Jerry Cantrell announces new album »I Want Blood« (Oct. 18, Double J Music); guests include Duff McKagan, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin & more!

Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has announced his new solo album, »I Want Blood«, scheduled for release on October 18th, 2024 via Double J Music.

Watch a visualizer video for the album’s first single »Vilified«!

Tracklist:
01. Vilified
02. Off The Rails
03. Afterglow
04. I Want Blood
05. Echoes Of Laughter
06. Throw Me A Line
07. Let It Lie
08. Held Your Tongue
09. It Comes

Courtesy of Speakeasy PR:

Los Angeles – Jerry Cantrell, one of rock music’s most distinctive musicians, returns with »I Want Blood«, an album brimming with Cantrell’s signature vocals and guitar-driven melodies, on Oct. 18 via Double J Music.

“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherfucker,” Cantrell says of the infectious collection. “It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike »Brighten«. And that’s what you want, to end up in a different place. There’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing, and certainly some of my best singing.”

A preview of »I Want Blood« comes with today’s release of »Vilified«. The album opener showcases an energy that rivals any of Cantrell’s previous work – powerful, nuanced, and electric – setting the tone for the 45-minute album.

“»Vilified« travels a lot of places in just four and a half minutes,” Cantrell continues. “It’s got a ferocity and really aggressive vibe to it.”

»I Want Blood«, co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Melvins), was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, Calif. The album also features contributions from bass heavyweights Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Robert Trujillo (Metallica), drummers Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More), and backing vocals from Lola Colette and Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan).

Photo credit: Darren Craig

Album pre-orders, which include CD, digital and multiple 2LP variants are available HERE. Exclusive to the 2LP vinyl versions of »I Want Blood« are atmospheric, spoken word versions of each song on the album.

Jerry Cantrell kicks off a North American tour this evening, joining Bush for a seven-week trek across the continent:

Jul 26 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Jul 27 Airway Heights, WA BECU Live
Jul 31 West Valley Utah, UT Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 1 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Aug 3 La Crosse, WI Copeland Park
Aug 4 Indianapolis, IN Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
Aug 6 Cedar Rapids, IA McGrath Amphitheatre
Aug 7 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Aug 9 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Aug 10 Maryland Heights, MO St. Louis Music Park
Aug 13 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion
Aug 14 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Aug 16 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Aug 17 Lewiston, NY Artpark Amphitheater
Aug 19 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Aug 21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 23 Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Aug 24 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion
Aug 26 Charlotte, NC Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 27 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre
Aug 29 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
Aug 30 Davie, FL Hard Rock Live (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood)
Sep 1 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Sep 4 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
Sep 5 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall
Sep 7 Durant, OK Choctaw Casino & Resort
Sep 8 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
Sep 11 Las Vegas, NV Bakkt Theater
Sep 13 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Sep 14 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sep 15 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre

Jerry Cantrell is an iconic American troubadour, celebrated for his distinctive guitar playing, soulful vocals and profound songwriting. Known for his work in both Alice In Chains and as a solo artist, the GRAMMY-nominated musician has sold in excess of 30 million albums, has been named one of the greatest guitar players of all time by both Guitar World and Rolling Stone, and has been instrumental in shaping the sound of modern rock music. Over his career, he has released six studio albums with Alice In Chains, three solo full-lengths, has had his music featured in films from Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow and Ben Stiller and made cameos in »Deadwood« and »Jerry Maguire«.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well