Sevendust - Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow

Sevendust are back with their seventh studio album, Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow, produced by Sean Groove, Morgan Rose & John Connolly. The release will be their second on the band's wholly owned record label, 7Bros. Records under Warner Music Group's Asylum/Independent Label Group.
For the first time since Animosity (2001), the band has collaborated with outside artists, including Chris Daughtry and members of Alterbridge. First single, "Prodigal Son", will be impacting Active and Mainstream Rock radio on February 10th, with a video soon to follow. Sevendust will be touring in support of the album throughout the year.
The March 2007 release of Alpha, the bands sixth studio album and first on 7Bros. Records, saw Sevendust equal their highest Billboard album ranking of their career with a first week debut at #14 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 42,398 copies. With even more radio hits packed into the new album, Sevendust looks forward to continuing to raise the bar. Product Description

Average

This band is average. If you think any different you are a loser. Every album sounds the same. I own all the original albums. I would never see this band live, but I like some of their studio albums. I think this is the last album I buy from them. They all sound the same. Their best album I think is 2001. Love that album. Very pop sounding with Arron Lewis on vocals for a song. This album isn't bad, but it's more of the same. I thought it would be better given some of the guests on it. October 5, 2008

Sevendust Freak

I love this band and this new album is amazing!! I've had the opportunity to see these guys live, meet them a few times, and own every album! I think this is probably the best album since 'Animosity'! Although it's too bad Sonny Mayo departed as soon as the album was completed, at the same time, it's good to see Clint back in the lineup! These guys NEVER dissapoint me!! September 30, 2008

Chapter VII...

The seventh outing by Sevendust was out within a year since their last one. I have been a fan of the band ever since i heard Black and own that album. I wasn't thrilled with the stuff that came out in between Home and Alpha. This album however seriously got my attention. Have been playing it non stop since i got it. It is a more mature, experimental Sevendust. True that their sound has evolved but none of it points in a direction where they've totally mellowed down or anything. The album, simply out, rocks... and rocks hard. From the first track on its one rocky ride. Sevendust have moved in the right direction... kept it heavy.. but at the same time experimented well. This is a good album i highly recommend. Morgan Rose is a great drummer. Stand out tracks include - Inside, Prodigal Son, Scape goat, Lifeless, Contradiction. September 2, 2008

I'm satisfied

Well, it's not easy for band to keep you interested and content after, I guess, seven albums (I wasn't counting, but that's a good point). But Sevendust has done that in my opinion. It's really impressive that they've carved a niche that they can sound relatively fresh in after all these albums.

They're just great song writer's. They still have a very driven and heavy side. They continue to switch up rythms and moods within songs, plus they're "catchy" and have a somewhat unique sound, even if they remain similar to their own previous material. There are a lot of bands that used to be exciting that continue to make music but sound like a bad replica of themselves (Red hot chili peppers, metallica, whatever crap G n R remnants do, even weezer is getting that way). But you can shuffle this album into their 90's material and wouldn't know the difference. So I wouldn't throw these guys away just because they've been around. This is a great album.

July 12, 2008

Welcome to the New Sevendust

The new Sevendust CD, titled Chapter VII Hope and Sorrow represents a slightly more experimental Sevendust than its fans are used to. Most metal bands tend to mellow and become more intellectual with age, and Sevendust is no exception.

Sevendust is and always has always been hardcore and relatively experimental (in terms of harmonies and rhythms), but in the first part of they're career (from their beginning through the album, Next) they were more about harsh, adrenaline pumping, concrete smashingly heavy music than they were about experimentation, and the experimentation was always subject to making the music more striking; it was never an end unto itself. Starting with Alpha, and even more so with their current album, experimentation becomes the end, not the means.

Fans who loved the bloodthirsty rhythms of the old Sevendust, will not be disappointed by this album, but they will hear a little less of that, and a little more use of polytonality, octatonicism, chromaticism, and formal irregularities (such as the two minute long introduction to the first song).

Welcome to the new Sevendust. July 11, 2008

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