‘EI8HT’ is out now via Atlantic Records, and Shinedown arrive at this moment holding more chart records than any rock act in history. The album lands during a genuine cultural high point for a band that has spent 2 decades building toward exactly this kind of momentum.
The numbers tell a specific story. Shinedown currently holds the records for the most No. 1 songs in the history of both Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and the Mediabase Active Rock chart. Their most recent single, “Safe And Sound,” extended both records simultaneously, becoming their 23rd Billboard No. 1 and their 25th Mediabase chart-topper, for the 2nd consecutive week.
‘EI8HT’ was produced by bassist and co-songwriter Eric Bass at his own Big Animal Studio in Charleston. Bass has been the architectural force behind Shinedown’s sound for years, and the new album delivers the massive hooks, explosive energy, and genre-blurring ambition that have made the band global arena headliners.
To celebrate the release, Shinedown hosted a global livestream today at 12:30 pm ET, featuring a live Q&A with the band hosted by DJ Rock Feed, broadcast from Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa, FL. The official music video for new single “Young Again,” directed by Andrew Donoho, premiered immediately after at 1:30 pm ET.
“Young Again” captures the feeling of playing beneath streetlights and looking back on the moments that define us. It’s a track about the present tense, about embracing where you are before it becomes something you’re remembering. The video brings that feeling to life with the kind of visual craft that matches Shinedown’s scale.
This summer, the band takes ‘EI8HT’ on the road with the Dance, Kid, Dance Act II World Tour, covering 11 countries and more than 50 dates across North America, the UK, and Europe. Shinedown will donate $1 from every ticket sold to City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment organization, extending a philanthropic commitment that has run alongside their touring for years.