Black Label Society rules Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart for the fourth time, debuting at No. 1 on the April 11-dated tally with Engines of Demolition.
In the week ending April 2, Engines of Demolition earned 24,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate. The vast majority of that sum — 22,000 in all — are via album sales.
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Black Label Society first reigned on Top Hard Rock Albums, which began in 2007, in 2010 with Order of the Black. The Zakk Wylde-led band’s other rulers include Catacombs of the Black Vatican in 2014 and Grimmest Hits in 2018.
In between Grimmest Hits and Engines of Demolition, Black Label Society also made the chart with Doom Crew Inc., which peaked at No. 7 in 2021.
Concurrently, Engines of Demolition bows at No. 31 on the all-genre Billboard 200, the band’s 14th time on the survey, dating to 2002’s 1919 * Eternal.
Engines of Demolition’s lead single, “Name in Blood,” leaps 28-21 on Mainstream Rock Airplay. It’s Black Label Society’s top-performing song on the ranking in more than a decade, since “My Dying Time” peaked at No. 17 in 2014.
“Name in Blood” also returns to the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart at No. 25 after debuting at No. 22 in January. It earned 602,000 radio audience impressions and 397,000 official U.S. streams.
One other song from the LP reaches Hot Hard Rock Songs: “Ozzy’s Song,” a tribute to Wylde’s late former bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, which starts at No. 20 (440,000 streams, 1,000 downloads). The track also debuts at No. 3 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales.
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