"We could literally tour for three years straight, just doing a normal tour, and then come back around with the Unblackened thing. Not that it would be the exact same set, but you know what you're going to see. The tunes you usually don't hear and mellower versions of the songs."

Although Black Label Society is expanded to a six-piece band for Unblackened (with keyboard legend Derek Sherinian and backing vocalist Greg Locascio), Zakk told Bravewords there were plans for a string section, until rehearsals began and it became apparent it just wasn't going to work.