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JERRY CANTRELL – Releases Deluxe Version Of I WANT BLOOD With Spoken Word Tracks

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on January 31, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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NORTH AMERICAN I WANT BLOOD TOUR KICKS OFF TONIGHT

January 31, 2025 – Niagara Falls, Ontario – Jerry Cantrell kicks off his first North American tour in support of his recently released album, I Want Blood, tonight in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The tour launch coincides with the arrival of a deluxe version of the nine-track collection (listen here).

Featuring spoken word versions of each of the songs on I Want Blood, the Cantrell narrated pieces also feature their own unique score with contributions from producer Joe Barresi, engineer Maxwell Urasky, Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, The Black Queen), Roy Mayorga (Ministry), Gil Sharone (Stolen Babies, Team Sleep), Rani Sharone (Stolen Babies), George Adrian (The Maybirds), composer Vincent Jones, and producer Michael Rozon. An animated video series featuring graphics from Boy Tillekens can be viewed here.

“I wanted to do something special and I’ve never done a spoken word recitation of the lyrics, and I thought it might be kind of cool to have it on the B-side of ‘Vilified,’” Cantrell recalls in a recent interview with Scott Lipps. “I thought maybe it needs some music or something, and I was sitting there with Maxwell Urasky, my demo partner. He’s a really talented musician, and he said ‘Let me mess around with it for a night.’ He came back the next day with that piece of music, and it sounded killer. I brought it in to Joe Barresi and he said, ‘Man, you should do this with all of them.’ I got this creative stew going of sending the lyrics out to people, having them come up with the music, and sending it back. We ended up with nine pieces of really interesting takes on the lyrics, but the music is done by creative partners of mine, and it has nothing to do with the real music, so it is truly a standalone piece.”

I Want Blood was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, Calif., and features contributions from Duff McKagan (Guns N’Roses), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan), Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies), and Lola Colette.

The album is available on CD, digitally, and multiple 2LP vinyl variants: https://bio.to/JerryCantrell.

Jerry Cantrell – tour dates:

January 31 Niagara Falls, ON Fallsview Casino Resort
February 1 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
February 2 Portland, ME Aura
February 4 Boston, MA Citizens House of Blues Boston
February 5 New York, NY Irving Plaza
February 7 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore – Silver Spring
February 8 Bensalem, PA Parx Xcite Center
February 11 Huntington, NY The Paramount
February 12 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
February 14 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
February 15 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
February 16 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
February 18 Columbus, OH The Bluestone
February 19 Indianapolis, IN Murat Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
February 22 St. Louis, MO The Hawthorn
February 23 Chicago, IL The Vic Theatre
February 25 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Theater
February 26 Houston, TX House of Blues Houston
February 27 San Antonio, TX The Aztec Theatre
March 1 Mesa, AZ The Nile Theater
March 2 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues Las Vegas
March 4 Los Angeles, CA The Belasco
March 5 Ventura, CA The Majestic Ventura Theater
March 7 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory – Spokane
March 8 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
March 9 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre

May 31 Padua, IT Hall
June 1 Milan, IT Magazzini Generali
June 4 Krakow, PL Mystic Festival
June 6 Berlin, DE Columbia Theater
June 7 Nüremberg, DE Rock im Park
June 8 Nürnberg, DE Rock am Ring
June 10 Zagreb, HR The Culture Factory
June 12 Nickelsdorf, AT Nova Rock Festival
June 13 Hradec Kralove, CZ Rock The People
June 14 – 15 Donington Park, UK Download Festival
June 17 London, UK O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 19 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
June 20 Dessel, BE Graspop Metal Meeting
June 22 Clisson, FR Hellfest Open Air Festival
June 24 Paris, FR La Machine du Moulin Rouge
June 25 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
June 26 Hamburg, DE Gruenspan
June 28 Oslo, NO Tons of Rock

Tickets are available now at jerrycantrell.com/tour. Filter opens on all North American dates.

Photo credit: Nick Fancher

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.”

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RED FANG Kick Off 20TH Anniversary Year With Deep Cuts (March 14, RELAPSE RECORDS)

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RARITIES COLLECTION FEATURES 26 SONGS FROM VARIOUS B-SIDES, COMPILATIONS AND SINGLES

Listen to “It’s Always There” here

January 31, 2025, PORTLAND – Red Fang kicks off their 20th-anniversary celebrations with the March 14 release of Deep Cuts, an extensive 26-song collection of non-album tracks, covers, and previously unreleased singles.

A preview of the album arrives today with the release of “It’s Always There” (https://orcd.co/redfang-deepcuts), a track from the deluxe version of Whales and Leeches. “I remember really liking the melancholic vibe of ‘It’s Always There,’ but Aaron and I had no vocal ideas coming to mind,” recalls Bryan Giles. “When I lived in San Diego, I became friendly with Pall Jenkins, and was always a fan of Three mile Pilot and The Black Heart Procession, so it was exciting for me to enlist his help bringing the song to life. I think he did a really beautiful job on it!”

Deep Cuts also includes several covers, such as the Wipers’ “Over The Edge,” and Tubeway Army’s “Listen To Sirens,” along with rare Red Fang originals like “Antidote” (from the mobile game, “Red Fang: Headbang!”) and “Wires (demo),” which makes its vinyl debut.

“Perhaps unremarkable to anyone else, it’s fucking amazing to me that we have made it TWENTY YEARS,” Aaron Beam shares. “Before we started jamming in John Sherman’s basement, I’d already been in 40 (maybe more!) bands, none of which lasted more than a year or two. Yet somehow in 2005, for the first time since probably 1987 I found myself without any band to play in. It turned out this was also true of John, David, and Bryan! So it was only natural that we’d start playing together.

All we ever wanted to do was make music that we knew our friends would be stoked to hear at a basement party. Our first show was in David’s basement, and no matter how big the stages were that we ended up playing, we always tried to bring as much of that basement party feeling as we could. 

In that regard, this double album feels very much at home. It’s got a sampling of the weird variety of covers that reflect the different shit that inspire us. The computer drum-laden home demo for ‘Wires’ gives a little peek into the process that we pretty rarely but sometimes used for writing (more often than not, all the writing happened in the jam space). There’s of course a generous helping of rare B-sides and bonus tracks that might be hard to find even in today’s digital world. And there’s even a smattering of pretty atypical GarageBand demos that are some of my favorite things to listen to on this record. They could probably never make a regular Red Fang release, but really let you see what is going on in our heads when we’re not banging them!

Please enjoy this record that we are happy to have made for you.”

Deep Cuts is available as a 2xLP set, as well as on CD and digital formats. Pre-orders are available now: https://www.relapse.com/pages/red-fang-deep-cuts.

Deep Cuts track list:

1.    Antidote (from the “Red Fang: Headbang!” mobile game)

2.    The Shadows (from Scion AV Presents – Red Fang)

3.    Murder The Mountains (bonus track from Whales and Leeches Deluxe Version)

4.    Weird Poly *

5.    Hollow Light *

6.    Over The Edge (Wipers’ cover)

7.    Listen To The Sirens (Tubeway Army cover)

8.    Stereo Nucleosis (from the Adult Swim Singles Series)

9.    Black Hole (bonus track from Murder the Mountains Deluxe Digital Version)

10. Through (No Talent cover)

11. Champ Chugger **

12. Ice Ice Baby *

13. It’s Always There (bonus track from Whales and LeechesDeluxe Version)

14. Black Water (bonus track from Whales and Leeches Deluxe Version)

15. Pawn Everything (bonus track from Murder the MountainsDeluxe Digital Version)

16. Wires (Demo)

17. In 5 With Keys *

18. Bad Places (Played on the band’s first U.S. tour, one of the first ever Red Fang songs)

19. Forgot To Write *

20. Endless Sea (from the Spelljams soundtrack)

21. Suicide (Dust cover)

22. OMG OMD *

23. LSP (from “Wires” single)

24. 50’s Tremors **

25. AGB Fruit **

26. Feeder (bonus track from Only Ghosts Deluxe Version)

*-Written/recorded during the pandemic lockdowns at the band’s practice space

**- Songs recorded at Aaron’s house “almost certainly while legally high on marijuana”

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Red Fang is Aaron Beam (bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards), Bryan Giles (guitar, vocals, synthesizers, happy accidents), John Sherman (drums) and David Sullivan (guitars). Over their 20-year career the Portland, Oregon based band has released five studio albums: Red Fang (2009), Murder the Mountains (2011), Whales and Leeches (2013), Only Ghosts (2016), and Arrows (2021). Their music videos have captivated a generation of heavy music fans, racking up tens of millions of views. From the beer-can armor of “Prehistoric Dog” to Fred Armisen’s cameo in the zombie-themed “Blood Like Cream,” and the katana-gone-wrong chaos of Arrows,” Red Fang has mastered the art of the music video like no other band.

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