Year : 2014
Style : Hard Rock , Alternative Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 131 mb
Bio:
Godsmack is an American alternative metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released five studio albums, one EP (The Other Side), four DVDs, one compilation album (Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack), and one live album (Live and Inspired).The band has had three consecutive number-one albums (Faceless, IV, and The Oracle) on the Billboard 200. The band also has 20 top ten rock radio hits, including 15 songs in the top five, a record number of top ten singles by a rock artist.Since its inception, Godsmack has toured on Ozzfest on more than one occasion, and has toured with many other large tours and festivals, including supporting its albums with its own arena tours. Godsmack has sold over 20 million records in just over a decade, yet despite the decline of album sales in recent years, they have proven to be one of the highest-grossing artists in the United States.
Album:
1000hp is the upcoming sixth studio album by the American rock/metal band Godsmack.On November 6, 2013 it was reported that Godsmack had begun writing for the new album, yet to be titled 1000hp. On February 5, 2014 frontman Sully Erna tweeted that the band has made massive headway in the songwriting process for album.In an interview with Billboard, Erna revealed that the writing process for 1000hp was collaborative, stating, "When it was time to start writing again, the guys brought in a batch of songs and I had a batch of songs I'd been working on and we laid them all on the table and stared carving through them and seeing which ones we were gonna tighten up and which ones were not gonna make the cut." The result, according to Erna, is a characteristically hard-hitting affair that ranges from the blazing, autobiographical title track and first single to more experimental and stretched-out fare such as "Generation Day" and "Nothing Comes Easy."Prior to the interview, and during a live Facebook Q&A chat, the band was asked whether every member contributed to the album. Erna was the one to answer that question, insisting that, "[E]very one contributed to this album and brought something [t]o the table.When asked about the recording of the album, Erna said, "We actually built a new Godsmack headquarters up in the Boston area, so we decided to lease this 4,000-square-foot warehouse and we built one side with the loading dock, so it's just all of our staging, road cases and touring equipment. And then on the other side we did this really cool living room, kitchenette, bathroom, control room, live stage room and we went and tracked the whole record up in the Boston area and obviously came out to California to mix it. So, it's nice now because we're all under one roof. We have everything there and we don't really need to go anywhere else now to either rehearse for tours or to record new music.1000hp was mixed and produced by Dave Fortman, who has worked with Godsmack on their previous studio album, The Oracle, as well as with other bands such as Superjoint Ritual, Mudvayne, Otep, Slipknot on their fourth studio album titled All Hope Is Gone, and Simple Plan, as well as on both of Evanescence's multi-platinum selling albums, The Open Door and Fallen."I love the studio," says Fortman. "I came back to get that unique sound for this new Godsmack record and we really nailed it and had a great time.""It was great," said guitarist Tony Rombola in response to Guitar World's question regarding how it was like working with Fortman. "He has a lot of ideas and was a lot of fun to work with. He's also a guitar player and plays drums, so he was able to give us input and bounce ideas off of us."The album was co-produced by Sully Erna.In an interview with The Pulse Of Radio, Sully Erna described the sound of the album as "a little bit more raw, a little bit more open," contributing that to the production of the album, which he described as "really kind of raw and in your face."When asked by Revolver's Richard Bienstock about the sound of the album, and how each song brings something different to the table, Erna responded that, "To me, songs like '1000hp' and 'FML'—which has a bit of a Nirvana punky thing in the choruses—are in one category. Then there’s 'Generation Day' and 'Nothing Comes Easy,' which are more epic and weird and unique and artsy, that are in another category. Then there’s straight-up songs like 'Locked & Loaded' and 'What’s Next' that are in the same category." Erna went on to say that it's funny how the songs are paired up like that, but insisted that was "one of the benefits of everyone in the band having their own stuff when we came in to do this record."
Line-Up:
Sully Erna - Vocals & Stuff
Tony Rombola - Guitar & Vocals
Robbie Merrill - 4 String Thing
Shannon Larkin -Drums & Concussions
Tracklist:
01. 1000hp
02. FML
03. Something Different
04. What's Next?
05. Generation Day
06. Locked & Loaded
07. Living In The Gray
08. I Don't Belong
09. Nothing Comes Easy
10. Turning To Stone
11. Life Is Good! (Bonus Track)
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