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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 Myers as the primary guitarist. 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.

The first single, ' Devour', was released on and was the band's second No.В 1 on the active rock chart. The final result, The Sound of Madness was released on June 24, 2008. 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. Smith recruited a number of studio musicians for its recording sessions Dave Bassett contributing most of the album's guitars, Tim Pierce, contributing some additional guitar, and Chris Chaney contributing most of the album's bass guitar. 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. Smith spent much of 2007 writing new material, alone, for the third album. 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.' Д«rent Smith, on the 40-60 demos created while recording The Sound of Madness. 'It's time to just go over the top, literally go above and beyond what a human being thinks they're capable of recording. 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. Then-touring guitarist Zach Myers 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. Todd was fired due to major disagreements with Smith, and personal problems that were getting in the way of the band. 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. 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. The label agreed to this, ultimately allowing Smith to take eighteen months to prep the album. 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. The album has since been certified 2Г— Platinum by the RIAA in 2016 for shipments over 2,000,000 copies. The Sound of Madness is Shinedown's most successful album, and has issued one multi-platinum single (' Second Chance'), two platinum singles (' Sound of Madness') and (' If You Only Knew'), as well as all other singles going gold. 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 song ' If You Only Knew', which is about Smith's then-fiancГ© and newborn child, was the first time that he had written a love ballad for Shinedown.

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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. 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.

The album's lead single, ' Devour', was released to radio on May 5, 2008. The Sound of Madness is the third studio album by American rock band Shinedown, released June 24, 2008.

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