The band entered the studio to begin work on their ninth studio album on 30 January 2012
Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma on 9 January 2012, which forced the band to cancel all but two shows ( Download Festival and Lollapalooza Festival) of a previously booked European tour.
TKO Records re-released the self-titled 7″ on November 23, 2012.
The band wrapped up the year with a 20th Anniversary concert in December
Roadrunner Records released a box set of all the band’s albums (with the exception of Dead Again ) for Back to Black Friday 2011, a spinoff of Record Store Day , on November 25, 2011.
On 11 November 2011, Iommi, Butler, Osbourne, and Ward announced that they were reuniting to record a new album with a full tour in support beginning in 2012.
In September 2011, the Roadburn Festival announced that The Church Within lineup (featuring Wino, Greg Rogers and Guy Pinhas) would be reuniting to play their next edition on April 14, 2012. The band later confirmed they would be performing at the Hellfest Open Air 2012. The band performed yet another…
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Alice in Chains played their first concert in nearly 10 months and their first concert after Cantrell’s shoulder surgery at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on August 13, 2011.
On 6 July 2011, it was announced on the band’s official page that their album of re-interpretations, Falling Deeper , would be released on 5 September 2011. The album was a follow-up to Hindsight and contained new orchestral versions of songs from the past, as well as a version of…
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On March 21, 2011, Alice in Chains announced that they were working on a fifth studio album, and both Cantrell and Inez later made statements that they had begun the recording process.