
Smith: I'm very grateful for the fact that it was the beginning of the band's career. Your debut Leave A Whisper is nearing its 20th anniversary. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. "We're saying, 'Is this what you wanted? For us to be at each other's throats?'" And from a parallel Zoom window, Shinedown bassist, producer and engineer Eric Bass agrees: "We're really talking to those forces that divide us - forces in government, forces in media, forces in Big Tech," he adds. "It's the reflection of what you just went through," Smith tells, referring to the arc of Planet Zero. Then, what bandleader Brent Smith calls "the deep breath" at the end of the 20-song voyage: the contemplative, string-driven "What You Wanted." "Delete" consists of a computerized totalitarian demanding mass obedience, and the sound of the listener shutting her off. The Florida rockers are about to go out with their upcoming album, Planet Zero - and in a way, its penultimate track tells the whole story. After two years of a politicized pandemic, ideological howling and torpedoing strangers' livelihoods by smartphone, Shinedown is ready to "throw down on the road" and "give people their confidence back." Hence, one type of racket - a joyful one - can supplant the din of daily existence.

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