“This happened to us and Layne’s family. If we can be OK with it, why can’t you?”: how Alice In Chains silenced the doubters and rose from tragedy with epic comeback album Black Gives Way To Blue

Alice In Chains in 2009.

One of the most iconic figures of the grunge era, Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley had stepped back from the limelight long before his drug-related death in 2002. Seven years later, in 2009, the band returned with new singer William Duvall, and as Metal Hammer found out, an album that turned tragedy into triumph.

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