Seattle based ALICE IN CHAINS have announced their highly anticipated new album, ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’, for release in May 2012. First track ‘Hollow’, which was initially released as a lyric video but has taken on a life of its own and even reached No. 1 of the US Mainstream Rock radio charts and the top position on US Active Rock radio charts. The band posted the lyric clip on their official site back on December 18 and it quickly went viral.
As word spread among fans, radio programmers in the US bypassed traditional procedure and began playing the song on air. Rather than wait to receive an official edited track from the record company, stations played the almost-six-minute-long version of “Hollow” in its entirety. Over the course of the weeks that followed, the song’s radio spins increased exponentially, making it the No. 1 Top Gainer at US Active Rock for six consecutive weeks. The song was amplified by the Vevo premiere of an official companion video, which was shot by award-winning director Roboshobo (Metallica, Mastodon, Green Day). Now over the one million view mark, the stunning sci-fi themed clip can be seen here: http://www.tape.tv/vid/393421
Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’ follows 2009’s hugely successful release ‘Black Gives Way To Blue’. That album entered Billboard’s Top 200 at No. 5, sold over one million copies, spawned two No. 1 hit singles (‘Check My Brain’ and ‘Your Decision’) and a third (‘Lesson Learned’) that went top 10, earned two Grammy nominations and saw the band (vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, vocalist/ guitarist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez) headlining a sold-out international tour. Another tour around the globe is planned, starting in North America in April and May before the band also come to Europe in Summer and tours South America in Autumn where already the show at Brazilian Rock in Rio festival is confirmed.
More information: www.emimusic.de/alice_in_chains and www.aliceinchains.com
Source: Press Release
