Shinedown

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Shinedown bassist will miss opening dates of North American tour after "serious mental health crash"

He has sought out professional help and treatment.

SHINEDOWN bassist and producer Eric Bass will miss at least the first few shows on the band's upcoming tour in order to receive treatment after recently suffering "a pretty serious mental health crash". The next North American leg of "Dance, Kid, Dance Act II" is set to kick off tomorrow (Saturday,...

"My bandmates saved my life. Without question. They never judged me"

SHINEDOWN has earned its first-ever Billboard Country Airplay chart entry with the hit single "Searchlight" at No. 54 on this week's chart. The track is taken from SHINEDOWN's latest album, "Ei8ht", which arrived on May 29 via Atlantic Records. The LP was produced by SHINEDOWN bassist and songwriter...

Smith hasn't had an official home since 2016, and that's perfectly fine with him.

In a new interview with LA Lloyd, the nationally syndicated radio host for the "LA Lloyd Rock 30", SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith addressed the fact that he doesn't have a physical home, opting to spend his time as a 24/7 nomad who lives exclusively in hotels. Smith, whose last home was in Thousand...

In a new interview with Primordial Radio, SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on A.I. algorithms and machine learning (ML) models. Zach said (as transcribed...

In a new interview with Donny Fandango of the St. Louis radio station 105.7 The Point, SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers addressed the fact that the band's upcoming album, "Ei8ht", contains 18 songs, which is almost enough for a double LP. Brent said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOU...

In a new interview with The Jesea Lee Show, singer Sam Carter of chart-topping British metalcore icons ARCHITECTS named METALLICA and LINKIN PARK as two of his favorite bands to tour with. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "METALLICA really know how to treat bands… METALLICA, it's, like,...

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SHINEDOWN are ready for the next era, and for a band that's been rocking it for as long as they have, they sound as fresh and exciting as ever. The band's latest album, "EI8HT", features the kind of hard rocking music you've come to expect from the band but with their pop sensibility that makes thes...

LEX LEGION, the new band featuring four-fifths of KING DIAMOND's classic late '80s lineup, will play its first-ever concert on November 28 at Filmstudion in Gothenburg, Sweden. Earlier this month, LEX LEGION released the official music video for its second single, "Gypsy Tears". The clip was directe...

U.S. radio rock supremos Shinedown blaze a trail on style-hopping eighth album

Behind-the-scenes footage from MÖTLEY CRÜE's appearance on the season finale of "American Idol" can be seen below. A week and a half ago, MÖTLEY CRÜE was joined by country-pop superstar Carrie Underwood for a two-song performance featuring the band's hit songs "Home Sweet Home" and "Kickstart My Hea...

25 years since Brent Smith first set the wheels rolling on Shinedown, it seems the Florida rockers are finally getting their flowers. With festival…

Get a sense of what it was like to be at Sonic Temple 2026 through photos of the bands and the atmosphere at this year's festival.

The final day of Sonic Temple Festival was one for the books!

In a new interview with The Vulgar Display Of Podcast, SNOT guitarist Mikey Doling spoke about the reactivated Santa Barbara-based metal/punk rock hybrid's long-awaited new studio album. The upcoming effort is being recorded with producer, engineer and mixer Chris Collier and will mark SNOT's first...