On February 13, 2013, Alice in Chains posted on Facebook that their new album title would be an anagram of the letters H V L E N T P S U S D A H I E E O E D T I U R R.
Mixing of the album commenced in February.
On 13 January 2013, the band announced that the album would be released in June under the title 13 .
The first single, ” Hollow “, debuted online on December 18, available for digital download in January 2013, along with an official music video.
On December 4, 2012, Cantrell confirmed that the new album had been completed.
On 2 December 2012, Anathema announced their first concert in India. Anathema has performed at IIT Madras as part of the Saarang Rock Show on 12 January 2013.
On 8 November 2012, Daniel Cavanagh announced on Anathema’s official website that Daniel Cardoso was joining in a full-time permanent basis, as a key element of the band. Cardoso and John Douglas both switch positions of keyboardist and drummer respectively.
followed by the “Dead Ends of Europe Tour” with Alcest and Junius in November of the same year
the band co-headlined the “Epic Kings Idols Tour” with The Devin Townsend Project , in North America in September
The resulting album, Dead End Kings was released in August in Europe and North America