However, in March 2023, DuVall stated there were “no plans” for new Alice in Chains music.
Osbourne later retired from touring in February 2023 after not sufficiently recovering from medical treatment, putting the possibility of another Black Sabbath reunion in concert in further doubt.
The band released their twelfth studio album, Sky Void of Stars , on January 20, 2023
In early 2023, Hickey and Kelly reunited to form Eye Am with Kirk Windstein and Todd Strange (currently and formerly of Crowbar respectively)
In September 2022, Osbourne reiterated that he was unwilling to reunite with Black Sabbath, stating that if the band were to make another album, he would not sing on it. However, he remained open to working with Iommi on more solo projects following the latter’s involvement on Patient Number 9…
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On 8 August 2022, Osbourne and Iommi made a surprise reunion to end the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. They were joined by 2017 Black Sabbath touring musicians Tommy Clufetos and Adam Wakeman for a medley of “Iron Man” and “Paranoid”.
In 2014, Wartell announced that Trouble had begun working on new material for the follow-up to The Distortion Field . No news or progress on the album had been reported until July 2022, when the band entered the studio to start recording it.
In an April 2022 interview, vocalist William DuVall revealed that he was “sure” Alice in Chains would begin working on their seventh studio album later in the year:
The third volume in the album series Heavy Rocks , featuring explorations of hard rock and heavy metal sounds, was released in 2022.
They released two other albums that year, with Fade , which focuses on drone metal , appearing with no prior notice.