Album review: Alice in Chains, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Virgin)

Your support helps us to tell the story

Support Now

Find out moreClose

My recent work focusing on Latino voters in Arizona has shown me how crucial independent journalism is in giving voice to underrepresented communities.

Your support is what allows us to tell these stories, bringing attention to the issues that are often overlooked. Without your contributions, these voices might not be heard.

Every dollar you give helps us continue to shine a light on these critical issues in the run up to the election and beyond

Eric Garcia

Washington Bureau Chief

The return of Jerry Cantrell's grunge bulldozers stresses the dogged consistency that sustained them after singer Layne Staley's death.

Spread over a 67-minute album, their second with new voice William DuVall, that grinding insistence first impresses, then just grinds. There's an indomitability about their mix of Sabbath vintage and 1990s Seattle scowl, but there are also water-treading workouts which lumber like old wrestlers towards a fate worse than fossilisation.