Jerry Cantrell announces new album 'I Want Blood'

July 26, 2024, LOS ANGELES – Jerry Cantrell, one of rock music’s most distinctive musicians, returns with I Want Blood, an album brimming with Cantrell’s signature vocals and guitar-driven melodies, on Oct. 18 via Double J Music.

“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherfucker,” Cantrell says of the infectious collection. “It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike Brighten. And that’s what you want, to end up in a different place. There’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing, and certainly some of my best singing.”

A preview of I Want Blood comes with today’s release of ‘Vilified’. The album opener showcases an energy that rivals any of Cantrell’s previous work – powerful, nuanced, and electric – setting the tone for the 45-minute album.

Watch the visualizer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGyIln0-pw

“’Vilified’ travels a lot of places in just four and a half minutes,” Cantrell continues. “It’s got a ferocity and really aggressive vibe to it.”

I Want Blood, co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins), was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, Calif. The album also features contributions from bass heavyweights Duff McKagan (Guns N’Roses) and Robert Trujillo (Metallica), drummers Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More), and backing vocals from Lola Colette and Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan).

Album pre-orders, which include CD, digital and multiple 2LP variants are available here: https://bio.to/JerryCantrell

Exclusive to the 2LP vinyl versions of I Want Blood are atmospheric, spoken word versions of each song on the album.

Jerry Cantrell kicks off a North American tour this evening, joining Bush for a seven-week trek across the continent:

• July 26 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
• July 27 Airway Heights, WA BECU Live
• July 31 West Valley Utah, UT Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
• August 1 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
• August 3 La Crosse, WI Copeland Park
• August 4 Indianapolis, IN Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
• August 6 Cedar Rapids, IA McGrath Amphitheatre
• August 7 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
• August 9 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
• August 10 Maryland Heights, MO St. Louis Music Park
• August 13 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion
• August 14 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
• August 16 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
• August 17 Lewiston, NY Artpark Amphitheater
• August 19 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
• August 21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
• August 23 Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
• August 24 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion
• August 26 Charlotte, NC Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
• August 27 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre
• August 29 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
• August 30 Davie, FL Hard Rock Live (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood)
• September 1 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
• September 4 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
• September 5 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall
• September 7 Durant, OK Choctaw Casino & Resort
• September 8 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
• September 11 Las Vegas, NV Bakkt Theater
• September 13 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• September 14 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
• September 15 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre

WATCH THE VISUALIZER HERE

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