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Melodic hard rockers Shinedown hail from Jacksonville, Florida and feature vocalist Brent Smith, guitarist Jasin Todd, bassist Brad Stewart and drummer Barry Kerch. Snapped up by Atlantic Records during the early ‘00's flurry of post-Creed and Nickelback signings, the group released their debut album Leave a Whisper in 2003. Shinedown supported it with a heroic slate of live shows, remaining on tour for most of 2004. The following year the band issued a live album documenting those shows, then returned in October 2005 with their sophomore effort, Us and Them. Shinedown are now promoting the upcoming release of their 3rd album: The Sound of Madness. The first single, "Devour" was released on May 2. The supporting tour for the album began with shows like Band Camp, Earthday Birthday, Rock on the Range and PointFest and will continue with several festival shows before the release on June 24, 2008.