HUNTINGTON — Last weekend, the Big Sandy Superstore Arena hosted classic rocker Steve Miller.

This Thursday, the Arena gets even louder as Live Nation presents some heavy metal thunder from Staind with special guests Seether, Papa Roach and State of Shock at Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20.

Some tickets still remain for the show, at $39.50 floor and $35 General Admission.

Staind's sixth studio album may be, "The Illusion Of Progress," but there's no mistaking just how far the band has come since the release of their major label debut less than a decade ago.

Look no further than the array of Staind "firsts" that earmark the new release:  It's the first album where guitarist Mike Mushok solos, as well as the first where he wrote and recorded on a standard guitar, rather than his customary baritone.  Despite the band's heralded run of ten Top 10 hits at radio —  including four No. 1 singles —  it's the first time that they have recorded a song that they almost feel can be classified as a pop song, and it is also the first time that frontman Aaron Lewis has taken a political stance lyrically. On that same lyrical front, Mushok is proud to point out, with a laugh, that "consciously, I don't think Aaron says the word 'pain' once throughout the record.”

Staind is currently on the radio and on the charts with its latest single, “Believe.”

What Seether has done since 2002 —  when it released its U.S. debut Disclaimer —  is capture the attention of music fans across the globe with its epic riffs, thunderous rhythms and conscience-invading choruses. Certified gold the first time out by the RIAA on the strength of radio favorites like "Fine Again" and "Gasoline," a reworked version of that album (known as Disclaimer II) went platinum when a new rendition of the ballad "Broken" which became a Top 20 pop hit.

The band's success carried forward with 2005's Karma and Effect, which debuted at #8, going platinum and boasting hits like "Truth," "The Gift" and "Remedy."

Seether is currently on the charts and the radio with its new single, “Breakdown” that is No. 9 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Singles chart.

Papa Roach's first single off their latest work “The Paramour Sessions,"…To Be Loved" opens the album with a down-tuned litany that harkens back to Papa Roach's genre-jumping roots, but quickly explodes into a rock and roll maelstrom more in line with their previous release, the critically acclaimed and platinum-selling Getting Away With Murder. Arena rock crashes head-on with punk attitude and contagious, sing-along choruses, setting the bar early for the most infectious P-Roach album to date: No small statement, considering that Papa Roach have already sold more than 10 million albums, establishing themselves as one of the most successful rock bands in the world.

State Of Shock’s boisterous brand of straight ahead rock has made them one of Canada’s most popular rock bands. The Vancouver fivesome has made all their own breaks, packing a no–frills rock arsenal that has seen them knock down all doors despite the odds, propelled by an irresistible hit single, the soaring # 1 Canadian hit “Money Honey.” Today, the tight–knit group finds themselves perfectly poised for their first taste of American success thanks to their Universal Republic debut, Life, Love & Lies. Their power rock smash single has already hit #1 on Sirius Satellite radio’s influential charts after taking off across the border as one of the biggest Canadian rock anthems of the past several years.

The catchy “Money Honey” has been nothing short of a rock phenomenon: Already certified platinum in Canada, it has lodged near–permanent Top 10 status at multiple Canadian radio formats, including Rock, CHR, and Hot AC – netting the hard–working band three Canadian Radio Awards, including Best New Group, Best New Group at the CHR format, and the Canadian 2008 ‘Indie’ Award for Favorite Single Of The Year, beating out standout artists such as Arcade Fire and Feist. “Money Honey” also held down the #1 post on the Canadian all formats Radio Chart for two months, spending close to a year on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 singles Chart.

Tickets are available at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena ticket office, Ticketmaster or online at www.livenation.com. Tickets subject to applicable ticketing fees. Dates / acts subject to change.

 Read more about the concert in Thursday's Entertainment Tri-State section of The Herald-Dispatch.

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