''Mafia'' is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society, released on March 8, 2005 by Artemis Records. It is one of the band's most commercially successful releases, selling over 250,000 copies in the United States. The track "In This River" was written before the death of Zakk Wylde's friend and fellow guitarist Dimebag Darrell, but it has since been dedicated to him. In 2005, the album was ranked number 15 on ''

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Track listing

The track "Fire It Up" was featured in the 2005 video game ''Guitar Hero (2005 video game), Guitar Hero''. The end of "Death March" quotes the intro to "Fire It Up".

Personnel

Black Label Society * Zakk Wylde – guitars, vocals, bass, talk box, Minimoog, piano, PolyBox *James LoMenzo – bass, vocal break on "Say What You Will" *Craig Nunenmacher – drums, Shaker (musical instrument), shaker Additional performances *Barry "Lord" Conley – Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments, Buchla synthesizer, Minimoog, piano, PolyBox, OutofControl-atron *Eddie Mapp – Minimoog on "Say What You Will" Production *Record producer, Produced by Zakk Wylde *Associate producer and audio engineering, engineer – Barry Conley *Audio mixing (recorded music), Mixed by Eddie Mapp and Barry Conley *Mastering (audio), Mastered by Steve Marcussen *Artwork concept – Zakk Wylde *Illustrations – Rob "RA" Arvizu *Artwork layout and design – Jason Levy (NoLimitAmerica.com) *Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management)

Charts

Album

(United States)

Singles

Billboard (United States)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mafia (Album) 2005 albums Black Label Society albums Artemis Records albums