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{{Infobox album
|name       = Shot to Hell
|type       = Studio
|artist     = [[Black Label Society]]
|cover      = ShotToHell BlackLabelSocietyalbum.jpg
|released   = September 12, 2006
|recorded   = 2006
|studio     = Ameraycan Studios (Hollywood, California)
|genre      = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
*[[Southern metal]]
*[[hard rock]]
|length     = 44:04
|label      = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
|producer   = [[Zakk Wylde]], [[Michael Beinhorn]]
|prev_title = [[The European Invasion – Doom Troopin' Live]]
|prev_year  = 2006
|next_title = [[Skullage]]
|next_year  = 2009
}}

'''''Shot to Hell''''' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band [[Black Label Society]]. It was released September 12, 2006, and was the band's first<ref name="AllMusic"/>  record released by [[Roadrunner Records]].

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|all_writing  = [[Zakk Wylde]]
|title1       = Concrete Jungle
|length1      = 3:24
|title2       = Black Mass Reverends
|length2      = 2:37
|title3       = Blacked Out World
|length3      = 3:16
|title4       = The Last Goodbye
|length4      = 4:04
|title5       = Give Yourself to Me
|length5      = 3:18
|title6       = Nothing's the Same
|length6      = 3:01
|title7       = Hell Is High
|length7      = 3:32
|title8       = New Religion
|length8      = 4:36
|title9       = Sick of It All
|length9      = 3:55
|title10      = Faith Is Blind
|length10     = 3:36
|title11      = Blood Is Thicker Than Water
|length11     = 2:58
|title12      = Devil's Dime
|length12     = 2:16
|title13      = Lead Me to Your Door
|length13     = 3:33
|total_length = 44:04
}}

==Production==
According to Zakk Wylde, the band "just came in here and started knocking it out. That's how you make records."{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

The cover art was originally of three nuns with [[shotgun]]s (as seen in the advertisements handed out at [[Ozzfest]] 2006), but it was deemed inappropriate and was changed to three nuns playing a game of pool.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The version with shotguns was used as the cover of the "Concrete Jungle" single.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|id=mw0000582830|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|accessdate=March 30, 2021}}</ref>
|rev2      = [[Blabbermouth.net]]
|rev2score = 7.5/10<ref name=blab>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/shot-to-hell/|last=Alisoglu|first=Scott|title=Black Label Society - Shot To Hell|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 18, 2006 |accessdate=March 30, 2021}}</ref>
|rev3      = [[Metal.de]]
|rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/black-label-society-shot-to-hell-6737/|last=Sickinger|first=Norman|title=Black Label Society - Shot to Hell|website=[[Metal.de]]|date=October 10, 2006|accessdate=March 30, 2021}}</ref>
|rev4      = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev4Score = 8.5/10<ref name="Rock Hard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/black-label-society-shot-to-hell_302595.html|title=Black Label Society - Shot to Hell|last=Kupfer|first=Thomas|magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de}}</ref>
|noprose   = yes
}}

According to [[AllMusic]], despite the band's change of label, "not much has changed artistically, no doubt to the relief of fans. Over the course of 13 songs, the band showcases impressive musicianship, incorporating occasional moodiness and balladic touches into its otherwise charging style of metal. The usual comparisons to [[Alice in Chains]], [[Pantera]], and [[Corrosion of Conformity]] are as apt as ever."<ref name="AllMusic"/>

According to [[Blabbermouth.net]], "''Shot to Hell'' will not cause [the band] to lose fans, even with the abundance of [[ballad]]s this time around. In fact, it is easier to listen to ''Shot to Hell'' in one sitting because of the song variety....''Shot to Hell'' is probably more of what you expect with just a hint of progression."<ref name=blab/>

[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] gave a more positive summary, stating that the band had acquired a greater sense of its own style, with [[Groove (music)|groovy]] mid-speed hits. The review noted that there was an unneeded absence of complexity.<ref name="Rock Hard"/>

==Personnel==
'''Black Label Society'''
*[[Zakk Wylde]] – guitars, vocals, [[talk box]], piano, keyboards, [[mellotron]], [[Organ (music)|organ]]
*[[John DeServio]] – bass
*[[Craig Nunenmacher]] – drums

'''Production'''
{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}
*[[Record producer|Produced]] by Zakk Wylde
*[[Executive producer]] – [[Michael Beinhorn]]
*Associate producers and [[Audio engineer|engineers]] – Barry Conley, David Allen
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by [[Randy Staub]], except "Faith Is Blind", mixed by Dave Allen
*[[Mastering (audio)|Mastered]] by [[Ted Jensen]]
*Management – Bob Ringe (Survival Management)
*Assistant management – Barbaranne Wylde
*Founding Father ([[Artists and repertoire|A&R]]) – Mike Gitter
{{col-2}}
*Artwork concept – Zakk Wylde, Barbaranne Wylde
*Artwork production – Barbaranne Wylde
*Artwork photography – Neil Zlozower
*Artwork design and layout – Rob "RA" Arvizuae
*Artwork casting – Deborah German Casting
*Wardrobe – Bobbie Mannix
*Makeup – Ralis Kahn
*Nuns – Pat McNeely, Mary Lou Secor, Nan Taylor
*Devils – Frank Bettag, David Case, Richard Summers
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Shot to Hell''
!scope=col|Chart (2006)
!scope=col|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Black Label Society|album=Shot to Hell|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 30, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|18|artist=Black Label Society|album=Shot to Hell|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 30, 2021}}
|-
|}

===Singles===
''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' (North America)
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|2006
|"Concrete Jungle"
|[[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|29
|-
|2007
|"Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|31
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Black Label Society}}

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[[Category:2006 albums]]
[[Category:Black Label Society albums]]
[[Category:Roadrunner Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Michael Beinhorn]]


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