TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Faceless (Retail)

RIPPER: Spinal Tap

192kbps - Hard Rock
0hr 47min total- 68.3mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-04-08
RIP DATE: 2003-03-15

01 Straight Out Of Line           4:19

04 Make Me Believe                4:08

07 I Fucking Hate You             4:07
08 Releasing The Demons           4:12
09 Dead And Broken                4:11

Here it is, you have been waiting and
this time you get it without promo drops
and still a month early!

Sully Erna: Vocals, guitar
Tony Rombola: Guitar
Robbie Merrill: Bass
Shannon Larkin: Drums

On the brink of unleashing its third
full-length album, FACELESS, the
multi-platinum hard-rock group GODSMACK
has already achieved more than most
bands could ever dream of.

The Boston-based group's 1998
self-titled debut has sold four-million
copies, propelled by the riff-tastic
sorcery of runaway hits such as "Bad
Religion," "Whatever" and "Keep Away."

Its critically acclaimed follow-up,
AWAKE -- fittingly released by the
scary-flick aficionados on Halloween
2000--has thus far shipped nearly
three-million units. That album's title
track dominated radio request lines and
broke chart records throughout 2000 and
2001. Another track from the album,
Vampires, was nominated in the Best
Instrumental category at the 2001 Grammy

In 2002, GODSMACK mainman Sully Erna
was tapped by The Rock himself to A&R
the soundtrack to The Scorpion King, the
third installment in The Mummy saga. The
song that GODSMACK itself contributed
lived up to its title: "I Stand Alone"
was the No. 1 single at rock radio
formats and the most played Active Rock
track in 2002. This track garnered two
Grammy nominations for Best Hard Rock
Performance and Best Rock Song for the

The band closed out its promotional cycle
for AWAKE with a victory lap of sorts:
well-attended arena tour on which they
finally brought to life the over-the-top
gothic staging the band members had always
envisioned. GODSMACK's real triumph was
visible nightly from the stage when the
band's high-on-fire pyrotechnics
illuminated arenas across the world.
Crowds would explode with applause when
guitarist Tony Rombola and bassist Robbie
Merrill kicked off their dark, churning
super-riffs. And if you were to scan
the arena during any one of those
GODSMACK performances, the band's true
feat quickly came into focus. The
quartet holds sway over a
pan-generational audience of male and
female hard-rock fans--not fickle

On this U.S. tour the band showed their
patriotic side when, post 9/11, they
donated 100% of the sales of their merch
and portions of the venues ticket sales to
The Solidarity Foundation, an
organization benefiting the widows and
orphans of New York City firefighters

Sure, Erna has copped to a fascination
with white magick. But that isn't how
the band conjured its success. Through
the monolithic power of its tune-age,
and a dedication to fans via the road,
GODSMACK has inherited the love and
respect generally accorded metal
mainstays such as Black Sabbath,
Metallica and Pantera. Of course, the
band didn't become the next link in that

GODSMACK's earlier lineup solidified
when Rombola joined in 1995 . His
pitch-black riffage perfectly complemented
Erna's lion's roar of a voice. After
honing its sound and songs on the club
circuit, the band demoed an album's
worth of tracks with local
producer-on-the-rise Andrew "Mudrock"
Murdock. The cost: $2500. The result:

A Boston radio station put a few of the
band's tracks into rotation. Listener
response was instantaneous. Soon, a
local record chain was selling 1000
copies per week of the band's
self-released disc. Major labels took
note. Shortly thereafter, Rombola and
Erna were able to quit their day jobs in
carpentry and collections, respectively.
Universal/Republic ultimately won the
bidding war for GODSMACK, and released a
re-mastered version of the self-titled
debut in summer 1998. Those above-noted
sales figures and accolades followed
only after the band toured
relentlessly, including wildly received
stints on Ozzfest, as well as on

Now, in 2003, GODSMACK is ready for
round three: FACELESS. With the aid of
veteran producer David Bottrill (Tool,
King Crimson) and new drummer Shannon
Larkin (formerly of agit-rockers Amen),
GODSMACK has evolved its sound in
surprising new ways, while retaining
its unmistakable power and vision. As
Erna puts it, GODSMACK is ready once
again to "kick a new ass in this
planet." Remain on heightened alert,