 DuVall revealed in September 2010 that Alice in Chains had not begun writing their next album yet , but " there 's plenty of riffs flying around . " He added , " That was the case when we first started back up . We would just stockpile these fragments , and then some time later we would sift through the mountain of stuff , and that 's what became Black Gives Way to Blue . The same thing has been happening since we 've been touring Black Gives Way to Blue , so it would be only natural to at some point say , ' Hey , we 've got a lot of stuff . Let 's sift through and see what we 've got this time . ' " DuVall also mentioned that it was possible that the new album would feature songs that were written for Black Gives Way to Blue . 
 DuVall revealed in September 2010 that Alice in Chains <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> not begun writing their next album yet , but " <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> 's plenty of riffs flying around . " He added , " That was the case when we first started back up . We would just stockpile these fragments , and then some time later we would sift through the mountain of stuff , and that 's what became Black Gives Way to Blue . The same thing <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been happening since we 've been touring Black Gives Way to Blue , so it would be only natural to at some point say , ' Hey , we 've got a lot of stuff . Let 's sift through and see what we 've<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> got this time . ' " DuVall also mentioned that it was possible that the new album would feature songs <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> written for Black Gives Way to Blue . 
DuVall revealed in September 2010 dat Alice in Chains done not begun writing their next album yet , but " it 's plenty of riffs flying around . " He added , " That was the case when we first started back up . We would jus stockpile these fragments , and then sum time later we would sift thru the mountain of ish , and that 's wat became Black Gives Way to Blue . The same thing have been happening since we 've been touring Black Gives Way to Blue , so it would b only natural to at ssumpoint say , ' Hey , we 've got a lot of stshii Let 's sift through and see what we 've been got dis time . ' " DuVall also mentioned that it was possible tdatthe new mixtape would feature songs was written fa Black Gives Way to Blue .