Grunge legends Soundgarden have announced King Animal as the title of their forthcoming sixth studio album.
"It re-establishes that we still rock, we're still heavy, and we're still a little weird," guitarist Kim Thayil recently told Rolling Stone.
The follow-up to 1996's Down on the Upside (buy on iTunes) is slated for a November 13 release.
Listen to a sample of "Worse Dreams" from King Animal:
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