The 25th anniversary of Temple of the Dog is just around the corner and the supergroup comprised of members of Soundgarden and what became Pearl Jam, formed to honour late Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood, have unveiled a previously unheard track, ‘Angel of Fire’.

Speaking recently to Rolling Stone, members of the supergroup suggested a new album and even a world tour is possibly on the cards, though Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who first conceived the group and was Wood’s roommate, said it would only happen if the songs are great.

“We’d have to feel really great about the songs,” Cornell told the magazine. “It’s a scary thing. I don’t want to say they’d have to live up to the [first] album, but I wouldn’t want it to take away from it either.”

“It was the same issue with reforming Soundgarden. I’m super excited about writing new songs as long as we don’t detract from what came before, and ultimately we did that. I think the same thing would apply to Temple.”

“I hope if these [gigs] go well, there will be more in the future. That’s kind of why we didn’t want to do an extensive tour. We just wanted to feel out the landscape… It depends on how much fun we have with it, and how much people get out of it,” said guitarist Mike McCready.

The band recently reactivated to celebrate 25 years since the album was released with a North American tour and a reissue of the album. You can check out ‘Angel of Fire’ in the embed below.

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