Soundgarden will perform at the 2026 opening NFL game in Seattle on September 9.
A month later, Thayil announced that the band is aiming to release the album in 2027, in honor of the tenth anniversary of Cornell’s death.
Thayil reiterated the album’s progress in June 2026: “We’re kind of fitting it in with the schedules of the individuals, the producers, engineers, Matt, Ben and myself.”
The band is scheduled to perform at Milwaukee Metal Fest in June 2026
On November 8, 2025, Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jim Carrey . At the ceremony, the surviving members of the band were joined by original bassist Hiro Yamamoto for the first time in 36 years and performed a two-song set: Momsen and Mike…
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It was announced in November 2025 that during the album’s sessions, the band reunited with producer Terry Date .
On September 5, 2025, Bruce Loose died from a heart attack at the age of 66.
In a September 2025 interview with Cleveland.com , Cantrell stated that Alice in Chains “had a tour planned for, like, right now that kind of fell through”, adding, “So we had some bad luck; we planned on doing much more this year, but it just didn’t work out.” He also…
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In a September 2025 interview with Billboard , Cameron confirmed that he, Thayil and Shepherd were “definitely over halfway done with” the remaining eight songs the band worked on before Cornell’s death.
and later became an official member of the band, remaining until his departure in July 2025.