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Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is confident that King Animal is just the start of a new phase for the group, with more new albums to come.

Soundgarden has hired Foo Fighters frontman and documentary director Dave Grohl to get behind the camera on Tuesday (December 18th) and shoot the band's new video for its song "By Crooked Steps."

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says he decided to keep a low profile during the band's long hiatus rather than be a part of a collaboration or something that he didn't start.

Soundgarden's first album in 16 years, King Animal, debuted at Number Five on the Billboard album chart last Wednesday (November 21st), selling 83,000 copies in its first week of release. The CD arrived in stores on November 13th and followed up the band's 1996 album Down On The Upside, which debuted at Number Two. Soundgarden disbanded in 1997 after touring that record, reuniting in 2010 and releasing a live album and hits compilation before getting to work on King Animal.

Soundgarden blasted through 22 songs in front of 1,000 people at New York City's Irving Plaza nightclub on Tuesday night (November 13th), in the first of three such shows to celebrate the arrival of the band's first album in 16 years, King Animal.

Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell was joined by the other three members of the band for a surprise six-song set during Cornell's solo show on Monday night (November 12th) at Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

Soundgarden has unveiled the details of a winter 2013 North American tour that will kick off on January 18th in Washington DC.

Soundgarden has a new album called 'King Animal', their first release of all new material in 16 years. To celebrate, the'll play three intimate shows in New York, Toronto and L.A. this month. If jetting away to one of those gigs isn't financially feasible, Soundgarden will also make a few TV appearances: The band will also webcast a Live On Letterman concert from New York on November 12th at 8:00

Soundgarden have issued a pair of videos in which Chris Cornell and drummer Matt Cameron comment on two songs from the upcoming King Animal album. In one, they talk about the first single, "Been Away Too Long." Cornell says it reminds him of their "'Down on the Upside' period, but having a different energy than anything we've ever done...

Soundgarden will add three bonus tracks to the deluxe edition of its upcoming album, King Animal. According to HenneMusic, the cuts will be demo versions of the songs "Black Saturday," "Worse Dreams" and "By Crooked Steps," all of which appear in finished form on the main 13-song album. King Animal is the first collection of all-new material from Soundgarden in 16 years, and first since the group reunited in 2010.