Shinedown switching gears on next album

Shinedown plans to get down to work on its third album as soon as 2007 gets underway, barring any more touring opportunities. And just as last year's Us And Them was different from the band's 2003 debut, Leave A Whisper, frontman Brent Smith told us to expect a new sound from Shinedown on its next effort: "The sounds I want to develop will be unlike anything than have been on the last two records. I want to make it the most massive-sounding record that we've done. And the band is going more on a heavier side on this third album. The riffs that have been coming up and the subject matter of the songs, they're way different than the ones on the last two, and it will definitely be a heavier record."

Shinedown filmed its show on Tuesday, December 12th, in Knoxville, Tennessee for an upcoming DVD. More info on the disc will be available shortly.

Brent Smith recently recorded a solo acoustic cover of the classic John Lennon holiday antiwar song, "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)," which is being released to radio stations this month.

The band traveled last month to the Middle East, where it played several shows for U.S. troops in Kuwait and Iraq.

Shinedown is spending most of December on the road, alternating between headlining gigs and shows with bands like Staind and Saliva.
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