Daughtry are doubling down on their heaviest era yet. The multi-platinum, multi-GRAMMY-nominated rock juggernauts just announced SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (DELUXE), a vinyl-only release that pulls together both halves of their acclaimed two-part project — SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART 1) and SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART 2) — alongside a handful of new live recordings. The deluxe arrives June 5, 2026 via Big Machine Rock, available exclusively at daughtryofficial.store.

If you’ve been tracking Daughtry’s current chapter, you already know Chris Daughtry has been writing from the gut. From the industrial snarl of “ARTIFICIAL” and the raw, ripped-open release of “PIECES,” to the steely resilience of “THE BOTTOM” and the stripped-bare honesty of “ANTIDOTE,” this collection is the full arc — grief, confrontation, self-reclamation, and the kind of forward motion that only shows up after you’ve sat in the wreckage for a while.

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Three Variants, Two Of Them Extremely Limited

This isn’t a casual collector run. All three pressings are double LPs, and two of them are capped at just 250 copies worldwide:

– Original Double Vinyl (widely available): Disc one is blue with orange splatter; disc two is orange with blue splatter.
– Limited Edition Glow-in-the-Dark Double Vinyl, signed by the band — only 250 available.
– Limited Edition Metallic Silver Picture Disc Double Vinyl — only 250 available.

For a band that just notched its first-ever No. 1 at Active Rock with “ARTIFICIAL” — followed almost immediately by another No. 1 with “PIECES” — those numbers are going to evaporate quickly.

The Full Picture

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART ONE) was Daughtry’s debut release with Big Machine Rock and marked a heavier, more unguarded creative chapter, pairing amplified production with Chris Daughtry’s commanding vocals. PART TWO pushed that evolution even further, with Chris saying the EP was “ultimately about facing the things we’ve ignored within ourselves and confronting the wake-up calls that force us to go deeper.”

The DELUXE edition stitches it all together and then some. The newly added live recordings — including “THE DAM (LIVE),” “ANTIDOTE (LIVE),” “THE DAY I DIE (LIVE),” and “ARTIFICIAL (LIVE)” — pull these songs out of the studio and drop them into the charged room-air between band and audience. If you’ve caught Daughtry on their recent runs with Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Creed, Disturbed, or Seether, you already know how this material hits in a room full of people.

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (DELUXE) — Tracklist

1. THE RECKONING
2. ARTIFICIAL
3. PIECES
4. SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
5. NERVOUS [Explicit]
6. THE DAM
7. THE SEEDS
8. DIVIDED
9. THE DAY I DIE
10. THE BOTTOM
11. TERRIFIED [Explicit]
12. RAZOR
13. ANTIDOTE (FULL MIX)
14. ANTIDOTE
15. THE DAM (LIVE)
16. ANTIDOTE (LIVE)
17. THE DAY I DIE (LIVE)
18. ARTIFICIAL (LIVE)

A Landmark Era

PART TWO was tracked alongside producers and co-writers Marti Frederiksen and Scott Stevens, and the result is some of the most emotionally charged work in the Daughtry catalog. Add in Billboard naming Chris the “Most Played Artist” at Active Rock in 2024, plus continued critical love from Loudwire, Spin, and Billboard, and SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (DELUXE) lands as the definitive document of a band that’s never sounded more locked in — or more honest.

Mark the calendar: June 5, 2026. Three variants. Two of them disappearing fast. If you want the glow-in-the-dark signed pressing or the metallic silver picture disc, set an alarm — 250 copies each is going to be a sprint, not a stroll.

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (DELUXE) is out June 5 via Big Machine Rock, available exclusively from daughtryofficial.store.