Billboard.com has issued the following report from John Benson:

Armed with its first album in nearly 14 years, ALICE IN CHAINS singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney tell Billboard.com the band's new album, Black Gives Way To Blue, which is due out September 29th on Virgin/EMI, doesn't stray too far from the Seattle band's influential catalog.

"It's nice to sound like yourself," laughs Kinney. "It's not really that hard, actually. I know people are blown away that we really sound like ourselves, and I understand the apprehension, but it's not really that big a stretch to sound the way that you sound."

Read more at Billboard.com.

As previously reported, Alice In Chains have confirmed tour dates in support of Black Gives Way To Blue. Check out the band's itinerary below.

A new track called 'A Looking In View' is now available for purchase via Amazon below. Two teasers for the track's accompanying video clip are also available 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