embarked on recording sessions for Deadwing

In early 2004, the band embarked on the recording sessions for their next record, Deadwing , their second for Lava/Atlantic. The album takes its inspiration from a film script written by Wilson with his filmmaker friend Mike Bennion. The album sessions completed in November 2004, and Deadwing was released in Europe and the US during the spring of 2005 as both a stereo and 5.1 surround-sound album, preceded by the release of two singles, ” Shallow ” in the US and ” Lazarus ” in Europe. The album benefited from guest appearances by Adrian Belew from King Crimson and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt , and was a commercial success, due in part to “Shallow” receiving airplay, peaking at number 26 on Billboard ‘s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . Additionally, “Lazarus” entered the German singles Top 100 at number 91. The song “Shallow” was also featured in the soundtrack for the film Four Brothers .