Godsmack doesn’t plan to work on new music.
“No. There’ll be no more new Godsmack…,” the band’s frontman Sully Erna told Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about whether ‘Lighting Up The Sky’ might be their last album.
He continued, “I mean, you can never predict the future, but the decision that was made was that we’re gonna go out now and start honoring the catalog of music that we created over the last 30 years and just enjoy kind of the greatest-hits moments.”
Erna talked about not wanting to release new Godsmack music in January on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk. He said, “It’s funny. I just had this talk with my record label yesterday. We had a meeting about some other stuff, and I told them that, like, listen… ‘Cause they’re a little bummed out. They’re, like, ‘Ah, is this the last [album]?’ And I said, ‘Listen, you can never say never.’”
The singer added, “But I do know this: [late Rush drummer] Neil Peart said this to me once — all great things must come to an end eventually. It doesn’t matter how great you are, who you are. But all great things are gonna come to an end at some point. And I just never forgot that.”
“And I’m, like, at what point do you just start living your life for you and not always be on a schedule, not always be in a recording studio, not always be signing autographs, taking pictures, touring, playing shows, doing podcasts, doing videos. It’s a lot, man,” Sully admitted.
He also shared, “It consumes your life, and it’s what I’ve always wanted, and I’m so proud of it, and I’m so grateful for this career. I have nothing to complain about. But am I gonna do this forever, until I’m in my grave? I don’t know. I know right now I’m still good, and I like it. And I’m enjoying it. I’m getting tired. And there is more things I wanna do with my life. Music’s not everything I wanna do with my life.”
‘Lighting Up The Sky’ came out in February 2023 through BMG. Godsmack’s fall tour started on September 26 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It will end this month on October 26 in Uncasville, Connecticut.