SULLY ERNA Walks Back Claims That Lighting Up The Sky Would Be The Final GODSMACK Album

Again in 2022, Godsmack vocalist and guitarist Sully Erna spoke with near-finality concerning the band’s eighth studio album, Lighting Up The Sky, framing it as the tip of Godsmack‘s studio period. On the time, Erna sounded resolute, telling 93X (and also the Everblack podcast): “That is the final report we’re ever gonna do. That is the final run across the mill for us. We put each single ounce of vitality and emotion into this album.”

Whereas Erna stopped wanting saying Godsmack had been breaking apart, he made it clear he believed the band’s recording days had been doubtless behind them: “I am not saying the band could also be breaking apart. What I am saying is I believe this can be the final physique of labor you get musically from the band.”

Since these feedback, Godsmack‘s lineup has undergone main modifications, most notably the departure of longtime guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin earlier this yr. Whereas their exits marked the tip of the band’s traditional lineup, Erna has consistently stressed that the split was amicable and drama-free. And now, it seems these modifications have additionally shifted Erna‘s fascinated by Godsmack‘s inventive future.

Showing not too long ago on Kylie Olsson’s Life In Six Strings podcast, Erna sounded far much less definitive about Godsmack‘s recording future. Requested whether or not there could possibly be a tenth Godsmack album, Erna replied: “I believe there’ll. I mentioned there wasn’t going to be, and no less than I do know there will not be with the unique members.

“[Shannon and Tony] have [officially retired], and really honorably, and we’re nonetheless actually good buddies. There is not any drama there. I am placing some new individuals in place. I am nonetheless in some trial intervals, however we have now some plans coming in 2026 that we’re enthusiastic about. And it is gonna be good. I imply, the band’s coming into the peak of our profession. All these years later we’re hitting one other second the place we’re doing our greatest attendance. And it is sort of come full circle.”

So possibly this all needed to do with some quiet inventive variations between Erna and each Rombola and Larkin? Within the meantime, Godsmack has the next tour dates all lined up.

5/7 Daytona Seaside, FL Welcome to Rockville 2026
5/17 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple Artwork & Music Pageant 2026
7/23 Athens, Greece Lycabettus Hill
7/25 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Hills of Rock Pageant 2026
7/26 Belgrade, Serbia Novi Hangar Luka Beograd
7/28 Ghimbav, Romania Rockstadt Excessive Fest 2026
7/31 Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn Rock Pageant 2026
8/6 Villena, Spain Leyendas del Rock 2026
8/8 Relvinha, Portugal Vagos Steel Fest 2026
8/9 Madrid, Spain Sala Riviera
8/11 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 1
8/13 Sulingen, Germany Reload Pageant 2026
8/13 Carhaix-Plouguer, France Motocultor Pageant 2026
8/16 Eindhoven, Netherlands Dynamo Steel Fest 2026