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Canada’s The Metal Voice recently interviewed vocalist WILLIAM DUVALL of Alice in Chains.

In the chat DUVALL talks about his epxerience performing at the final BLACK SABBATH show, the new METAL ALLEGIANCE single BLACK HORIZON.

When asked about the new single Black Horizon

“They (Metal Allegiance) contacted me. I was surprised, pleasantly so. And I said send me what you have, they sent me music for what became the Black Horizon. And I set about writing the lyrics to it. There were a lot of mood changes throughout that music. So this (song) had a sort of cinematic quality to it and I can probably come up with a narrative for this. And that is what I did. I kind of imagined what the experience might be like for human beings to colonize mars. Hurtling through space,. What might it be the experience of the people making the first journey and what if something goes wrong. So that was the seed for the whole story.”

When asked about his experience at the Black Sabbath final show ‘Back to the Beginning’

“We all grew up on Black Sabbath to be part of that show in July (2025) was just unbelievable. I think everybody who was a part of that show, no matter who you are, the one take away since that gig has been the amazement everyone felt when we were on site. You had all of these bands and so many of us are used to having our way with this and that, backstage. Carving our territory, controlling our environment. There was not one sliver of those kinds of shenanigans backstage or that kind of ego, flexing kind of thing. Everyone was so happy to be there. We knew it was special at the time but of course no one knew how short of time Ozzy had left on the planet. But we all knew this was going to be a unique thing. I don’t think there will be anything like that again certainly not in our lifetime.”

Asked how his connection to the Osbournes and asked to perform at Black Sabbath final show

“Going back 25 years when I first moved to LA I would see Sharon (Osbourne). And this was long before I was in Alice (Alice in Chains). I would see Sharon (Osbourne) out and about and she was always really really nice. I don’t know how she knew who I was but she learned my name and every time I would see her she was super sweet. Sharon always took note of whatever fragrance I was wearing, she loved it. That was just a little thing and every time I bump into her that would be our thing. We (Alice in Chains) were really honoured to get the call, we were one of the first calls. And we were just super happy to do it. The Osbournes always great “