Uranium Tour Rocks Saint Andrews

Saturday night Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit played host to one of the year's biggest rock shows: Black Label Society's Uranium Tour.

Although not an actual organization or motorcycle group, Black Label Society draw a large biker crowd, many of which came out to the show Saturday night.

The band calls their fans a "family" and each city has a "chapter" of their own.

However, despite their biker fan base, there were many different types of "Black Label Society Michigan Chapter" fans who came out to show.

The wide variety in ages, gender and nationalities is a direct reflection of the band's own diversity and wide mixture of genres within their music.

People are attracted to their unique performances and frontman Zakk Wylde's (Ozzy Osbourne's long-time guitarist) powerful voice and fantastic guitar work.

When one comes out to see Black Label Society they are not coming to see just another rock show but rather to experience one that is unlike any other.

Saturday's show was opened by alternative rock band Hourcast who did a decent job of getting the crowd ready for the main acts despite the fact that they were a little out of place with the rest of the metal lineup.

The band brought out a guest guitarist for the set: Breaking Benjamin's Chad Szeliga.

Following them were metal group All That Remains who played a short but fantastic set filled primarily with material off of their latest album For We Are Many.

I've seen them a few times now and this was by far the best and tightest they have sounded.

Vocalist Phil Labonte interacted with the crowd throughout the set promising those who had never seen them before that they would win them over by the end of it and judging by the crowd reaction they certainly did that and more.

Set highlights included fan favorite "This Calling", "Some of the People, All of the Time" and the smooth transition between slower single "Hold On" and the high energy "Aggressive Opposition" which found Labonte urging the crowd to start a circle pit.

Finally, it was time for the main act but the packed crowd had to wait awhile as the crew set things up. Set highlights included fan favorite "This Calling", "Some of the People, All of the Time" and the smooth transition between slower single "Hold On" and the high energy "Aggressive Opposition" which found Labonte urging the crowd to start a circle pit.

Finally, it was time for the main act but the packed crowd had to wait awhile as the crew set things up.

By the time the Black Label Society banner dropped to reveal Wylde decked out in a Indian headdress, the crowd was more than ready to rock and throughout the first song "Crazy Horse" it was actually hard to hear him over top of the screaming, whistling, feet stomping and singing the fans were doing.

The band went on to perform a number of their biggest hits including "Bleed For Me", "Suicide Messiah" and "Concrete Jungle" as well as newer material off of their Order of the Black album.

At one point the piano came out and Wylde sat down for a solo and then performed newer ballad "Darkest Days", which was a set highlight.

Wylde also had his obligatory solo which although amazing to watch went on just a bit too long and could have been better served with another song; perhaps the ballad "In This River", which the longtime fans were clamoring for and randomly singing throughout the evening.

The song has become a sort of anthem for the band and it was strange that they chose not to include it.

Black Label Society closed the evening with "Stillborn" to the delight of the crowd but then chose not to come out for a encore which was a little strange for the crowd who continued to stand there for a bit afterwards.

Despite the confusion, it was obvious that everyone involved had a amazing time as the connection between the band and it's fans was apparent throughout the show.