Dean Goodman from Reuters is reporting:

"It’s been a long road to get here, man. There’s a lot of miles to go.” Thus spake ALICE IN CHAINS singer/guitarist Jerry Cantrell as his resurrected, new-look band previewed its first studio album in 14 years at a listening party in Hollywood on Tuesday.

Cantrell, accompanied by new singer/guitarist William DuVall, bass player Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney, performed a three-song acoustic set at the Montalban Theatre, including the title track from the new album, Black Gives Way To Blue, due in stores on September 29.

Cantrell described the song as a “deep” tribute to DuVall’s predecessor, Layne Staley, who lost his lengthy battle with drugs in 2002. It includes a glockenspiel turn by Kinney. The band also played another new song, 'Your Decision', and 'Down In A Hole', from its 1992 breakthrough Dirt.

Beforehand, guests heard the entire album on the PA system after checking in their cell phones at the door to prevent piracy. The heavy guitars, submerged vocals and thunderous rhythm section quickly assured fans that the band has lost none of its menace. The new video, “A Looking in View,” also played in a loop. It boasts full-frontal female nudity. Among those in the audience were VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bass player Duff McKagan.

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'A Looking In View' is now available for purchase via Amazon below.

About 'A Looking In View', Alice In Chains vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell says, “The song basically speaks to any number of things that keep you balled up inside. A cell of our own making with an unlocked door that we choose to remain in. Focusing our attention inward instead of reaching out to a much larger world. I think this is common to us all. It’s funny how hard we fight to hang on to a bone we can’t pull through a hole in the fence, or how difficult it is to put down the bag of bricks and move on.”

Black Gives Way To Blue is the band’s first new studio release in more than 10 years. The quartet (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and vocalist/guitarist William DuVall) recorded the album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS) at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA and Henson Studios in Hollywood.

Alice In Chains tour dates:

July

18 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park (with Kid Rock)

August

1 - Dublin, Ireland - Marlay Park
2 - Stevenage, UK - Knebworth House - Sonisphere
4 - London, UK - Scala
6 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
8 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
10 - Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
12 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
22 - Pomona, CA - Epicenter

September

4 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
5 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
7 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
8 - New York, NY - The Fillmore
15 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
16 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
19 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
20 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
21 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
26 - Portland, OR - Roseland Grill
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore