Shinedown is "everyone's band," as they say, and boy are we all busy this year. The multi-genre, chart-topping, non-stop group is set to release their eighth studio album on May 29, titled, 'EI8HT,' and embark on their 'Dance, Kid, Dance Act II Tour' as well.

Brent Smith recently joined Abe Kanan for an Audacy Check In to talk about the making of their latest project, and share tour plans for this year and beyond.

"I'm excited for everybody to hear the entire record," shares Smith. "One of the things about this album that is different than the last two is that this isn't a conceptual piece, so it's more of a traditional record where all of these songs belong on the same body of work, but every song is its own story."

"It is considered an album, but it's essentially a double record," Brent adds. "This album took about a year and a half years to make. When I'm looking at like when we started it and how we were putting everything together, and obviously last year, releasing 4 singles, then doing the 'Dance Kid Dance Tour,' that's now parlaying into this year with Act 2. That was all by design, but the thing about the record is that there's not one ounce of filler on this particular project. Not that we ever look at making a record and we put filler on the other albums in our catalog, but you can hear it in the way that we've structured this and that it is very much an emotional ride."

To hear more about the band's setlist plans for their upcoming tour, and the possibility of a "Deep Dive" tour where the band digs into their b-sides, listen to the full conversation with Brent Smith of Shinedown above.