Soundgarden

Soundgarden tinker with final Cornell tracks, grief meets grit in the studio

Soundgarden inch toward completing their final album featuring vocals from Chris Cornell, recorded before his 2017 death. With Terry Date producing—his fingerprints already on ‘Louder Than Love’ and ‘Badmotorfinger’—the band reconnects with familiar sonic textures while brushing against what could've been new terrain.

Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd describe the process as bittersweet, with Cornell’s voice stirring both grief and gratification. Cornell’s daughter joined bandmates for their Rock Hall induction, where Jim Carrey delivered the requisite flannel-swathed eulogy with irreverence.