Metal Anarchy

Shinedown will be releasing a new album, titled “Ei8ht,” on May 29. A lyric video for the effort’s latest single, “Safe And Sound,” can be found below:

Singer Brent Smith commented on the album:

“This album is over a year in the making. Without question, as a band we pushed ourselves like never before. Especially when it comes to Eric. Myself, Zach and Barry are so honored to create, and work with such an extraordinary producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician, performer and bandmate. We are so excited, finally announce our eighth studio album titled ‘Ei8ht’ alongside our ‘Dance, Kid, Dance Act II’ world tour.”

He also added the following about the single:

“‘Safe And Sound’ is about reminding the competition what they are dealing with one by one.”

“Ei8ht” Track Listing:

01. “At The Bottom”
02. “Dance, Kid, Dance”
03. “Burning Down The Disco”
04. “Three Six Five”
05. “Young Again”
06. “Dizzy”
07. “Imposter”
08. “Machine Gun”
09. “Outlaw”
10. “Safe And Sound”
11. “Searchlight”
12. “Bear With Me”
13. “Deep End”
14. “Killing Fields”
15. “Back To The Living”
16. “Wide Open”
17. “So Glad That You Asked”
18. “The Pilot”

In other news, Shinedown have also announced a world tour. Here’s the dates:

05/13 Green Bay, WI – Resch Center *^%
05/15 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival Headlining
05/16 Madison, WI – Kohl Center *^%
05/18 Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center *^%
05/19 Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena *^%%
05/22 Austin, TX – Moody Center *^%
05/23 Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center *^%
05/26 Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena *^%
05/28 Estero, FL – Hertz Center *^%
05/30 Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena *^%
06/02 Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum *^%
06/05 Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena *^%
06/06 Hershey, PA – GIANT Center *^%
07/11 Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle *#%
07/13 Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum *%
07/15 Quebec City, QC – Centre Vidéotron *#%
07/17 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena *%
07/18 Albany, NY – MVP Arena *#%
07/20 Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena *%
07/21 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center *%
07/23 Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena *%
07/25 Knoxville, TN – Food City Center *#%
07/30 Lubbock, TX – United Supermarkets Arena *#%
07/31 Colorado Springs, CO – Weidner Field *%
08/02 El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center *#%
08/04 Tucson, AZ – Tucson Arena *#%
08/06 Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena *%
08/07 Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena *#%
08/09 Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center *%
08/10 Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena *#%
08/12 Billings, MT – First Interstate Arena at Metrapark *#%
08/14 Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena *#%
08/15 Vancouver, BC – PNE Pacific Coliseum *#%
08/17 Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place *#%
08/20 Fargo, ND – Fargodome *#%
08/21 Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort *%
08/23 Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair #%
09/04 Dyersville, IA – Velocity Festival
09/10 McHenry, IL – McHenry Music Festival
10/31 Paris, FR – Zénith Paris – La Villette &
11/02 Milan, IT – Alcatraz &
11/04 Tilburg, NL – O13 &
11/06 Prague, CZ – Forum Karlín &
11/08 Copenhagen, DK – Falkonersalen &
11/09 Stockholm, SE – Annexet &
11/11 Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle &
11/12 Düsseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle &
11/14 Birmingham, UK – bp pulse LIVE *&
11/16 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro *&
11/17 Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena *&
11/19 London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley *&
11/20 Manchester, UK – AO Arena *&
11/22 Dublin, IE – 3Olympia Theatre &

* with Coheed And Cambria
^ with Black Stone Cherry
# with From Ashes To New
& with Those Damn Crows
% with DJ Rock Feed