1/9/2024 0 Comments Shinedown threat to survival![]() “Outcast” has a bit of Electronica flavor that incorporates a primal drumbeat as Smith drawls, “I’m coming back to outlast every outcast.” The next track asks, “How Did You Love?” with a primitive beat from Kerch’s drums as Myer’s guitar chords weave in out in this tune like an oiled snake. Next, “Cut the Cord,” a hard rocking, drum-driven piece, is accompanied with anthemic riffs that urge listeners to make up their minds and to stand up for their beliefs as Smith croons, “Because victory is all you need/So cultivate and plant the seed…” The intro to “State Of My Head” has Smith’s voice carrying on like a distant thought tickling the back of the listener’s mind before a funky beat kicks in with pounding drumbeats and melodic organ/synths as Smith states that he would rather die fighting. Getting the album off to a rocking start is “Asking For It” with its catchy hook and riff as Smith sings about people who talk too much smack without a way to back it up. Threat to Survival is an eleven track look into the psyche of people as they learn to deal with life, deciding whether to run away or stay and fight. Vocalist Brent Smith and Drummer Barry Kerch, the band’s only two remaining original members, along with Guitarist Zach Myers and Bassist/Pianist Eric Bass, have produced Threat to Survival, their fifth studio album, with Dave Bassett (Halestorm, Josh Groban), Pete Nappi (Kesha, The Veronicas), and “The Ninja” Stevens (Daughtry, Tech N9ne). Now Shinedown is back again to give fans another dose of down-home Rock-n-Roll with their newest album, Threat to Survival, released Septemthrough Atlantic Records. In the interim, Shinedown has toured the world with bands like Seether, Flyleaf, Halestorm, Trapt, Alter Bridge, Godsmack, and Rob Zombie. Their second album, Us and Them, released in the Fall of 2005, produced the hit singles “Save Me,” which spent a record-breaking twelve weeks at the #1 spot on the Active Rock charts, and “I Dare You,” a song Chris Daughtry performed on American Idol and was also featured on WWE’s Wrestlemania 22. Albums The Sound of Madness (2008) and Amaryllis (2012) followed. However, it was not until the album’s rerelease with the included cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” that Shinedown became a household name. After forming in 2001, the Jacksonville, Florida natives hit the scene running with their 2003 album, Leave a Whisper, where hit singles “Fly From the Inside” and “45” put the band on many rockers’ radars. Self-described Rock-n-Roll band Shinedown has made quite a mark in musical history over their fourteen year career.
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