Alice In Chains Album Deets Announced

07/02/09 3:05pm

by Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack)

Alice In Chains will release their first studio album in over 10 years, Black Gives Way To Blue, on Sept. 29 through Virgin/EMI.

The album is the follow-up to the band's 1995 self-titled album and is Alice In Chains' first record since former vocalist Layne Staley died of a speedball — a combination of cocaine and heroin — overdose in 2002.

Fans can hear the seven-minute long "A Looking In View" and watch a trailer for the song's upcoming video on the band's website.

"['A Looking In View'] basically speaks to any number of things that keep you balled up inside. A cell of our own making with an unlocked door that we choose to remain in," guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell says. "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."

Alice In Chains split up after Staley's death, but reunited in 2005. Comes With The Fall's William DuVall joined the band soon after, and Alice In Chains began recording Black Gives Way To Blue last year.

Alice In Chains are scheduled to tour this summer and fall. The six-time Grammy Award nominees will begin the tour with Kid Rock in Detroit and will play one Canadian show at Toronto's Opera House on Sept. 15.

You can see Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez, and DuVall in these cities — additional dates to be confirmed:

July 18 Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park w/ Kid Rock
Aug. 1 Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park
Aug. 2 Stevenage, England @ Knebworth House (Sonisphere Festival)
Aug. 4 London, England @ Scala
Aug. 6 Cologne, Germany @ Essigfabrik
Aug. 8 Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club
Aug. 10 Hamburg, Germany @ Grunspan
Aug. 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
Aug. 22 Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fairplex
Sept. 4 Washington, DC @ Nightclub 9:30
Sept. 5 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of The Living Arts
Sept. 7 Boston, MA @ The Paradise Rock Club & Lounge
Sept. 8 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Sept. 15 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Sept. 19 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Sept. 26 Portland, OR @ Peter's Room at Roseland Theater
Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore