There's always a camera or an iPhone and anytime something happens where you perk up or somebody perks up, then you put that down and what you're doing is depositing it in the account for later withdrawal. Usually there's a period of accumulating riffs and ideas and generally a lot of the stuff happens in odd places and on the road, dressing rooms, soundchecks, warming up before a show. We don't start until we're ready, you can't really start unless you've got ideas to work on (laughs). really proud of the body of work and all that all four of us put into it.ĭid the delay resulting from your shoulder surgery affect the album at all in terms of writing?
I think the songwriting is very strong on this record and I thought it was on the last record too. So it's nice to hear that it's coming across. I keep hearing that from people, comparatively to the last record, and I think that last record was pretty hard too. One of the things I like about The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is there's a real griminess and grittiness to it. With Alice In Chains in the midst of a global tour, spoke with Cantrell about the creative process for the new album, his recovery from shoulder surgery, his possible interest in composing music for films, and why he's certain the band will pull out some rarities out on the road. The result is a powerful work that stands comfortably next to not only the gold-certified Black Gives Way To Blue, but classic Alice In Chains albums such as Facelift and Dirt. With GRAMMY-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Deftones, Foo Fighters, Rush) once again onboard for The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, the foursome dragged their trademark melodic hard rock sound deeper into the depths of sludge.
The 12-song collection is the band's first studio album since 2009's Black Gives Way To Blue, which earned the quartet - guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez, and vocalist/guitarist William DuVall - back-to-back GRAMMY nominations in 20 for "Check My Brain" and "A Looking In View," respectively. This summer is shaping up to be big for Alice In Chains, starting with the release of their new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, on May 28.
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