Soundgarden Detail 'King Animal'

Published Sep 17, 2012

Info about Soundgarden 's new King Animal album, their first full-length in 16 years, has slowly been filtered through the pipeline the last little while. Now, a couple months shy of's November 13 due date, the band have issued all tracklist info and delivered the pile of skulls that is its artwork.The follow-up to 1996'swill feature 13 songs, with the group nobly keeping recently releasedsoundtrack cut "Live to Rise" exclusive to that release. We had heard a a snippet fromnumber "Worse Dreams," and now a little more music is being previewed in a snowy album trailer, which you can see down below.was tracked at Studio X in Seattle, and mixed in Pasadena, CA, by Joe Barresi (the Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer). According to a statement, this was a team effort. While many lyrics were penned by guitarist-vocalist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil whipped up some politically minded words for "Non-State Actor," and bassist Ben Shepherd contributed lyrics to "Attrition."As previously reported, Thayil had said of the album: "It re-establishes that we still rock, we're still heavy, and we're still a little weird."arrives through Four Entertainment/ Universal Republic Records 1. Been Away Too Long2. Non-State Actor3. By Crooked Steps4. A Thousand Days Before5. Blood On The Valley Floor6. Bones of Birds7. Taree8. Attrition9. Black Saturday10. Halfway There11. Worse Dreams12. Eyelid's Mouth13. Rowing