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Black Gives Way to Blue – Alice In Chains
Alice In Chains’ albums always sounded like an addiction diary of a man soon to be in the ground but then that also gave their music a brutal realism and edge. This was a band that lived by what they wrote. When original lead singer Layne Staley died of a lonely drug overdose back in 2002 it wasn’t a surprise but certainly a tragic event. It signalled the final split in a band that was already drifting apart. The surviving members at that time stated that Alice In Chains would never perform together again.
However in another case of never say never, the boys have reformed the band with new lead singer William DuVall (formerly of the band, Comes with the Fall). For those that cry foul, it must be noted that lead guitarist and co-lead singer Jerry Cantrell has always played a larger role in the final sound of the band that often given credit for and in Black Gives Way To Blue, he and DuVall do their best to establish a new sound that does justice to the original.
The gurgling snarl of Cantrell’s guitar lines are still evident but then so are the soaring vocal harmonies. It’s these layered vocals that always defined the band’s sound and gave them something unique and to hear them again is fantastic. It’s also a good thing that the lyrical message pays homage to Staley while progressing past just the howling rage of drug addiction.
There is always the chance of a band’s reformation never scaling the heights of previous works but with their new album, Alice In Chains version 2 prove as viable as the original and seem to be mapping out a future that will progress beyond the tragic events in their past.
Rob Hudson
www.aliceinchains.com
www.myspace.com/aliceinchains
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