1919 Eternal

1919 Eternal (also stylized as 1919★Eternal) is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society. It was released on March 5, 2002, and was written for Zakk Wylde's father.

1919 Eternal
Studio album by Black Label Society
Released	March 5, 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Heavy metal southern metal groove metal hard rock
Length	60:08
Label	Spitfire
Producer	Zakk Wylde
Black Label Society chronology
Alcohol Fueled Brewtality (2001) 1919 Eternal (2002) The Blessed Hellride (2003)
Singles from 1919 Eternal
"Bleed for Me" Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	8/10[2]
Metal.de	8/10[3]
Rock Hard	8/10[4]

Writing

Five songs from the album sessions were written by Zakk Wylde for Ozzy Osbourne's album Down to Earth. Osbourne rejected the songs because they were "too Black Label", so Wylde kept them for this album.^{[citation needed]} The songs were "Bleed for Me", "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom", "Demise of Sanity", an alternate piano version of "Bridge to Cross", and a demo called "Find a Way". The latter two were never released. These original demo songs featured drummer Christian Werr, a friend of Wylde's who happened to be in the right place at the right time to record the tracks. Later, when Wylde went to re-record these demos for 1919 Eternal, Christian's drum tracks were used for "Bleed for Me", "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom", and "Demise of Sanity", which is why Craig Nunenmacher does not appear on these songs.

Artwork

The album artwork is based on a German Nazi propaganda poster used to recruit Dutchmen into the Schutzstaffel (SS).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zakk Wylde, except "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bleed for Me"	5:31
2.	"Lords of Destruction"	5:11
3.	"Demise of Sanity"	3:23
4.	"Life, Birth, Blood, Doom"	4:21
5.	"Bridge to Cross"	5:49
6.	"Battering Ram"	2:22
7.	"Speedball"	0:58
8.	"Graveyard Disciples"	3:20
9.	"Genocide Junkies"	5:53
10.	"Lost Heaven"	4:24
11.	"Refuse to Bow Down"	4:53
12.	"Mass Murder Machine"	5:47
13.	"Berserkers"	5:06
14.	"America the Beautiful" (Instrumental)	3:17
15.	"Llabdeeps" (Japanese edition bonus track)	1:00*
Total length:		60:08

Note: The 15th track is an unlabeled bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album, "Speedball" reversed.

Credits

• Zakk Wylde – vocals, guitars, bass
• Robert Trujillo – bass on "Demise of Sanity" and "Life, Birth, Blood, Doom"
• Craig Nunenmacher – drums

Additional personnel

• Christian Werr – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4)

Production

• Produced by Zakk Wylde
• Associate producer – Eddie Mapp
• Engineered by Eddie Mapp and Sam Storey, assisted by Lou Michaels and Kent Hitchcock
• Editing by Kent Huffnagle
• Mastered by Ron Boustead
• Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management)
• A&R – Paul Bibeau, Tami Fukatami
• Art concept – Zakk Wylde
• Art direction and design – Zakk Wylde and Peter Tsakiris (Drunken Monkey Studios)
• Illustrations – Adam Guyot (Eternal Art Tattoo, Canyon County, California)
• Photography – Maryanne Bilham

Charts

Chart performance for 1919 Eternal

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	149
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[6]	7