Eric Bass (Shinedown) will be releasing his debut solo album, “Eric Bass Presents: I Had A Name,” on February 28. With this news, the musician has also shared an official video for the album track “Mind Control.”

“I Had A Name” Track Listing:

01. “A World Unseen”
02. “The New Gods Of War”
03. “Azalia”
04. “We Can’t Go Home”
05. “Goodnight Goodnight”
06. “Mind Control”
07. “New Graves”
08. “All Good Children – Our Guts”
09. “Modenhardt”
10. “Dead Inside”
11. “The Churches Of The Dead”
12. “Wanna Go To Hell”

Bass said the following about the album:

“We live in a world right now where music gets homogenized and maybe everything sounds and feels the same. I wanted to create something different and I hope listeners hear that. Lyrically and emotionally I hope it empowers them and they can see themselves in the characters and stories I sing about. We all go through dark times and hardships, but there’s always a way out. I think that’s what being a human being is about. I feel like Earth is a test and we’re here to prove ourselves, go through things and come out better on the other side.”

He later continued:

“I’ve spoken about my struggles with depression and neurodivergent issues before. When I finished writing this record, I looked back at these characters I’ve created and realized I’d written the most autobiographical record of my life, which wasn’t conscious as I was writing it. The album is an epic odyssey. I don’t want mental health to be an ‘angle’ that obscures that. But I don’t mind talking about it. Anytime I talk about it, I hope it’s helpful to someone else.”

He also added the following about the new single:

“‘Mind Control’ is part of a larger story than I’m telling on this record and in the graphic novel that goes along with it. We’re following this character Devaren as he’s talking about his disdain for the population and how he can’t stand them, but at the end of the song he has this reflective moment where he actually regrets everything he’s been doing. The interesting thing about the characters in this story is that they represent a different part of my neurodivergence and mental health journey. In ‘Mind Control’ Devaren represents the depression that has crept into my life over the years that I didn’t see coming. I just had to personify that in a character so in ‘Mind Control’ it has taken over, but ultimately in our story it will be defeated.”