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Godsmack released its next single, "Serenity," from its platinum album, Faceless. The song was written as a tribute to Rush drummer Neil Peart, who went through a harrowing period in his life, going through the death of his only daughter and then his wife within a year. The track was the Number Three most added track at alternative radio, and it follows in the footsteps of Faceless' first single "Straight Out Of Line."
Godsmack vocalist Sully Erna remembered that the band was rehearsing for the tour a few months back when they got the news that the album had debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 album chart. "Well, we were in West Palm Beach, Florida rehearsing for this tour and the call came in and it blew my mind because we worked really hard on this record and we wanted people to love it and we wanted it to do well,” Erna says. “But we had no idea that it would be the Number One album in the country and it's very gratifying to know that you're rewarded at times for the hard work you do."
Godsmack's Faceless was at Number 65 on the Billboard 200 chart this week, selling 17,000 copies.
The band just completed a leg of U.S. dates, and will head to Europe starting July 13 in Manchester in the U.K. The band will then make a second run of Europe in September on the European leg of the OzzFest tour, which begins September 5 in England.