ALICE IN CHAINS have completed the mixing stage of their first album since the death of Layne Stayley. According to a blog post on their official MySpace, it’ll be out this September.

“Hopefully these new songs will strike a chord and make a similar impact on all of you out there that were moved by this band in the first place. These songs have definitely done that with me, and frankly I’m getting pretty sick and tired of loving this stuff alone, so I can’t wait for it to be released so it’ll become your favorite record of 2009 and we can discuss it at the shows.”

“So clear a slot in your CD shelf and schedule maternity leave from work in September, because the long drought will be over soon…”