Love them or hate them, radio rock staples Godsmack have been around a long, long time. First emerging around the time nu-metal spiked in popularity with their 1998 self-titled debut album, the band ended up garnering even more success with albums like Awake and Faceless, becoming the soundtrack to just about every WWE event and US Navy commercial ever. In fact, the band scored #1 debuts on the Billboard 200 with three consecutive albums (Faceless, IV, and The Oracle) – joining elite company like Metallica, Linkin Park, and Dave Matthews Band as just a handful of bands to accomplish that feat. Their commercial success, despite passing through plenty of trends, is awfully impressive.
However, it appears possible the band’s next album may be their last. In a new interview with Orlando radio station WJRR (which you can watch below), the band revealed their plans for new music. As Metal Injection helpfully transcribed…
“The first thing to do is these shows. We have six of ’em to do, last night [being] one of ’em and tonight another one. We have four more to do over the next two weekends. And then it’s pretty loose until October. Then we start ‘touring touring’ in Europe, we do South America, we [play] some international [shows]. We’ll be back first quarter of ’23 with a new record.
“The record’s finished; we’re done recording it. You should probably be hearing new music by summertime — mid to late summer — and then following it up with a second single and the full record by the top of ’23. That’s the plan. And then we’re just gonna hit it one more time hard and heavy. And I’ve gotta tell you, this might be the last one for us — it might be the last record for us.”
As MI also noted, the band have indeed been around a long time. It’s not like they have anything left to prove as far as the music they make, really. They’re all in their 50s and have replayed the constant write, record, release, tour cycle for over two decades now. In fact, the band only releases albums every 4 years or so now, instead of the 2-3 that they used to in the first half of their career.
