{"id":2069128,"date":"2026-07-30T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2069128"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:47:55","slug":"soundgardens-final-album-is-now-being-mixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2069128","title":{"rendered":"Soundgarden\u2019s final album is now being mixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Soundgarden-Band-2026.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Soundgarden\u2019s final album is now being mixed<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Drummer Matt Cameron confirmed that there would be eight tracks with late frontman Chris Cornell&#8217;s vocals on the record<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Alex Rigotti<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-30T13:47:55+01:00\">30th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Soundgarden-Band-2026-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"2025 Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - Arrivals\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Soundgarden (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Soundgarden\u2018s final album is now being mixed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<b>Chris Cornell songs: the best by the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The iconic grunge band have long hinted they will release their final album with frontman Chris Cornell, who took his own life in 2017. The band were writing new material with Cornell in the period leading up to his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>On the eighth anniversary of Cornell\u2019s passing in 2025, Soundgarden teased what new music might sound like. \u201cIt feels good and invigorating to hear Chris singing from over that horizon\u201d, they wrote at the time. That\u00a0followed on\u00a0from\u00a0initial\u00a0reports in 2023 that\u00a0the band had settled a legal dispute with Cornell\u2019s estate that included the rights to several unreleased songs. By the end of 2025, the band said they were \u201cpretty close\u201d to finishing the album.<\/p>\n<p>Now, drummer Matt Cameron has confirmed the album is currently being mixed. On the\u00a0<em>Let There Be Talk<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>podcast, Cameron said though the band don\u2019t have a release date yet, \u201cwe\u2019re just gonna try to get this thing mixed, get it over the finish line, and then hopefully we\u2019ll have a better idea what\u2019s gonna come next. We\u2019re just taking it one step at a time \u2019cause it\u2019s been kind of a long process just to get to here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron also confirmed there would be eight songs with Cornell on the record. \u201cI think that that\u2019s pretty much all there is with vocals,\u201d he remarked. \u201cWe had some instrumentals left over that [guitarist] Kim [Thayil] wants work on. So maybe we\u2019ll do some new stuff together, which would be fine by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep 868 : Matt Cameron, Drummer - Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Temple Of The Dog\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KO-_WtpfCU?list=PLjreqtScLwnTcmXi8GhKVcHOtTZIIJ4S5&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Last year, Soundgarden were inducted by Jim Carrey into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The White Stripes,\u00a0OutKast,\u00a0Cyndi Lauper, Chubby Checker,\u00a0Bad Company and Joe Cocker were also inducted on the night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carrey told the audience that night that he once hosted\u00a0<em>SNL<\/em> and requested\u00a0Soundgarden be the musical guest, and was gifted Cornell\u2019s Fender Telecaster after the show. \u201cWhen the Seattle music scene exploded, it resurrected rock and roll for me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I heard Soundgarden for the first time, I wasn\u2019t just excited. I wanted to put a flannel shirt on and run into the streets screaming, \u2018My mother smoked during pregnancy!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Tom Morello has shared an update on unheard Audioslave material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Chris Cornell<\/li>\n<li>Soundgarden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span 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mixed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<b>Chris Cornell songs: the best by the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The iconic grunge band have long hinted they will release their final album with frontman Chris Cornell, who took his own life in 2017. The band were writing new material with Cornell in the period leading up to his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>On the eighth anniversary of Cornell\u2019s passing in 2025, Soundgarden teased what new music might sound like. \u201cIt feels good and invigorating to hear Chris singing from over that horizon\u201d, they wrote at the time. That\u00a0followed on\u00a0from\u00a0initial\u00a0reports in 2023 that\u00a0the band had settled a legal dispute with Cornell\u2019s estate that included the rights to several unreleased songs. By the end of 2025, the band said they were \u201cpretty close\u201d to finishing the album.<\/p>\n<p>Now, drummer Matt Cameron has confirmed the album is currently being mixed. On the\u00a0<em>Let There Be Talk<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>podcast, Cameron said though the band don\u2019t have a release date yet, \u201cwe\u2019re just gonna try to get this thing mixed, get it over the finish line, and then hopefully we\u2019ll have a better idea what\u2019s gonna come next. We\u2019re just taking it one step at a time \u2019cause it\u2019s been kind of a long process just to get to here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron also confirmed there would be eight songs with Cornell on the record. \u201cI think that that\u2019s pretty much all there is with vocals,\u201d he remarked. \u201cWe had some instrumentals left over that [guitarist] Kim [Thayil] wants work on. So maybe we\u2019ll do some new stuff together, which would be fine by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep 868 : Matt Cameron, Drummer - Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Temple Of The Dog\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KO-_WtpfCU?list=PLjreqtScLwnTcmXi8GhKVcHOtTZIIJ4S5&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Last year, Soundgarden were inducted by Jim Carrey into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The White Stripes,\u00a0OutKast,\u00a0Cyndi Lauper, Chubby Checker,\u00a0Bad Company and Joe Cocker were also inducted on the night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carrey told the audience that night that he once hosted\u00a0<em>SNL<\/em> and requested\u00a0Soundgarden be the musical guest, and was gifted Cornell\u2019s Fender Telecaster after the show. \u201cWhen the Seattle music scene exploded, it resurrected rock and roll for me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I heard Soundgarden for the first time, I wasn\u2019t just excited. I wanted to put a flannel shirt on and run into the streets screaming, \u2018My mother smoked during pregnancy!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Tom Morello has shared an update on unheard Audioslave material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/soundgardens-final-album-is-now-being-mixed-3959828&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Soundgarden-Band-2026.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Soundgarden\u2019s final album is now being mixed Drummer Matt Cameron confirmed that there would be eight tracks with late frontman Chris Cornell&#8217;s vocals on the record By Alex Rigotti 30th July 2026 Soundgarden (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach\/WireImage) Soundgarden\u2018s final album is now being mixed. 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