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Sonic Brew is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society, released on October 28, 1998 in Japan and May 4, 1999 in the US by Spitfire Records. Unlike the albums that followed, this album still possessed a distinct Southern rock overtone that up to this time had predominated Zakk Wylde's solo writing style. It contained 13 tracks (lacking "Lost My Better Half" and "No More Tears"); the cover art was printed on clear plastic, with a separate paper booklet. The back cover was printed with golden ink, and the packaging was, overall, a lot higher quality than all later versions.

Sonic Brew
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 1998 (Japan)
May 4, 1999 (US; was re-issued later in the year due to legal problems with original cover)
Recorded1998, 1999 (US bonus tracks)
Genre
  • Heavy metal
  • groove metal
  • hard rock[1]
Length55:13
LabelSpitfire
ProducerRon Albert, Howard Albert, Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
No More Tears (EP)
(1999)
Sonic Brew
(1998)
Stronger Than Death
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rock Hard8/10[2]

There was a long delay before it was released outside Japan, because the drums and vocals were buried on some of the tracks towards the end of the disc, so it was collectively decided to remix it for the US release. Due to the delay, Wylde and drummer Phil Ondich decided to give the US an added bonus and went to the studio in California and recorded the aggressive "Lost My Better Half" as a one-off bonus track for the album - the recording of which reportedly prompted Wylde to pursue a heavier direction for the band's music thereafter. Sonic Brew was finally released on May 4, 1999 with a standard gloss-printed booklet. Early copies came packed with a free Zakk Wylde guitar pick.

Subsequently, the Johnnie Walker whisky company issued a cease and desist order to Wylde on the album cover, which had been designed to match, except for its wording, the distiller's graphic design for its bottles of Black Label Whisky. The band decided to reissue the album with a different album cover, this time merely the band's skull logo and as an added incentive, they wanted to record a further bonus track for the fans who wanted to buy this now-third version of the album. Wylde, Ondich, and Mike Inez of Alice in Chains (who alongside Wylde had helped write the original) recorded their cover of Ozzy Osbourne's "No More Tears" accordingly.

"Born to Lose" and "No More Tears" were released as promotional singles for the album, though no videos were made. Bored to Tears had a promotional video released for the album's 20th anniversary.[3]

On May 17, 2019, Black Label Society released the 20th Anniversary Edition of Sonic Brew, titled Sonic Brew - 20th Anniversary Blend 5.99 - 5.19.[4] The reissued album contains two bonus tracks, a piano version of "Spoke in the Wheel", "Bored to Tears", and an acoustic version of "Black Pearl".[5] On May 31, 2019, the reissued album was ranked number 8 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums Chart.[6]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Zakk Wylde except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Bored to Tears"4:28
2."The Rose Petalled Garden"4:55
3."Hey You (Batch of Lies)"3:53
4."Born to Lose"4:23
5."Peddlers of Death"4:33
6."Mother Mary"4:26
7."Beneath the Tree"4:09
8."Low Down"5:04
9."T.A.Z."1:56
10."Black Pearl"3:27
11."World of Trouble"5:20
12."Spoke in the Wheel"4:13
13."The Beginning... At Last"4:26
1999 US issue track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Bored to Tears"4:28
2."The Rose Petalled Garden"4:55
3."Hey You (Batch of Lies)"3:53
4."Born to Lose"4:23
5."Peddlers of Death"4:33
6."Mother Mary"4:26
7."Beneath the Tree"4:09
8."Low Down"5:04
9."T.A.Z."1:56
10."Lost My Better Half"4:24
11."Black Pearl"3:27
12."World of Trouble"5:20
13."Spoke in the Wheel"4:13
14."The Beginning... At Last"4:26
1999 US reissue track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Bored to Tears"4:28
2."The Rose Petalled Garden"4:55
3."Hey You (Batch of Lies)"3:53
4."Born to Lose"4:23
5."Peddlers of Death"4:33
6."Mother Mary"4:26
7."Beneath the Tree"4:09
8."Low Down"5:04
9."T.A.Z."1:56
10."Lost My Better Half"4:24
11."Black Pearl"3:27
12."World of Trouble"5:20
13."Spoke in the Wheel"4:13
14."The Beginning... At Last"4:26
15."No More Tears" (Ozzy Osbourne, Wylde, Randy Castillo, Mike Inez, John Purdell)6:57

Notes


Personnel


Black Label Society

Production


References


  1. Erlewine, Thomas. Sonic Brew at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  2. Renson, Michael. "Sonic Brew review by Rock Hard". Rock Hard. Retrieved March 30, 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. "Black Label Society - Bored To Tears (Official Video)". YouTube. April 25, 2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  4. "Zakk Wylde Explains His "Fuck Limp Bizkit" Rsant in New Video Interview - "No, I Ain't Gonna Lay Down and Quit"". BW&BK. July 6, 2019.
  5. Papan, Johnny (May 14, 2019). "Zakk Wylde Talks Black Label Society's New 'Sonic Brew' Reissue, Ozzy's Health, More". Revolver.
  6. "Black Label Society's Independent Albums Chart". Billboard.

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Sonic Brew es el primer álbum de la banda de heavy metal Black Label Society. El álbum se lanzó inicialmente en Japón el 28 de octubre de 1998 conteniendo 13 canciones. Hubo un retraso en la edición que saldría en el resto del mundo, ya que se decidió hacer algunos arreglos, saliendo finalmente a la venta el 4 de mayo de 1999 con una pista adicional llamada "Lost My Better Half".



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