BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE, NOW STREAMING FOR YOU
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 10:24am by Vince Neilstein
It’s still a week away from release, but today you can stream Alice in Chains’ excellent new offering Black Gives Way to Blue in its entirety on Alice in Chains’ official website. In an autumn filled with fucking excellent metal albums, this one is definitely one of the records I’ve been spinning most over the past week or so; now you can check it out too. And best of all, the audio is high(ish) quality; no crappy MySpace player.
Those skeptical of the band with new lead singer William Duvall can now hear what we’ve been talking about. Inevitably there will still be haters who refuse to accept this new incarnation of the band, but if you’ve got a set of ears and a brain there’s no way you can deny that this is good music. Take a listen, and come back here and tell us what you think. Also be sure to check out the 12-minute short film the band put out last week in which all four members comment on Layne’s passing and the decision to get the band back together.
-VN
Ha! I noticed in the past few months whenever a new album leaks before the release, almost immediately (1 or 2 days later) that same album is put on Myspace or official band site for streaming. Fight fire with fire…
And yeah, new Nile leaked today, I wonder when that’s gonna stream :)
Are you sure this is official ? The site address is kinda weird, there are many ads, and there’s no news about this on http://www.aliceinchains.com... It looks like a fake site poorly made to look like something official, don’t you think ?
Still, the album IS awesome…
I am at that site now listening and i am almost positive the site is not an official AIC site. It isnt anywhere near the quality of their regular site and the mandatory pop up add for every track is also making me call shenanigans. From some of the other stuff on the site it appears to be a site created over seas somewhere. The album sounds great but I dont think this is an official AIC approved stream. Their regular site has no mention of it.
Yeah, like, isn’t it what I just said ?
The site is official — it’s been put up by the German branch of AIC’s label EMI/Virgin. It’s totally legit.
Yeah,like it is…i was just like kind of like agreeing and backing up what you ah like said.Sorry if I like bothered you by like following up.
no you didn’t bother me I was just kidding
Awesome album, period.
I never thought I’d like another AIC album after Dirt. Sorry, but I really only liked those first two. I’m pleasantly surprised by this. I’m really digging it. I don’t know how to say this any other way than this, and it doesn’t make sense that I feel this way: Duvall sounds like Layne, but doesn’t sound like he’s trying to sound like Layne. It’s like they lucked out and found another singer that could naturally do whatever it is that Layne did. And he doesn’t sound exactly like him. He’s got his own thing going on too, but fuck…I don’t know what I’m saying. Do you? Anyway, I’ll buy it.
Hmm….Ya know…I kinda don’t like it save for 3 songs. Hopefully it will grow on me like their previous albums recently have. I spent a good portion of the 90’s hating anything “grunge” foolishly not realizing that these guys were pretty much metal (or hard rock with metal tones).
Your Decision is a great song… strong Jar Of Flies-feel to it. Lesson Learned is very catchy.
Take Her Out is very meh for me but it’s a strong album, well done AIC – good to have them back.
I was able to download it last week; it kicks ass; gets better every time I listen to it
I’m not a huge AiC fan to begin with, but I must say that this is one of those times where I’m glad I’m wrong about something. This album is better than I could have ever expected it to be.
Album of the Year????
at least comeback album of the year……
I don’t know – Coalesce’s “Ox” is a monster, but the Chains album is really great too, so it’s hard to choose between the two.
I’m a Seattle lifer (so far) and I’ve been an AiC fan for a long time, so I’ve been rooting for this album to be really good – sounds like it has delivered.
Album of the Decade???
After one listen, I think it’s pretty good. Not great, but good. I actually think the new singer should have gotten more face time. He’s pretty good.
I’ll never understand why bands just dont release it on itunes or amazon or whatever once it has been leaked. I think a lot of people who would have otherwise purchased the record just go and download it for free because they don’t want to wait.
From my point of view, the people who download music for free “because they don’t want to wait” never had the intention to honor the artist to begin with.
I already reserved the album from Best Buy.. it comes with a T-Shirt :D
this is great. definitely the best hard rock album to come out in many, many years.
Sorry guys, maybe I’m the only one, but this album bored me to tears.
And I fuckin love(d) AIC…
Don’t be sorry, it’s not like we care about what you think or something…
I enjoyed it. It has been growing on me for the past few days. A lot of it reminds me of Jerry’s solo work, but i like that stuff. Pretty good album but wasn’t what i was hoping for it to be. Last of My Kind and All Secrets Known are very good.
I’ve listened to the album 4 times now… I’m in love with it. I’ve been a life-long AIC fan. Own everything they’ve done. I was hoping they would deliver with this album, with William Duvall… and I think they have. Definitely isn’t old AIC but that isn’t the point. Don’t know where I’d rank this among the other albums yet.. or if I’ll even be able to. (not saying it in a bad way) But yes, I’m very impressed and sooo glad they’re back. Can’t wait to see ‘em live!
Really killer album, one of the year’s best!
There is alot of old AIC in this new cd so most fans will have no problem picking it up and nodding right along with it. By far not there best work but not forgettable in the least more than worth a listen. The Crunchy churning guitar riffs are there just like they should be. The vocals in places are eerily similar to Lane but never in a outright copying way. Highlights for me were “All Secrets Known” and “Acid Bubble”. with any luck they will putting music of this quality for years to come.
love this cd! glad i decided to give it a try :)