“It’s some of the best work I’ve done”: Jerry Cantrell takes us inside his new solo album I Want Blood

Jerry Cantrell will release his fourth solo album, I Want Blood, on October 18. The Alice In Chains lynchpin’s follow up to 2021’s Brighten sees him joined by the star line-up of musicians he made that record with, including Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, vocalist Greg Puciato and drummer Gil Sharone.  What’s more, he’s also recruited Metallica​’s Rob Trujillo and Faith No More​’s Mike ​‘Puffy’ Bordin, who he collaborated with on his 2002 solo outing, Degradation Trip. “I felt my face was pressed hard against the ceiling of my abilities, as a writer, as a composer, as a guitar player, as a singer, and as a producer,” Jerry says of making I Want Blood, speaking exclusively with Kerrang!. ​“If you feel like you’re in a slightly uncomfortab...

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