PODCAST: Classic Albums Revisited: Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue


We look back at Alice In Chains’ comeback album – Black Gives Way To Blue (Virgin Records/EMI) which turned fifteen years old on September 29th, 2024. Continue reading


The Hu Shares a Music Video “This Is Mongol (Warrior Souls)” ft. William DuVall of Alice In Chains


 

Mongolian rock sensation and UNESCO “Artist For Peace” ambassadors – THE HU have shared a new version of their 2022 groundbreaking single “This Is Mongol.” With featured guest vocalist/guitarist William DuVall of Alice In Chains now appearing on the updated track, “This Is Mongol (Warrior Souls)” further highlights the song’s original message of promoting Mongolian culture and empowering environmental awareness by adding English-translated lyrics, sung by DuVall—who also produced and mixed the single–and an unforgettable chanting chorus: “Hey, We are warrior souls, rolling like a river of fire / We are warrior souls, running down the dragon to slay / This is our way (This is our way).”  These themes are seen throughout the “This Is Mongol (Warrior Souls)” music video which also premiered today. The video was co-directed by Michael Lombardi, co-producer and lead actor of The Retaliators–the 2022 horror-thriller in which members of THE HU appeared and whose soundtrack included music from the band’s discography—and includes an exclusive sneak peek of the film which is out now on Blu-Ray via Better Noise Films.

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William DuVall to Host Livestream Acoustic Performance This Week


Alice In Chains singer/guitarist William DuVall will host another solo acoustic livestream this Friday, November 27 @ 8PM EST. DuVall has been doing live streams during the pandemic since his world tour to support his solo album One Alone (DVL Records) was postponed. William will appear next week with Alice In Chains as they will receive the Founders Award at the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop) in Seattle, virtually, with a celebration for the band from peers and luminaries. The band will also perform their first show of 2020. Buy a ticket for Williams’s solo show via StageIt.com at the link below. Continue reading


William DuVall of Alice In Chains to Host a Livestream Concert Today


Alice In Chains frontman William DuVall bummed that his upcoming tour of UK and Europe this month was canceled, will host a live stream a performance via his Facebook page today/tonight to everyone, on what would have been the start of the tour. The Live Stream concert will start today at 4:00 PM Eastern U.S. time, which is 20:00 UK time – via the link below. He’ll be performing songs from his debut solo acoustic album One Alone (DVL Records), which features a mix of news songs and reimagined tracks from over his entire thirty-plus-year career in music. Duvall’s live shows have also included stories and inventive cover songs.Continue reading


Remembering Reed Mullin, Drummer for Corrosion of Conformity (1966-2020)


So far, 2020 has been a cruel mistress as the reaper has claimed several giants of the drumming world. One that hits us particularly hard is the sudden death of Wiliam “Reed” Mullin of Corrosion of Conformity, at the young age of 53. Reed was not only a stellar drummer and musician, but he was also almost universally loved by the Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Doom and Stoner Rock community, which is both amazing and insane. It just goes to show the talent Reed had and the breadth of different styles he helped encompass with C.O.C. Equal to his impact on record and behind the drumkit and the microphone, Mullin impacted a ton of people in the scene with his kindness and sense of humor. Continue reading


REVIEW: William DuVall: Live at Cutting Room


 

If you have read these web pages of Ghost Cult, you know one of our favorite albums of 2019 is the solo début album from William DuVall of Alice In Chains. While many know him for fronting that legendary band since their comeback in 2006. However, as discussed in our review of One Alone, Duvall’s lengthy career has traversed genres and time-space in a way that all great singer/songwriters can. The album is introspective, yet fiery and lends itself to this solo setting. With the artist doing a brief tour to promote the release, we were excited to see a new side of the man in person at Cutting Room in midtown east neighborhood of Manhattan. Continue reading


Watch William DuVall (Alice In Chains) Perform Live in New York


Alice In Chains lead singer William DuVall released his debut solo album last week, One Alone, via his own DVL Records label. Watch him perform two new songs live at Coney Island Baby, in New York City. 

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: October 4th New Music Releases


Purchase and stream all the new music released today!

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ALBUM REVIEW: William DuVall – One Alone


If you only know William DuVall from his time in Alice In Chains, you might have missed out on his multifaceted musical career spanning over thirty years. From Hardcore Punk, post-Grunge, RnB, and producer of other artists, he has run the gamut of styles, and often making everyone around him glimmer too. That’s why on his debut solo album One Alone, (DVL Records), it’s so refreshing to hear him just as the title indicates and armed only with his singular voice, and acoustic guitar to bring these eleven tracks to life.

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