Soundgarden 'King Animal' - November 13th

[Golden Taters]

Soundgarden will release "King Animal," the veteran rock band's sixth studio album and first in over 16 years, on Nov. 13. The set's first single, "Been Away Too Long," hits digital retailers on Sept. 27.

Since reuniting in 2010, the Seattle group has issued retrospective album "Telephantasm" and live release "Live on I-5." In June, they hit No. 4 on the Rock Songs chart with "Live to Rise," a hard-driving rocker written for "The Avengers" soundtrack that has sold 90,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Ben Shepherd and Kim Thayil co-produced the album with longtime collaborator Adam Kasper and recorded at Studio X in Seattle. "King Animal" will be released on Seven Four Entertainment and Republic Records.

In March, Cornell told Billboard the album's sound would be diverse.

"I don't really know how to describe it musically," he said, "because typically with Soundgarden... every time we write a song we always take it for what it is and try to make it the most it can be. It's very diverse, I can tell you that."

"King Animal" is the band's first studio effort since 1996's "Down on the Upside," which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Other releases include the grunge standards "Ultramega OK" (1988), "Louder Than Love" (1989) and "Badmotorfinger" (1991). They reached a commercial peak in 1994 with "Superunknown," which has sold 3.8 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, and topped the album chart, yielding five hit singles and two Grammy Awards.

Overall, the band has 8.2 million albums sold in the U.S. during their career, according to SoundScan.

"King Animal" Track Listing
Been Away Too Long
Non-State Actor
By Crooked Steps
A Thousand Days Before
Blood On The Valley Floor
Bones of Birds
Taree
Attrition
Black Saturday
Halfway There
Worse Dreams
Eyelid's Mouth
Rowing

http://www.billboard.com/news/sound...o-release-king-animal-on-nov-1007950552.story

There is also rumors of Soundgarden AND Pearl Jam (who is working on their own new album) will be doing a joint tour next year.

 

[Trmszczykowski]

That trailer was alright, although I fear Cornell might ruin it. I haven't liked anything he's done since Audioslave self titled album.

 

[citizenerased]

There is also rumors of Soundgarden AND Pearl Jam (who is working on their own new album) will be doing a joint tour next year.

mini Temple of the Dog set in between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam pls.

Kthxbai.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Been Away Too Long is great.. anyone else check it out yet?

Everything I've been reading and hearing about this album make it sound like it's going to be great. I'm trying not to get my hopes too high, because we never know how it's going to turn out, but it's definitely a struggle.

 

[Golden Taters]

 

[DoubleDeuce]

New song released.

 

[Golden Taters]

I'm really liking the vibe of this album so far.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Yeah definitely. And Cornell's voice sounds a lot better to me than it did with Audioslave

 

[Golden Taters]

Yeah definitely. And Cornell's voice sounds a lot better to me than it did with Audioslave

Especially compared to 'Live to Rise'. I wasn't sure what to expect after hearing that song, but the album is shaping up a lot better than I thought it would. Only two songs released....but still.

 

[Woy]

My boss told me whenever this leaks, I'm supposed to get it for him. :rofl:

I'll probably give it a spin also...haven't really listened to much of their work minus Superunknown, but I love that album.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

The torrent is out there!

And this album is fucking sick actually.. better than I expected, and I had high hopes.

 

[ram29jackson]

past your prime is past your prime

 

[DoubleDeuce]

past your prime is past your prime

I'd rank this as Soundgarden's fourth best album. But that doesn't make this one bad; still great imo