In 2004, Godsmack opened for Metallica ‘s ” Madly in Anger with the World tour “, and headlined the tour along with Dropbox.
The group initially formed under the name Dark Blue in late 2004 by childhood friends Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot , Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive , Clint Lowery of Sevendust and his brother Corey Lowery of Stereomud , Stuck Mojo , and Will Hunt of Skrape . After signing a…
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After The Economy of Sound , the group shifted once again to DRT Entertainment and, in 2004, released Dis/Location . Their sixth studio album, it failed entirely to chart as did its only single. Four years later, a seventh album, Day & Nightdriving , was released under Bellum Records.
Mentley officially replaced Barney in 2004. The band played Japan, with a fill in drummer, and embarked on a short tour of Europe with new drummer Ben Dussault. Former drummer Jackson filled in for Love, on guitar. Peters, Mentley, Dussault, Macaluso, and Love spent the summer of 2004 on Ozzfest’s…
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Demon Hunter returned to the studio to record their second full-length release, Summer of Darkness , with McCaddon contributing, and again with Jesse drumming. Summer of Darkness hit stores on May 4, 2004, and was a modest success, propelling Demon Hunter into the secular scene, with the addition of the…
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Hetfield said in the 2004 documentary film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster that the band initially thought some of the songs on these albums were of average quality; these were “polished and reworked” until judged releasable.
On January 27, 2004, Elektra/Asylum/Rhino Records released Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings , a two-CD set compilation, with 31 digitally remastered songs, four of them demos and one unreleased. The second disc contained B-sides and outtakes throughout the band’s career up to that point, including many covers.…
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The band followed The Satellite Years with 2004’s A Types , which had a more alternative rock sound and was a drastic stylistic departure from The Satellite Years – notably, Forrest’s vocals were almost exclusively clean singing. By the time of A Types’ release, Joshua Brigham was the only remaining…
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The resulting album, Contraband , was released on June 8, 2004. Helped by the success of the single ” Slither “, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling over 250,000 copies in the first week. Contraband went on to sell four million copies worldwide, 2.9 million…
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In 2004, the band released their second LP entitled LP II , again on Adeline Records. The band was then noticed by Fat Wreck Chords in San Francisco , California and was shortly after signed with the label. The band released the song “Paranoia! Cha-Cha-Cha” for the compilation album Rock…
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