Soundgarden's first studio album in 16 years, "King Animal" arrived in 2012, finding the grunge legends still operating at full-throttle.
- "King Animal" was the first studio album Soundgarden released since 1996's "Down on the Upside."
- The album was recorded at Seattle's Studio X, where the band had previously recorded parts of their 1996 album "Down on the Upside."
- "King Animal" debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 44,000 copies in its first week.
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, noted for their distinctive heavy sound and Chris Cornell's powerful vocals. They were one of the pioneering bands of the grunge movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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