Dark Chapel, Zakk Sabbath, and Black Label Society. The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, Maryland. May 11, 2026.

Monday nights at a rock club are supposed to be quiet. Nobody told Zakk Wylde.

The Fillmore Silver Spring was packed wall to wall Monday night as Black Label Society rolled into the DC area on the back half of their first North American tour since 2021 — and if there was any rust from the years away, it dissolved somewhere around the opening notes of “Funeral Bell.” This was a three-band night done exactly right: a strong opener setting the tone, a middle act that brought the history, and a headliner who reminded everyone in the room why they drove out on a Monday in the first place.

Dark Chapel

Dark Chapel opened the night and did exactly what a good opening act is supposed to do — got there early, played hard, and won over people who had never heard of them. The set was tight and punchy, moving through originals including “Afterglow,” “Hollow Smile,” “Sign of Life,” “Hit of Your Love,” and “We Are Remade” before landing on a full-band cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” that was the kind of left turn that either falls flat or becomes the moment everyone talks about on the drive home. This one worked. The band has a sound that sits somewhere between hard rock and something darker and more atmospheric — and on a night built around heavy music, they carved out enough of their own identity to make an impression.

Setlist: Afterglow / Hollow Smile / Sign of Life / Hit of Your Love / Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover) / We Are Remade

Zakk Sabbath

If Dark Chapel was the appetizer, Zakk Sabbath was the main course before the main course. The premise is simple — Zakk Wylde and his bandmates playing Black Sabbath front to back — and the execution is about as heavy as it gets. Seven songs, all Sabbath, no filler: “Children of the Grave,” “Snowblind,” “Orchid,” “Fairies Wear Boots,” “Bassically,” “N.I.B.,” and a thunderous “War Pigs” to close. Every song was a reminder of why Black Sabbath invented a genre. Every song was also a reminder that Wylde doesn’t just play this music — he was built for it. The crowd that had been warming up for Dark Chapel was now fully locked in, and the temperature in the room had climbed about ten degrees.

Setlist: Children of the Grave / Snowblind / Orchid / Fairies Wear Boots / Bassically / N.I.B. / War Pigs

Black Label Society

Zakk Wylde walked back out as himself — or at least the version of himself that fronts Black Label Society — and the room went up another level. The BLS set opened with “Funeral Bell” and never really let up. Wylde, Dario Lorina, Jeff Fabb, and John DeServio were locked in from the first note, and Engines of Demolition material fit seamlessly alongside the catalog deep cuts. Released March 27 via MNRK Heavy, Engines of Demolition is the follow-up to 2021’s Doom Crew Inc. — a 15-track record written across four years of loss, grief, and relentless road work. Wylde began it in 2022 during the Pantera Celebration World Tour and called it “a sincere ride through the peaks and valleys of the last four years.” Live, it carries that weight. “Name in Blood” hit hard early. “Heart of Darkness” was exactly what it promised. “In This River” hit the room the way it always does — a rare moment of stillness inside a set built on volume and aggression.

The Ozzy moment was inevitable and still landed like a gut punch. “No More Tears” — the Osbourne cover Wylde brought back for this tour for the first time since 2001 — was the emotional center of the set. Coming after “Heart of Darkness” and before “In This River,” it sat in exactly the right place. Wylde has spent the better part of his career living in Ozzy’s orbit, and playing that song now carries a weight it never had before. The crowd felt it.

“Ozzy’s Song” appeared near the end of the set — Wylde has described it as the most personally profound thing he has ever written, a tribute to the man who started it all for him. On record it’s a ballad. In a packed room on a Monday night in Silver Spring, it was something else entirely. By the time “Stillborn” closed things out, the room was spent in the best possible way.

Setlist: Funeral Bell / Name in Blood / Destroy & Conquer / A Love Unreal / Heart of Darkness / No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne cover) / In This River / The Blessed Hellride / Set You Free / Fire It Up / Suicide Messiah / Ozzy’s Song / Stillborn

This tour has been building for months and it shows in how tight the whole production runs. Three acts, all pulling double duty — every member of BLS played both the Zakk Sabbath and headliner sets — and none of it felt rushed or half-committed. The Fillmore Silver Spring is the right size for this kind of show: big enough to feel like an event, small enough that there isn’t a bad spot in the house. Monday night or not, this one delivered.

Black Label Society wraps the first leg of the North American tour with two remaining dates — May 12 in Salem, VA at Salem Civic Center and May 14 in Nashville, TN at Ryman Auditorium. The second leg kicks off August 25 in Albany, NY at The Palace Theatre and runs through October 2 in Bend, OR at Hayden Homes Amphitheater.