SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers spoke about the band's upcoming eighth studio album, 'Ei8ht', which will arrive on May 29 via Atlantic Records.

The album is a traditional record with no concept theme, unlike their last two releases.

It features 18 songs that are not related to each other but exist on the same body of work.

In an interview with Chris Booker and Ted Stryker of "ALT Afternoons With Booker And Stryker" on ALT 98.7, Brent Smith explained that the album took a year and a half to complete.

The songwriting process was pushed to the limit by the band's bass player Eric Bass, who handled most of the creative direction for the album.

Zach Myers described the album as "a group of songs that belong together on a one body of work," but with no unifying theme.

He added that the band had tried to come up with a concept or title but ultimately decided not to force it and just released an album featuring 18 great tracks.

SHINEDOWN recently announced their massive worldwide "Dance, Kid, Dance Act II" tour, which will take them to 11 countries across 54 dates.

The tour features COHEED AND CAMBRIA as special guests on select dates, along with BLACK STONE CHERRY, FROM ASHES TO NEW, DJ Rock Feed and THOSE DAMN CROWS on other dates.

The band's first-ever curated festival event – Shinedown's Lunatic Ball Beach Weekend – will take place October 23-25, 2026 in Miramar Beach, Florida.

The three-day destination experience features performances from SHINEDOWN (two unique headlining sets), BUSH, HANSON, FLYLEAF with Lacey Sturm, LIVING COLOUR, FROM ASHES TO NEW, GUARDIANS OF THE JUKEBOX and more.

Over the past year, SHINEDOWN released four major songs that reinforced their position as one of the most powerful forces in modern music.

"Dance, Kid, Dance" and "Killing Fields" both reached No.

1 at rock radio, while "Three Six Five" became a global crossover hit.

The band has extended their record with the most No.

1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart history.