BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde recently spoke to Guitar World magazine about the departure of the band's longtime axeman Nick Catanese and addition of ex-LIZZY BORDEN guitarist Dario Lorina."I had called Nick to tell him about the album and he told me that he was already knees deep into doing his own thing and wanted to stick 1,000 percent into it," Zakk said about the decision to part ways with Catanese. "I told him it was cool and that we loved him and that he'd always have a home here."He continued: "The thing is no one ever gets kicked out or fired. If you want to go, you're always able. Now we've got [guitarist] Dario Lorina in the band, and not only is he a kick-ass guitar player who can shred, but he's also a really cool dude."Asked how he hooked up with Dario, Zakk said: "We never do a cattle call or anything like that. With the amount of awesome players I know, it's more of a word-of-mouth kind of thing. I had him come out to the Vatican [Zakk's home studio] to meet him, and afterwards I said, 'Cool. If you want to do it, you're in.' It was as simple as that."Wylde also spoke about what fans can expect to hear on BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's upcoming album, "Catacombs Of The Black Vatican", due in Europe on April 7 via Mascot Label Group and one day later in North America through eOne Music. "I think everyone can expect a lot of fun and excitement," he laughed. "It was like what Chris Farley did in that one skit, where he was selling that hair-care product. Make sure you always use the word 'fun' when you describe it. [laughs]!"Someone asked me what the difference was between this new record and the other nine. I told them that it's basically all of the songs we used on the other nine records, except they've got different titles now. [laughs] It's fun and exciting for the whole family!"Read more at Guitar World.
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