Musi waApril 25, 2006, Godsmack yakabudisa album yayo yechina ye studio inonzi IV, ichiteverwa nerwendo rwaizopfuurira kusvika munaAugust 2007, yakanzi "The IV tour". Album yakabudiswa naErna uye yakagadzirwa nemugadziri anozivikanwa uye injiniya Andy Johns, anozivikanwa nekugadzira Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV. Imwe yekutanga kubva pa album, "Taura" yakabudiswa musi waFebruary 14, 2006. Album yakatanga pa nhamba imwe paBillboard 200, ichitengesa makopi 211,000 muvhiki yayo yekutanga. IV kubva ipapo yakasimbiswa goridhe. Bhendi rakanga ranyora nziyo dzinopfuura makumi mana dzealbum, asi rondedzero yekupedzisira yaive nenziyo gumi nerimwe, Larkin akataura, "Bhendi raSully uye chiratidzo chake [...] Kana zvasvika pakusarudza nziyo dzese".
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