Sevendust released their self-titled debut on April 15, , known for its heavy riffs, angry vocals and thrash-like drumming, as the songs Black and Bitch. Black was the opening song for nearly every Sevendust concert until The debut album also contains the song My Ruin, from the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. Sevendust appeared on the Billboard , remained there for sixteen weeks and peaked at on April 4, The album went gold on May 19, In the same year they released a compilation called Live and Loud which featured live footage of the bands September 16, performance at Chicago's Metro.
On August 24, , they released their second album, Home. The two singles from the album, "Denial" and "Waffle", gave the band moderate chart success, and the latter of which was played on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show. In , they gained European exposure by opening for Skunk Anansie at various shows in Germany. In November , the band released their third album, Animosity. This album went gold and gained the band commercial success thanks to the success of singles "Praise" and "Angel's Son", which peaked at 15 and 11, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Strait had died in a car accident in In addition to being included on Animosity, the song was included on the compilation album Strait Up. Another friend of the band, Dave Williams the lead singer of Drowning Pool, died in Tragedy would strike again when Lajon Witherspoon's younger brother was shot and killed later that year. Due to his death, Sevendust went on hiatus in In , Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons. The album debuted at 14 in the US, selling around 68, copies in its first week.
The next winter, the members of Sevendust returned to Architekt Studios to record the album that would become Kill The Flaw. While they lost out that year in the category of Best Metal Performance to the band Ghost, the guys were honored to be nominated.
They toured for the better part of two years in support of the album. During their tour schedule, they opened for Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown and headlined smaller venue tours in the United States and Canada with Sidewise, Trivium, Like a Storm and others as opening acts. Sevendust started up the tour cycle by hitting the spring and summer festival circuit in the US, before opening for Clutch on several fall concert dates. They guys also embarked on some European concert dates, and have more US and Australia tour dates lined up in Clint has produced albums for Revolve and Three Years Hollow, among others.
He even spent part of the summer and fall of playing guitar with Seether on their tour. He is the co-owner of Headbangers Con, a music and tattoo convention. Headbangers Con had their first convention in Portland, Oregon in November of Morgan has played drums on albums by Eye Empire, the Infinite Staircase. Ghost Embrace and the side project Le Projet. John Connolly lead vocals and guitar and Vince Hornsby bass guitar are half of the side project Projected. He is reportedly working on material for his first-ever solo album.
There are no details yet as to when that record will be released. He also refers to Sevendust concerts as family reunions. That sentiment is very true. There are people who come from around the world to attend their concerts and have kindled lasting friendships at their shows. Their dedicated friends and family show up in droves for every show, no matter whether Sevendust is playing as an opener, on a headlining tour, playing a spring or summer festival or playing one of their albums in its entirety live.
Every show is different, and the guys never disappoint. Their catalog is full of great music from great people. An evening with Sevendust is always a very memorable night! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Electronic Folk International.
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