In order to know where you're headed, you have to recognize where you're from. So when it came time to begin working on their sixth full-length album, 'Us And The Night' (Republic Records/Spinefarm Records), Grammy Award-nominated multiplatinum Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down channeled a familiar feeling.

"We all missed the excitement of making our first album," says singer Brad Arnold. "As you continue creating records, it can become sort of mechanical, and you start taking everything too seriously. However, for 'Us And The Night,' we were all on the same page about just wanting to have a good time in the studio. That created a great vibe. I don't think we've ever felt this unified as a band in our entire career. That's why the album sounds like it does."

In late 2014, 3 Doors Down — Brad Arnold (lead vocals), Chris Henderson (lead and rhythm guitar), Greg Upchurch (drums), Chet Roberts (lead and rhythm guitar), and Justin Biltonen (bass) — wrapped up a marathon of touring that included the cycles for 2011's 'Time of My Life,' which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on Germany's Media Control Charts.