Transit of Venus by Three Days Grace

Transit of Venus, Three Days Grace's fourth album, came out on October 2, 2012, their first for RCA after their old label, Jive, folded the year before. They cut it at Revolution Studios in Toronto with Don Gilmore producing, and even the title came with a bit of stagecraft: the band announced it on June 5, 2012, the same day Venus crossed the face of the sun.

Neil Sanderson colors the edges with keyboards and electronics alongside his drums, but the core is the same heavy crunch: Barry Stock and Adam Gontier grinding out the guitars, Brad Walst's bass shoving, and Gontier wringing every drop out of "Chalk Outline", "The High Road" and "Misery Loves My Company". It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Juno nomination for Best Rock Album, and it was Gontier's last album with the band before he left in 2013. He wouldn't return until 2024.

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