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The Opus\xa0podcast is rising out of the\xa0Dirt\xa0for a new season centered on the legacy of\xa0Alice in Chains\u2019 sophomore album. Presented by the\xa0Consequence Podcast Network\xa0and Sony, the hit music history series is back to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the genre-changing classic.

Launching on October 6th, Season 18 of\xa0The Opus\xa0travels back to 1992, a time when alternative music was being pushed towards grunge, putting it in direct conflict with the metal scene. Then along came the Seattle quartet of Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, and Mike Starr with\xa0Dirt, an effort that took the best of both worlds and redefined hard rock for the end of the millenium.

\u201cAs the Seattle sound exploded in the early \u201990s, Alice in Chains created one of the decade\u2019s darkest and most influential albums at the intersection of grunge, metal, and hard rock,\u201d says new host Adam Unze. \u201cThey channeled their pain and grief into\xa0Dirt, a genre bending collection of electrifying songs with hooks that defined an era. I\u2019m so excited to explore that seismic cultural shift on this new season of\xa0The Opus.\u201d

Joining Unze to trace the legacy of\xa0Dirt\xa0will be guests like Anthrax\u2019s Charlie Benante, Bush\u2019s Gavin Rossdale, Baroness, City and Colour\u2019s Dallas Green, Halestorm, author Mark Yam (Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge), and more. Together, they\u2019ll till the soil of how Alice in Chains changed a scene, bared their souls, and moved heavy music in a new direction.

Tune in when\xa0The Opus: Dirt\xa0premieres on Thursday, October 6th. New episodes of the four-part season will arrive every Thursday. While you wait, revisit Alice in Chain\u2019s classic album by streaming or downloading it\xa0here. You can also\xa0watch the band perform\xa0some of the LP\u2019s songs alongside other hits from their catalog on their\xa0current tour, tickets for which can be found\xa0here.

To keep up with\xa0The Opus: Dirt,\xa0subscribe now\xa0to be notified when each new episode drops, and also revisit our 17-season archive. Also pick up\xa0an official Opus hoodie or T-Shirt\xa0at the\xa0Consequence\xa0Shop.