling match where guitar solos are currency and the dress code is “metalhead who got lost in a Halloween store.” there’s sumo suits, there’s hockey masks, there’s enough testosterone to power an entire UFC main event.

and yes, it’s on youtube. and yes, it’s a LOT.

zakk wylde: the man, the myth, the walking riff machine

if you think zakk wylde ever stops playing guitar—you’re dead wrong. this man probably plays pentatonic scales in his sleep. this man probably soloed his way out of the womb. this man is so busy, he’s on more tours than a government spy.

just listen to him talk about new music like it’s not a big deal at all:

“We’ve been recording a batch of stuff while we’re home… I mean, obviously, it’s gonna be a lot of—we’re gonna be doing a PANTERA celebration [tour] throughout 2025, and then there’s going to be ZAKK SABBATH shows peppered in there as well. So I’d imagine somewhere—I don’t know—maybe late 2025, [early] ‘26 or whatever, putting out another BLACK LABEL album.”

translation: “yeah, we’re recording, idk, sometime in the next decade or whatever, no biggie.”

is this a new album? probably. but also maybe not.

listen, even jeff fabb (drummer, professional cymbal smasher, possible wizard) doesn’t know when it’s coming:

“I don’t know exactly when it’s gonna be released, but I heard some time in the new year. So I would assume that we’re gonna tour it. So we’re working on it right now. Actually. I’m about to go to [Zakk’s] house in the next few days and finish up a few more songs that he wrote. And then, yeah, that’s pretty much it.”

AND THEN, YEAH, THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT???

my guy just casually dropped the fact that they’re crafting an entire album like he’s mentioning a trip to Costco.

black label society’s songwriting process

writing music is a deeply emotional, personal process for most musicians—unless you’re zakk wylde, in which case it’s a never-ending volcanic eruption of riffs.

“The way it always goes, it’s always the music first and then a melody. And then I’ve gotta find out something I wanna sing about. So then I’ll write the lyrics. That’s usually always the way it goes. And then, when it’s all done, then the solos go on it.”

aka: “riff first, everything else later.”

this man builds albums like you build IKEA furniture, except instead of following ANY INSTRUCTIONS, he just shreds until the walls vibrate and decides it’s done when his amp physically catches fire.

tour incoming? bro. obviously.

black label society is not a band that stays home—if zakk wylde stops touring for too long, I feel like the earth’s gravitational pull gets weird.

so yeah, expect a tour. maybe a berzerkus festival round two. maybe zakk shows up at your local dennys at 2AM and plays an acoustic set. who knows?

all I know is: “lord humungus” is just the start.

now go blast this at full volume. your neighbors will love it. or hate it. either way, it’s their problem now.

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