Alice In Chains' gives fans a video twofer - one bad and one good!

Black Gives Way to Blue is a great Alice in Chains album. However, the new video for "Acid Bubble" is nowhere near as excellent.

The band (or more likely the vid's director) tried to pull together a "groundbreaking interactive video," but instead ended up creating something that is visually boring. You can check out the video minus the interaction below. And the actual version here.

I recommend just cranking the album and avoiding this video altogether.



UPDATE: Turns out Alice in Chains released another music video for "Lesson Learned inbetween the time it took me to make another post! This one is a better video and reminds me strongly of Cantrell's solo album Degradation Trip.

Alice In Chains Unplugged 2

High quality unplugged performance from Alice In Chains. Congrats to the band for making it to No. 5 on the Billboard Charts with "Black Gives Way to Blue".

Alice In Chains: "Black Gives Way to Blue" Listen Now!

What could be the biggest rock album of the year is almost here. I haven't had time to listen to "Black Gives Way to Blue" online yet, but I have heard only positive things so far.

"Black Gives Way to Blue" comes out this upcoming Tuesday, Sept. 29. Take a sneak peak (or more like full peek) at this Web site.

Alice In Chains "Black Gives Way to Blue" Short Film

Alice In Chains: One Step Closer to Release, Album Cover is Revealed!

I like it. The heart of Alice In Chains is definitely still alive and beating.

UPDATE: Now you can listen to the new song "Check My Brain" at the Metal Insider page. I like the trippy riff at the beginning and the song is catchy as hell. I'm surprised the band didn't release these as the first single.

UPDATE #2: "Check My Brain" is also available from YouTube below. The more I listen the more I can hear some Cantrell "Degradation Trip" influences, which is cool in my book.

Alice In Chains: "A Looking In View" Out Now

The new single "A Looking View" off the forthcoming "Black Gives Way to Blue" is out on iTunes and Amazon retailers. Holy Jesus it's good!

William Duvall does Layne Staley justice and Jerry Cantrell in company deliver a tune that is darker and heavier than anything the band has put out.

If the rest of the album sounds this good, it could be a heavy contender for album of the year. I heard the video comes out tomorrow so I will post it ASAP when it does.

Alice in Chains is back. Staley would be proud.

UPDATE: No video yet. Not sure when it's going to be released. But you can listen to the song now below.

UPDATE 2: The video has arrived. Very professional looking and fits the song.

Alice In Chains: "Black Gives Way to Blue"

Yeah, "Black Gives Way to Blue" is the name of the new Alice In Chains album which will be released on September 29!

The album title is interesting and definitely not what I saw them choosing (I figured it would be some type of play on the band's resurrection). However, I am still betting on this release being huge and hopefully a good one too.



Also if you thought Jerry Cantrell was dead all of those years away from Alice In Chains you were very wrong. In fact Degradation Trip is one of my favorite albums (although a bit depressing) and an essential buy. Make sure you get the double-album though.