About When Legends Rise

When Legends Rise is the seventh studio album by American rock band Godsmack. It was released on April 27, 2018. It marks the band's first album away from heavy metal into a more hard rock sound. The album's first single, "Bulletproof", was released ahead of the album in February 2018. The album became certified Gold by the RIAA in September 2021 for selling over 500,000 copies.

As early as 2015, frontman Sully Erna spoke of his desire to create a new sound for Godsmack in their next album. He expressed his desire to change how the band had been lumped into the heavy metal genre, and desired to branch out into a more hard rock sound. He later described the album in 2017 as a "reinvention" for the band, as a "new chapter" juxtaposed against older albums, of which he described as "vintage classic Godsmack". The band worked with music producer Erik Ron for the album in an effort to help the band approach the album from a new direction. Erna described the album: It was just about evolving as a songwriter. I wanted to stretch my wings even further, to use all of the experiences I've had writing different types of music over the years and apply that to finding a way to introduce a newer, fresher, more mature sound, while still maintaining the power of Godsmack." The first song recorded for the album with Ron was its first single "Bulletproof"; the band was so happy with the result that they worked with Ron on a second track, "Take It to the Edge". The production by Ron convinced the band to work with him on the entire album. Erna also produced.