ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Black Gives Way To Blue' Track-By-Track Review Available

MetalSucks' Vince Neilstein attended an exclusive listening event in New York City last night for ALICE IN CHAINS' new record, "Black Gives Way to Blue". A complete report, including a track-by-track breakdown of the album, can be found at this location.

ALICE IN CHAINS performed their new, seven-minute song "A Looking In View" live for the first time on Saturday (July 18),during the band's stint as guests of KID ROCK during the first of his two hometown shows in Detroit this past weekend. Although it's been posted online and is not an official single, "A Looking In View" has already begun climbing the rock radio charts as the first new music released by the group in 14 years. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell told The Pulse of Radio what the song was about. "The song is kind of generally about how easy it is to remain in a bad groove (laughs),you know, remain in a bad rut," he said. "The most difficult and at the same time easy thing is just to step out of it, you know what I mean? It's like being in a cell that you're locked in, with a door that's not locked. That could be anything, you know. It could be any sort of behavioral or thought process that keeps you there and basically keeps you from growing."

The rest of ALICE IN CHAINS' nine-song set list included older classics such as "Angry Chair", "Man In The Box", "Them Bones", "Down In A Hole", "No Excuses", "Would?" "Again" and "Rooster".

"A Looking In View" is taken from "Black Gives Way To Blue", which arrives on September 29.

The band performed two other songs from the disc, "Your Decision" and the title track, at a private listening party held last week in Los Angeles.

The group's tour starts on September 4 in Washington D.C.