

Shinedown's third album, The Sound of Madness, was released on June 24, 2008. On June 17, 2008, the album in it's entirety was put up on their MySpace page for listening. The video for the song was released on June 25, 2008. Their first single, Devour, was released on May 20, 2008, and has proven a successful single, with it charting in the Top 10. The band began recording their new album in Los Angeles on September 20, 2007. However, after a recent show, Waukesha, WI, July 21, 2007, the band made it known that the DVD was scrapped by Atlantic Records. On December 12, 2006, Shinedown played in Knoxville, Tennessee at The Tennessee Theatre which was filmed for an upcoming DVD the band was expected to be releasing later this year (2007). In the late summer of 2006, the band opened for Godsmack and Rob Zombie on their North American Tour. Shinedown played their first overseas concert at the London Astoria on June 6, 2006, supporting Alter Bridge. In 2006, the band co-headlined the SnoCore Tour with Seether, Flyleaf, and Halestorm, which was followed by the Equinox Tour in which Shinedown co-headlined with Trapt. There are currently three versions of Us And Them: the regular thirteen-track version, a limited edition with three bonus acoustic tracks, and a store-specific edition with two bonus tracks: " Break" and " Carried Away". The follow-up single, "I Dare You", also did respectably, and became one of the theme songs of WWE's WrestleMania 22 and was also performed on American Idol by Chris Daughtry. The song became the theme song for WWE No Mercy 2005. Save Me maintained a #1 position on active rock charts for twelve weeks. On October 4, 2005, the band released their second album called Us And Them, backed by the single " Save Me".

On August 23, 2005, the band released a live DVD called Live From The Inside that contained a full-length Shinedown concert held at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On September 21, 2005, Leave A Whisper was certified as gold. During 2004, the band notably opened for Van Halen.

The re-release also featured an acoustic version of "45", and a new mix of " Burning Bright", which was to be the fourth single from the album. This song is often dedicated to their friend Dimebag Darrell who died in 2004. Leave A Whisper was re-released on June 15, 2004, to capitalize on the strength of a new single: A cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man". The album sold the popular singles " Fly From The Inside" and " 45". On July 13, 2003, the band released their debut album Leave A Whisper. As of 2018, the band has had 23 Top 5 hits on Mainstream Rock radio, including 12 number one singles, and a Top 10 hit on the Hot 100 with "Second Chance". They have released seven albums on Atlantic Records: "Leave a Whisper" (2003),"Us and Them" (2005), "The Sound of Madness" (2008), "Amaryllis" (2012), "Threat to Survival" (2015), "Attention Attention" (2018) and Shinedown was formed in early 2002 by Brent Smith, Jasin Todd, Brad Stewart, and Barry Kerch. Shinedown is a Hard Rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
