Alice in Chains makes a comeback

Written by Shalindra Rathnasinghe Friday, 11 September 2009 08:00

Fans of Alice in Chains are in for a treat as the band prepares to release a new album, the band’s first in nearly a decade.

The new album, “Black Gives Way To Blue,” is due to be released on Sept. 29 via EMI’s Virgin records. This will be the band’s first record with new vocalist and guitarist William DuVall.

Speaking to Billboard.com, guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney talked about “Black Gives Way To Blue“ and how it was to be reunited in 2006. “We were just hoping to make the best record we possibly could and we did that. Sean and I talk a lot about when you do a record you’ve been working on it a long time and you’re pretty sick of it by the time somebody else hears it. You’re already thinking of the next thing. And we’re still listening to this. It’s still like really exciting to listen to and that’s really good,“ Cantrell said. 

Cantrell also added that the band will continue to tour and promote the upcoming record. The band will be playing dates in the United States and Europe.

Alice In Chains has released “Check My Brain” as their first official single from its new record. Cantrell said that this single is about moving from Seattle to L.A and there is a lot of sarcasm in it. Another single titled “A Looking In View” can also be heard on the band’s official Web site: www.aliceinchains.com. According to Cantrell, this song is about focusing our attention inward instead of reaching out to a much larger world.

“I think this is common to us all. It’s funny how hard we fight to hang on to a bone we can’t pull through a hole in the fence, or how difficult it is to put down the bag of bricks and move on,“ Cantrell said.

The album will also feature Sir Elton John on the title track “Black Gives Way To Blue,“ a tribute song for the band’s late front man, Layne Stayley.

The band has had some turbulent times in the past, including the death of original singer Layne Stayley in 2002 who died from a drug overdose.