In a recent interview with Meltdown from Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Sully Erna discussed GODSMACK‘s announcement regarding their latest album, Lighting Up The Sky, which is expected to be the band’s final collection of new material.
When asked if he and his bandmates are creating any new music, Sully responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “No. There’ll be no more new GODSMACK… I mean, you can never predict the future, but the decision that was made was that we’re gonna go out now and start honoring the catalog of music that we created over the last 30 years and just enjoy kind of the greatest-hits moments.”
When Meltdown pointed out that many artists have moved away from traditional albums in favor of releasing singles, Erna replied: “I mean, it sounds like the smart thing to do these days. Nobody’s really buying full albums anymore. And they make playlists of their favorite songs. So it just seems appropriate for this day and age. But again, [that’s] another argument for us to kind of dip out while we’re still in the world that we enjoyed growing up in, which was doing full-length albums and having artwork and lyrics and give the fans a whole experience through that body of work that you create.
“And I just no longer wanna put a year, year and a half of my time and effort and blood, sweat and tears into a piece of art for someone to just tear it apart, grab a couple of singles and move on. So, there’s that. And then there’s just the fact that we have a lot of singles right now. I mean, 27 Top Tens is a lot. That means we can’t even play them all in one night, ’cause we usually average about 15 songs a night. So for us, I just think it’s time that we start honoring the music and the catalog and giving the fans what they wanna hear.”
He added: And when I go to see my favorite bands, like AEROSMITH or METALLICA or whoever, I don’t know. Do I really wanna hear their new album? Probably not. I wanna hear ‘Dream On’ and ‘Same Old Song And Dance’ and ‘Walk This Way’, and if I leave there and they’re not playing those songs, I’m gonna be pretty mad. So, for our fanbase, I think we’re at that level where we have to honor that.”
Lighting Up The Sky was released in February 2023 through BMG.
Reeder, the visionary behind Metal Addicts, has transformed his lifelong passion for metal into a thriving online community for metal aficionados. As a fervent devotee of black metal, Reeder is captivated by its dark, atmospheric, and often unorthodox soundscapes.