Editing Godsmack (section)

==Musical style and influences==
[[File:Sully Ernas drum solo.jpg|thumb|left|Sully Erna playing a [[drum solo]]]]

Godsmack has been described as [[post-grunge]],<ref name="Godsmack">{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Ankeny|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/godsmack-mn0000665860/biography|title=Godsmack - Artist Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Wade">{{cite web|first=Wade|last=Kergan|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/faceless-mw0000023020|title=Faceless - Godsmack|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Gregory|last=Heaney|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-inspired-mw0002348792|title=Live & Inspired - Godsmack|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Bulmer|url=http://www.thephoenixnews.com/2014/09/godsmack-goes-back-in-time-with-1000hp/|title=Godsmack Goes Back in Time with 1000hp|publisher=The Phoenix News|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317085047/http://www.thephoenixnews.com/2014/09/godsmack-goes-back-in-time-with-1000hp/|archive-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Gregory|last=Heaney|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sully-erna-mn0000582228/biography|title=Sully Erna Biography & History|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> [[hard rock]],<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Blanford, Roxanne"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516426/godsmack-plan-to-tell-of-fames-travails-on-next-lp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528041455/http://www.mtv.com/news/516426/godsmack-plan-to-tell-of-fames-travails-on-next-lp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2022|title=Godsmack Plan To Tell Of Fame's Travails On Next LP|website=MTV|date=August 4, 1999|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ken|last=McIntyre|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/godsmack-we-want-to-remind-people-what-real-hard-rock-music-is|title=Godsmack: "We want to remind people what real hard rock music is."|website=Louder Sound|date=August 9, 2014|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> [[nu metal]],<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Blanford, Roxanne">{{cite web|first=Roxanne|last=Blanford|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/godsmack-mw0000042111|title=''Godsmack'' review|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Krovatin|url=https://www.kerrang.com/what-the-girl-from-the-cover-of-godsmacks-debut-looks-like-now|title=What the girl from the cover of Godsmack's debut looks like now|website=Kerrang|date=August 25, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Heisel|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/9316/story-of-the-year-jumped-by-godsmack-at-radio-festival|title=Story Of The Year jumped by Godsmack at radio festival|website=Punknews.org|date=June 1, 2004|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> [[alternative metal]],<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Wade"/><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Brian|last= Garrity|title=Godsmack Keeps Alt Metal 'Awake'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18|magazine= Billboard|date=October 28, 2000|volume=112|issue= 44|page= 18|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Joan|last=Anderman|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2006/04/23/a_quiet_setting_to_make_some_noise/|title=A quiet setting to make some noise|publisher=Boston.com|date=April 23, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Julia|last=Oller|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/05/17/what-fans-may-call-selling/12181029007/|title=What fans may call selling out Godsmack considers evolution|website=The Columbus Dispatch|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Olivia Flores Alvarez|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/godsmack-6545554|title=Godsmack|website=Houston Press|date=August 24, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Caleb|last=Haley|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/godsmack-bassist-talks-touring-life-20-years-as-a-band-and-being-honored-by-boston-6606902|title=Godsmack Bassist Talks Touring Life, 20 Years as a Band, and Being Honored by Boston|website=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> The band's primary influences include [[Aerosmith]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Metallica]], [[Pantera]] and [[Rush (band)|Rush]] according to Erna, Larkin, and Rombola.<ref name="Interview with Larkin"/><ref name="Interview with Rombola">{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/Whatsnew/pressrelease/2000/nov30a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180834/http://www.gibson.com/Whatsnew/pressrelease/2000/nov30a.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=Exclusive: Tony Rombola of Godsmack|access-date=November 10, 2007 |last=Sharken |first=Lisa |date=November 20, 2000 |publisher=Gibson.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-people/sully-erna-biography.aspx |title=New Hampshire People – Sully Erna/Godsmack |access-date=November 9, 2007 |publisher=New Hampshire People.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005100622/http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-people/sully-erna-biography.aspx <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref> Erna credits [[Layne Staley]] with inspiring him to start singing,<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Dangelo|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453568/20020423/alice_in_chains.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806003323/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453568/20020423/alice_in_chains.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2002|title=MTV.com – "'He Got Me To Start Singing': Artists Remember Layne Staley"|publisher=MTV.com|date=April 22, 2002|access-date=November 8, 2007}}</ref> and considers [[James Hetfield]] as a primary influence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvSpLp7a-w|title=Godsmack's Sully Erna - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1)|date=July 16, 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref>

The overall sound of the band's first two albums have been compared to Alice in Chains' album ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subvulture.com/archive/082.html|title=Subvulture.com – Godsmack|publisher=Subvulture.com|date=March 4, 2003|access-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202113850/http://www.subvulture.com/archive/082.html|archive-date=December 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Godsmack has attempted to distance themselves from the Alice in Chains comparison with Erna stating in an interview with Matt Ashare, "I've just never really heard that in our music."<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Ashare|url=http://www.portlandphoenix.com/music/other_stories/documents/03666221.asp|title=Soft cell The other side of Godsmack|publisher=Portlandphoenix.com|date=March 18, 2004|access-date=January 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301163242/http://www.portlandphoenix.com/music/other_stories/documents/03666221.asp|archive-date=March 1, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The band's music is often compared to Alice in Chains which the band cites as an influence.<ref name="Pop matters review">{{cite web|first=Adrien|last=Begrand|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/godsmack-otherside.shtml|title=Godsmack – The Other Side|publisher=Popmatters.com|date=March 16, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209164124/https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/godsmack-otherside.shtml|archive-date=February 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-godsmacks-sully-erna-sing-alice-in-chains-man-in-the-box|title=Watch Godsmack's Sully Erna Sing Alice in Chains' 'Man In The Box'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> Adrien Begrand of ''[[PopMatters]]'' states, "Erna perfectly mimics the late Layne Staley's low, guttural, sinister singing and snarly, metal-inspired growls" and, "The band's music is a faithful retread of [[Jerry Cantrell]]'s churning, tuned-down hard rock".<ref name="Pop matters review"/>

Erna's singing style has been stated as "the snarl of James Hetfield", and "composed of dark harmony that sounds a lot like Alice in Chains".<ref name="The Other Side – MTV">{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479636/20031008/godsmack.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224063159/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479636/20031008/godsmack.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2004|title=Godsmack Travel To The Other Side For New EP|publisher=MTV|date=October 8, 2003|access-date=November 19, 2007}}</ref> Merrill's bass style has been described as "bulldozer bottom with occasional slap-bass reverb".<ref name="Awake – Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|first=Greg|last=Kot|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/godsmack/albums/album/272323/review/6067953/awake|title=Godsmack ''Awake'' Album Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 9, 2000|access-date=November 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202121328/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/godsmack/albums/album/272323/review/6067953/awake|archive-date=December 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Larkin's drumming is thought to "worship at the twin altars of [[Neil Peart]] and [[John Bonham]]".<ref name="Larkin – interview with moderndrummer.com"/> And Rombola's guitar playing style has been praised as "guitars that sound like percussion instruments".<ref name="Awake – Rolling Stone"/>