The album holds out little hope for its protagonists (aside from the much-needed survival story of "Rooster," a tribute to Cantrell's Vietnam-vet father), but in the end, it's redeemed by the honesty of its self-revelation and the sharp focus of its music.
Even given its subject matter, Dirt is monstrously bleak, closely resembling the cracked, haunted landscape of its cover art. Sometimes he's just numb and apathetic, totally desensitized to the outside world sometimes his self-justifications betray a shockingly casual amorality his moments of self-recognition are permeated by despair and suicidal self-loathing. I had heard about Alice in Chains and was familiar. Staley's stark confessional lyrics are similarly effective, and consistently miserable. Instead I scoured the racks for about an hour looking only at album cover art to help with my decision. Cantrell's technically limited but inventive guitar work is by turns explosive, textured, and queasily disorienting, keeping the listener off balance with atonal riffs and off-kilter time signatures. Not every song on Dirt is explicitly about heroin, but Jerry Cantrell's solo-written contributions (nearly half the album) effectively maintain the thematic coherence - nearly every song is imbued with the morbidity, self-disgust, and/or resignation of a self-aware yet powerless addict. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. Covers, demos y otras travesuras en blanco. Susan Hunt (Five Sigma Films) did an amazing job producing it and we mixed and mastered it ourselves.Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. Album Dirt de Alice In Chains: canciones, información del disco. We had wanted to record with Jason Lafarge at Seizure’s Palace for some time and this seemed like the perfect project to try to do there since the sound and aesthetics fit so well with the song. We covered ‘Dirt’ for the Alice In Chains redux compilation, out on Magentic Eye records, but since there’s no shows going on, we decided to record it live in a studio setting. “In the midst of the pandemic, we were seeking ways to continue creating and challenging ourselves before the release of our upcoming record. The clip was filmed by Susan Hunt at 5 Sigma Films at Seizures Palace in Brooklyn, NY. While the group are working on their upcoming effort, they teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere a live video for their cover of the Alice In Chains classic “Dirt.” The cover is featured on the Dirt (Redux), which was released in September via Magnetic Eye.
Brooklyn-based sludge metal outfit Somnuri have recently partnered with Blues Funeral, for the release of their next record, Nefarious Wave.
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