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Jerry Cantrell has announced a new solo album titled I Want Blood. In advance of its October 18th release, the Alice in Chains singer-guitarist has unveiled the lead single and album opener, “Vilified.”
The news comes just as Cantrell launches a North American summer tour supporting Bush. The seven-week outing kicks off tonight (July 26th) in Bend, Oregon, and runs through a September 15th show in Los Angeles, with tickets available here.
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I Want Blood is the follow-up to Cantrell’s 2021 album, Brighten. The new LP is stacked with notable contributors, including bassists Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Robert Trujillo (Metallica); drummers Mike Bordin (Faith No More) and Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies); and backing vocals by Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan) and Lola Colette.
“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherf**ker,” Cantrell stated about I Want Blood. “It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike Brighten. And that’s what you want, to end up in a different place. There’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing, and certainly some of my best singing.
Sonically, the single “Vilified’ falls right in the Alice in Chains wheelhouse, and features Trujillo on bass and Sharone on drums.
“’Vilified’ travels a lot of places in just four and a half minutes,” Cantrell said of the song. “It’s got a ferocity and really aggressive vibe to it.”
I Want Blood was co-produced by Cantrell and co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age), and was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, California.
Take a listen to “Vilified” below, and see the artwork and tracklist for I Want Blood. Pre-order the album at this location.
I Want Blood Artwork:
I Want Blood Tracklist:
01. Vilified
02. Off the Rails
03. Afterglow
04. I Want Blood
05. Echoes of Laughter
06. Throw Me a Line
07. Let It Lie
08. Held Your Tongue
09. It Comes
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