Editing Godsmack (section)

===''IV'' and ''Ten Years of Godsmack'' (2006–2008)===
[[File:Sully Erna, Lead Singer of Heavy Metal Band Godsmack.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sully Erna performing during Godsmack's ''IV Tour'' in 2006]]

Throughout 2006, The band was in the studio recording and writing material for a new album. On April 25, 2006, Godsmack released its fourth studio album simply titled ''[[IV (Godsmack album)|IV]]'', followed by a tour that would continue until January 2008, titled "The IV tour".<ref>{{cite web|title=Godsmack tour '07 |url=http://www.godsmack.com/tour/tour.asp?catID=29109|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011030539/http://www.godsmack.com/tour/tour.asp?catID=29109|archive-date=October 11, 2007|access-date=November 8, 2007|publisher=Godsmack.com}}</ref> The album was produced by Erna and engineered by the well known producer and engineer [[Andy Johns]], known for engineering [[Led Zeppelin]]'s ''[[Led Zeppelin&nbsp;IV]]''.<ref name="Interview with Larkin">{{cite web |url=http://entertainment-news-network-archive.blogspot.com/2006/06/interview-shannon-larkin-of-godsmack.html |title=Interview: Shannon Larkin of Godsmack |access-date=November 10, 2007 |last=Fuoco |first=Christina |date=June 23, 2006 |publisher=Entertainment News |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708034737/http://entertainment-news-network-archive.blogspot.com/2006/06/interview-shannon-larkin-of-godsmack.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first single from the album, "[[Speak (Godsmack song)|Speak]]" was released on {{Nowrap|February 14}}, 2006. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 211,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="Bands on demand – Godsmack">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/bandsondemand/artist.aspx?artist=godsmack&cat=alternative&full=Godsmack |title=Ugo – Bands on demand – Godsmack |access-date=November 10, 2007 |publisher=Ugo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011115951/http://ugo.com/channels/music/features/bandsondemand/artist.aspx?artist=godsmack&cat=alternative&full=Godsmack |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref>

''IV'' has since been certified gold. The band had written over forty songs for the album, but the final track listing had eleven tracks, Larkin commented, "it's Sully's band and his vision.[...]When it comes time to pick the songs it's all Sully".<ref name="Larkin interview">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/godsmackintie.htm |title=A Conversation with Drummer Shannon Larkin |access-date=November 10, 2007 |last=Bowar |first=Chad |publisher=Heavy metal about |archive-date=September 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913234424/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/godsmackintie.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album's minimalist name "IV" derives not only from its being the band's fourth studio album, but also from a running piece of backstage humor, as related by Larkin and Erna in an interview.<ref name="The music and magic of Godsmack
">{{cite news |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/06/18/1639166.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206043349/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/06/18/1639166.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |title=The music and magic of Godsmack|access-date=November 10, 2007 |last=Jenny |first=Feniak |newspaper=Edmonton Sun }}</ref><ref name="Interview with Shannon">{{cite web |url=http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_godsmack.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627035048/http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_godsmack.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 27, 2006 |title='Livin in Sin' with Godsmack's Shannon Larkin |access-date=November 10, 2007 |date=May 6, 2006|publisher=Live-Metal.Net}}</ref>

To celebrate ten years as a band, Godsmack released a [[greatest hits]] album entitled ''[[Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack]]'' on {{Nowrap|December 4}}, 2007. The album debuted at number thirty-five on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 40,000 copies in the first week of release.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86629 |title=Godsmack – 'Good Times Bad Times' First-Week Sales Revealed |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=December 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215075400/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86629 |archive-date=December 15, 2007 }}</ref> It includes a cover of the [[Led Zeppelin]] song "[[Good Times Bad Times]]", as well as a DVD of Godsmack's acoustic performance in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] at [[House of Blues]]. The album was originally intended to be a boxed set, but the band scrapped the plans so they could release a best of album. Godsmack will follow the release of the album with an acoustic tour.<ref name="Greatest hits was originally intended to be a boxed set.">{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82111 |title=Blabbermouth.net – Godsmack Looking Back at 'Good Times, Bad Times' In November |access-date=October 10, 2007 |date=October 4, 2007 |work=Blabbermouth.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011093604/http://roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82111 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> Despite rumors of the band going on hiatus as a result of releasing a greatest hits album, Erna was quoted as saying, "we're not going away, we are just gonna take a break and enjoy our 10th year anniversary and kind of recharge our batteries. And then Godsmack will be back, and we will come back bigger and badder than ever."<ref name="Greatest hits was originally intended to be a boxed set."/>