To coincide with the band’s European tour, Alice in Chains released its next single, ” Your Decision “, on November 16, 2009, in the UK
The band made an appearance on Later… with Jools Holland on November 10, 2009, performing “Lesson Learned”, ” Black Gives Way to Blue “, and “Check My Brain” as the final performance of the episode.
After over three and a half years, the band finally released their eighth studio album, in November 2009, under the title Night Is the New Day
To promote the album, the band released an EPK featuring all four of the members being interviewed while the Kiss makeup is being applied on them. An app for iPhone was released on October 27, 2009, featuring songs, music videos, news, photos and networking.
including the single “Day and Then the Shade” a month prior
The music video for “Check My Brain” premiered on September 14, 2009.
and was made available for purchase on August 17, 2009.
” Check My Brain ” was released to radio stations as the first official single from the album on August 14, 2009,
On August 1, 2009, Alice in Chains performed, along with Mastodon , Avenged Sevenfold , and Glyder , at Marlay Park, Dublin as direct support to Metallica.
The music video for “A Looking in View” debuted via the band’s official website on July 7, 2009.