All Secrets Known

Album: Black Gives Way To Blue (2009)
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  • This is a track from Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice in Chains' first album in nearly 14 years. It is also the band's first release first with singer-guitarist William DuVall, who replaced the late Layne Stayley. DuVall had previously worked with Comes with the Fall and as part of Jerry Cantrell's touring band for his solo work. Straight away on this opening track the band addresses the loss of Stayley as they acknowledge their personal pain and talk about moving on.

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