So I bought the new Alice in Chains album at midnight, and I've listened to it 4 times. Right off the bat, I wanna say that I think Jerry might be channeling the spirit of Dimebag Darrell. Some of the riffage is very Dime like. The main riff in Check My Brain and Last of My Kind are the songs that remind me of Dime. Last of My Kind has a pretty awesome chorus for Duvall too, he really belts it on that one, I was impressed. However, most of the time it seems like JC is singing (which doesn't bother me at all, his style is awesome). The guitar parts in Your Decision go back to JC's solo albums. When the Sun Rose Again has a really cool acoustic riff that drives the whole song, kind of a tribal feel to the song. I forgot to mention how catchy Check My Brain is, I've had it stuck in my head since I saw the video a week or so ago. The rest of the songs are either in classic AiC style, or just kind of... bland I guess. I like the album alot, was it AiC or Cantrells best work? Nah, I don't think so, but it's still awesome as fuck to hear new stuff outta Jerry. BUY THE ALBUM! I hope they keep putting out albums.

*edit* How could I forget the title track? Elton John played piano on it, and there's also a different mix with just piano. It's a really well written song. Gave me goose bumps actually.

Also, on the art side, I did do some painting last night while i was listening to it in addition to what i posted. I just started my 3d character design class, and i'm working on my first face model right now.