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''The Sound of Madness'' is the third studio album by American rock band Shinedown, released June 24, 2008. The album's lead single, "Devour," was released to radio on May 5, 2008. The album's lyrics explore diverse subject matter as opposed to their previous albums; "Devour" ventures into political territory while "What a Shame" tells a story about lead singer Brent Smith's uncle, who died during the recording of the album, and how Brent and his cousin, professional wrestler Olivia Smith, dealt with his death. The song "If You Only Knew," which is about Smith's then-fiance and newborn child, was the first time that he had written a love ballad for Shinedown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=If You Only Knew Songfacts )〕 Shinedown's tour to support the album subsequently started with the band playing a few festival shows before the release of ''The Sound of Madness''. ''The Sound of Madness'' is Shinedown's most successful album, and has issued both one multi-platinum single ("Second Chance") and a gold single ("If You Only Knew"), as well as being certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2010 for shipments over 1,000,000 copies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-04-11 )〕 ''The Sound of Madness'' is the first album to feature guitarist Zach Myers and bassist Eric Bass. ==Pre-release and production== Brent Smith told ''Billboard.com'', "It's time to just go over the top, literally go above and beyond what a human being thinks they're capable of recording. We want to do a huge hard rock record that has a lot of crossover potential but also some of the most insanely intense and heavy material that this band has ever tried—and see if we can pull it off." Smith said the group had more than forty songs written from writing sessions in Atlanta, Nashville, and Los Angeles.〔 Shinedown road tested four "potential singles," which were written with the bands founding guitarist Jasin Todd, "Sound of Madness," "The Crow & the Butterfly," "Second Chance" and "Devour," on a short run of shows before his exit from the band.〔 The band began working on ''The Sound of Madness'' after several off-date shows in the summer of 2007. Recording began in Los Angeles on September 20, 2007, with the final CD being completed in early-mid-2008. On June 17, 2008, the entire original album was made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. It was removed again a few days later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sound of Madness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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