Lighting Up The Sky, the eighth studio album from GODSMACK is out now

Lighting Up The Sky, the eighth studio album from multi-platinum Grammy-nominated hard rock band GODSMACK is out now via BMG. The album includes previously released tracks “You and I,” and “Surrender;” which skyrocketed to #1 at active rock radio for four consecutive weeks upon release.

Alongside the release, the band shares the music video for “Soul On Fire” directed by Sully Erna and shot at Studio Lab in Derry, NH.

Co-produced by vocalist/guitarist Sully Erna and Andrew “Mudrock” Murdock (Avenged Sevenfold, Alice Cooper), Lighting Up the Sky is a testament to powerful storytelling. “I like when a record takes you on a journey from front to back. I realized there’s a whole story here about one man’s journey, the ups, and downs,” says Erna. “I believe it’s a story everyone will connect to, on a human level, because we’ve all gone through things in life.” The album explores boy-meets-girl, obstacles in relationships, the polarized political climate and the state of the world, betrayal, connection, rebounds, and more. It also gets into the idea of legacy, what we leave behind; fitting for what Erna has noted as their final studio album.

The Massachusetts-bred quartet will embark on a headlining amphitheater tour this spring that will include festival appearances at Welcome to Rockville, and Sonic Temple. Grammy-nominated rock band, I Prevail will support. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit https://www.godsmack.com/tour.

With over 20 years of chart-topping success, GODSMACK have cemented themselves as 21st-century hard rock titans. To date, they’ve accomplished a staggering 11 #1 singles at mainstream rock radio and have achieved 20 Top 10 hits at the format (the most of any act since February 1999). Additionally, they’ve enjoyed four Grammy nominations and were named Billboard Music Award’s Rock Artist of the Year in 2001. Selling over 20 million records worldwide, the band has released eight studio albums; Godsmack (1998), Awake (2000), Faceless (2003), IV (2006), The Oracle (2010), 1000hp (2014), When Legends Rise (2018), and Lighting Up the Sky (2023).