Singer, songwriter and guitarist Zakk Wylde returns to Z7 with his riff monster Black Label Society. And he’s bringing fresh material—a new full-length album, “Engines of Demolition,” released in March 2026. Wylde recently toured with the reformed Pantera and his all-star project Zakk Sabbath, and delivered a standout performance at Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham last July. In between, he wrote and recorded new songs for Black Label Society. The release of the long-awaited 12 studio album is followed by a major tour, including a stop at the Z-7 in Pratteln. Three singles had already been released ahead of the album: “The Gallows” launched in September 2024, followed by “Lord Humungus” in February 2025, and “Broken and Blind” in autumn 2025 as the third advance single.
The Black Label Society discography reads like a manual for finely crafted American hard rock and should be mandatory listening for all blues-based rock ’n’ roll musicians. Their simplicity is rooted in a lesson Wylde learned from Black Sabbath’s 1976 release “We Sold Our Soul for Rock ’N’ Roll”: “Less is often more. Except when it comes to guitar solos.”
Supporting act Venom Inc. stand for the resurrection of a metal myth. The band officially formed in 2015, originally conceived by Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan as a one-off project. Then came the surprise at the Keep It True Festival in Lauda-Königshofen: during an Empire of Evil set, three Venom members took the stage together to play a handful of classics—and the venue exploded. Mantas on guitar, Dolan on bass and vocals, and Abaddon on drums: the legendary “Prime Evil”-era Venom line-up was suddenly real again. The unholy trinity is currently working on new material for a studio album due in 2026.
Tickets are CHF 51.

Website
z-7.ch/en/event/black-label-society/

Where
Z7 Konzertfabrik
Kraftwerkstrasse 7
4133 Pratteln

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