Shinedown announce new album ‘EI8HT’

SHINEDOWN have announced their brand new album EI8HT!

The upcoming record from the Jacksonville, Florida-based rock titans is the follow-up to 2022’s Planet Zero and is set for release on May 29th via Atlantic Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist Brent Smith says, “this album is over a year in the making. Without question as a band we pushed ourselves like never before. Especially when it comes to Eric. Myself, Zach, and Barry are so honoured to create, and work with such an extraordinary producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician, performer, and band mate. We are so excited to finally announce our 8th studio album titled EI8HT alongside our Dance Kid Dance Act ll World Tour.”

To coincide with the album announcement, the band have released a new single, Safe And Sound.
Alongside new single, the album will include previously released singles Three Six Five, Dance, Kid, Dance, Killing Fields, and Searchlight.

Speaking about the new single, Smith continues, “Safe And Sound is about reminding the competition what they are dealing with one by one.”

Watch the official lyric video for Safe And Sound here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. At The Bottom
2. Dance, Kid, Dance
3. Burning Down The Disco
4. Three Six Five
5. Young Again
6. Dizzy
7. Imposter
8. Machine Gun
9. Outlaw
10. Safe And Sound
11. Searchlight
12. Bear With Me
13. Deep End
14. Killing Fields
15. Back To The Living
16. Wide Open
17. So Glad That You Asked
18. The Pilot

Also, you can view the artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Alongside the album, SHINEDOWN have announced their Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour, spanning 11 countries and 53 dates across North America, the UK, and Europe. Support comes from COHEED AND CAMBRIA, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THOSE DAMN CROWS, FROM ASHES TO NEW, and DJ ROCK FEED on select dates.

Tour dates are as follows: 

May 13 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center *^%
May 15 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival Headlining
May 16 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center *^%
May 18 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center *^%
May 19 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena *^%%
May 22 – Austin, TX – Moody Center *^%
May 23 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center *^
May 26 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena *^%
May 28 – Estero, FL – Hertz Center *^%
May 30 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena *^%
June 2 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum *^%
June 5 – Norfolk, VA – Chartway Arena *^%
June 6 – Hershey, PA – GIANT Center *^%
July 11 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle *#%
July 13 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum *%
July 15 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Vidéotron *#%
July 17 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena *%
July 18 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena *#%
July 20 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena *%
July 21 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center *%
July 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena *%
July 25 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center *#%
July 30 – Lubbock, TX – United Supermarkets Arena *#%
July 31 – Colorado Springs, CO – Weidner Field *%
August 2 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center *#%
August 4 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Arena *#%
August 6 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena *%
August 7 – Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena *#%
August 9 – Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center *%
August 10 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena *#%
August 12 – Billings, MT – First Interstate Arena at Metrapark *#%
August 14 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena *#%
August 15 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Pacific Coliseum *#%
August 17 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place *#%
August 20 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome *#%
August 21 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort *%
August 23 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair *#%
September 4 – Dyersville, IA – Velocity Festival
September 10 – McHenry, IL – McHenry Music Festival
October 31 – Paris, FR – Zénith Paris – La Villette &
November 2 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz &
November 4 – Tilburg, NL – O13 &
November 6 – Prague, CZ – Forum Karlín &
November 8 – Copenhagen, DK – Falkonersalen &
November 9 – Stockholm, SE – Annexet &
November 11 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle &
November 12 – Düsseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle &
November 14 – Birmingham, UK – bp pulse LIVE *&
November 16 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro *&
November 17 – Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena *&
November 19 – London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley *&
November 20 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena *&
November 22 – Dublin, IE – 3Olympia Theatre &

* w/ COHEED AND CAMBRIA
^ w/ BLACK STONE CHERRY
# w/ FROM ASHES TO NEW
& w/ THOSE DAMN CROWS
% w/ DJ ROCK FEED

EI8HT is set for release on May 29th, 2026 via Atlantic Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on SHINEDOWN like their official page on Facebook.