Soundgarden, fresh inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, are nearly finished with their final album, featuring late frontman Chris Cornell.

Just before their induction on November 8th, the surviving trio (plus original bassist Hiro Yamamoto) got interviewed by music journalist Allison Hagendorf. At one point, their conversation turned to an album the band had been crafting at the time of Cornell's 2017 death, their first since 2012's King Animal.

"I'm really excited for people to hear it, have our fans hear it [...] sometimes, listening to it, it's overpowering," drummer Matt Cameron enthused.

As far as completion? "We're pretty close," Cameron added.

Guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd were similarly psyched in describing the material, with the latter saying "it was, like, 'holy hell, that's Soundgarden.'"

In the first quarter of 2023, the group settled a legal dispute with Vicky Cornell, widow of Chris. As a result, Soundgarden are in the clear to finish the songs that they had been creating when Mr. Cornell died at age 52. Production is being handled by Terry Date, whose past credits include the band's seminal Badmotorfinger.

Watch the interview with Soundgarden and Hagendorf below.