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The Sound of Madness

Studio album by

Released

June 24, 2008

Recorded

2007–2008

Genre

Hard rock^[1]
post-grunge^[2]

Length

41:48

Label

Atlantic

Producer

Rob Cavallo

Shinedown chronology

Us and Them
(2005)

The Sound of Madness
(2008)

Amaryllis
(2012)

Singles from The Sound of Madness

'Devour'
Released: May 5, 2008
'Second Chance'
Released: September 8, 2008
'Sound of Madness'
Released: February 23, 2009
'If You Only Knew'
Released: August 31, 2009
'The Crow & the Butterfly'
Released: April 6, 2010
'Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)*'
Released: June 15, 2010

The Sound of Madness is the third studio album by American rock band Shinedown, released June 24, 2008. The album's lead single, 'Devour,' was released to radio on May 5, 2008. It is the first album to feature Eric Bass and Zach Myers and the only album to feature Nick Perri and the band as a five piece.

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The album's lyrics explore diverse subject matter as opposed to their previous albums; 'Devour' ventures into political territory while 'What a Shame' tells a story about lead singer Brent Smith's uncle, who died during the recording of the album, and how Brent and his cousin, professional wrestler Olivia Smith, dealt with his death. The song 'If You Only Knew,' which is about Smith's then-fiance and newborn child, was the first time that he had written a love ballad for Shinedown.^[3]

Shinedown's tour to support the album subsequently started with the band playing a few festival shows before the release of The Sound of Madness.

The Sound of Madness is Shinedown's most successful album, and has issued one multi-platinum single ('Second Chance'), one platinum single ('If You Only Knew'), as well as all other singles going gold. The album has since been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA in 2016 for shipments over 2,000,000 copies.^[4]

6Chart performances

Writing and recording[edit]

Work on a third studio album began in early 2007; while the record label requested an album to be created in six months, Smith declined, stating that he was not happy with the results of working under the time restraints on the last album, and wished to take his time on the album.^[5] The label agreed to this, ultimately allowing Smith to take eighteen months to prep the album.^[5] Part of the long development time was due to internal issues within band members; during this time, Smith fired both Stewart and Todd from the band.^[6] Smith let Stewart go due to disagreements with the direction of the band, feeling that Stewart was no longer happy or committed to the band.^[5] Todd was fired due to major disagreements with Smith, and personal problems that were getting in the way of the band.^[5]^[7] Then-touring guitarist Zach Meyers later recounted that both Smith and Todd were going through significant substance abuse issues at the time with drugs and alcohol, which lead to much infighting between the two.^[6] The band almost broke up during the period, but Smith firing Todd and stopping his drug use helped eliminate the internal issues, and helped the band move forward.^[6]^[7]

'It's time to just go over the top, literally go above and beyond what a human being thinks they're capable of recording. We want to do a huge hard rock record that has a lot of crossover potential but also some of the most insanely intense and heavy material that this band has ever tried—and see if we can pull it off.'^[8]

Brent Smith, on the 40-60 demos created while recording The Sound of Madness.

Smith spent much of 2007 writing new material, alone, for the third album.^[7] Sessions were prolific, with Smith writing over 60 songs during the period, though the fact that he now lacked a guitarist and bassist was a constant concern.^[5] Smith recruited a number of studio musicians for its recording sessions; Dave Barrett contributing most of the album's guitars, Tim Pearce, contributing some additional guitar, and Chris Chaney contributing most of the albums bass guitar.^[7] The rough demos were sent from the record label to music producer Rob Cavallo, who, upon hearing them, told Smith he wanted to produce the album.^[7]

Release and promotion[edit]

The final result, The Sound of Madness was released on June 24, 2008. The first single, 'Devour,' was released on May 6, 2008 and was the band's second No. 1 on the active rock chart. In order to start touring in support of the album, Smith assembled a new official lineup for the band, consisting of Nick Perri of Silvertide on lead guitar, Eric Bass on bass guitar, and upgrading touring member Meyers to a permanent rhythm guitarist position.^[7] Perri toured only briefly with the band in 2008, before leaving to pursue a solo career, a move Smith was fine with, as he felt the band operated better as a quartet, leaving Meyers as the primary guitarist.^[7]

Through multiple successful single releases, and extensive touring, the album ended up being the band's best-selling, staying on the Billboard 200 charts for 120 consecutive weeks, and eventually being certified double platinum in the United States, indicating two million units sold.^[9]^[10] Six singles were released from the album: 'Devour,' 'Second Chance', 'Sound of Madness', 'If You Only Knew', 'The Crow & the Butterfly', and 'Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)', each one topping a Billboard rock music chart.^[11]^[9]^[12] Of particular note was 'Second Chance', which crossed over to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 7, and eventually being certified triple platinum, indicating three million units of the single sold.^[10]^[13]

The band, with its new lineup, once again toured extensively in support of the album release, spending over two years on live performances.^[9] Tours include a European tour with Disturbed in 2008, the 'Stimulate This!' tour with Staind, Chevelle, Halestorm, and Lo-Pro, in 2009, the Download Festival, in the United Kingdom, in 2009. The band continued touring into 2010, including headlining the 'Carnival of Madness' tour, which involved larger, 10,000 capacity arena venues, and a later 'Anything and Everything Tour', which involved acoustic performances in smaller venues and Q&A sessions with the crowd.^[9]Somewhere in the Stratosphere, a live album/DVD, was released in May 2011, documenting performances from both tours.^[14]

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