"Sound of Madness" is a single by American

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from their 2008 album ''

The Sound of Madness ''The Sound of Madness'' is the third studio album by American rock band Shinedown, released June 24, 2008, via Atlantic Records. The album's lead single, " Devour", was released to radio on May 5, 2008. It is their first release to feature Er ...

'' and is also the album's title track, despite the exclusion of the word "the" in the song's title. The song was chosen to be the title track after some road testing on a short run of dates. It was released on February 23, 2009, in Europe. The song peaked at No. 1 on the

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chart, making it their third straight single to reach the top spot on the chart. This made Shinedown the only band to have their first 10 singles all reach the top five on the Mainstream Rock chart. It also reached No. 5 on the

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chart, making it the band's fourth top ten hit and third top five hit.

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References

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