History Music / Sevendust

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader - Vince
** TheLancer - Lajon
** TheSmartGuy - John
** TheBigGuy - Morgan
** [[TheSixthRanger The Fifth Ranger]] - Clint

!Discography:

The band's music provides examples of:

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The [[PostGrunge post-grunge]] song 'The Past' off ''Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow''. It even features Chris Daughtry, singer for the Grammy-nominated rock band Daughtry. Strangely, the collaboration actually works.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs a 7, softer songs a 3-5, and heavier songs an 8. ''Alpha'' is probably their heaviest album, and ''Seasons'' is probably their softest. "Till Death" is a solid 9.

* GriefSong: "Angel's Son," dedicated to the late Snot frontman James Lynn Strait, and "Skeleton Song," written in memory of Lajon Witherspoon's brother.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains, Corey Glover of Music/LivingColour (along with the rest of the band), Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Light the Torch (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Music/{{Oceano}}, Tommy "Vext" Cummings of Bad Wolves, and Benji Webbe of Music/{{Skindred}}.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains, Corey Glover of Music/LivingColour (along with the rest of the band), Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Light the Torch (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Music/{{Oceano}}, Tommy "Vext" Cummings of Bad Wolves, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

* CoverVersion: The band had recently covered "The Day I Tried to Live" by {{Music/Soundgarden}}, released on ''Blood & Stone''.

The self-titled debut sold 311 copies its first week. However, through touring, and TVT support, the album gained charting success through Billboard and earned gold certification. Since formation, Sevendust has released twelve studio albums, earned additional charting success and gold sales certifications. Their recent studio album ''All I See Is War'' was released on May 11, 2018. They have also re-released their self-titled debut album in a "Definitive Edition"--which contains five new tracks and a DVD.

* LongRunner: A band that debuts in the midst of the rock era that we would all like to forget as "nu-metal" should, by all conventional wisdom, have disappeared by now. Wrong. 2018 marks the band's 21st year since their debut album, with only one lineup change (Lowery to Sonny Mayo and now back to Lowery), and 12 albums to their credit as of May 2018. Most of their contemporaries have been lucky to release four or five albums before disbanding or fading into obscurity. As the most prominent rock band since Living Colour to have an African American singer, Sevendust does not get anywhere near the respect or mainstream recognition that it should.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs a 7, softer songs a 3-5, and heavier songs an 8. ''Alpha'' is probably their heaviest album, and ''Seasons'' is probably their softest.
** WordOfGod states that a song on the upcoming album will be the heaviest song by them, containing blast beats and growled vocals, so the band may break into 9-10 territory if this is proved true.
** Confirmed, "Till Death" is a solid 9.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains, Corey Glover of Music/LivingColour (along with the rest of the band), Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Light the Torch (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Music/{{Oceano}}, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

The self-titled debut sold 311 copies its first week. However, through touring, and TVT support, the album gained charting success through Billboard and earned gold certification. Since formation, Sevendust has released eight studio albums, earned additional charting success and gold sales certifications. Their eighth studio album, titled Cold Day Memory, was released on April 20, 2010. They have also re-released their self-titled debut album as Sevendust: Definitive Edition which contains five new tracks and a DVD.

The band's ninth album, titled ''Black Out the Sun'', was released in March 2013. An acoustic album containing both older songs and brand new material, ''Time Travelers & Bonfires'', was released in April 2014. A tenth album, ''Kill the Flaw'' was released in October 2015.

* LongRunner: A band that debuts in the midst of the rock era that we would all like to forget as "nu-metal" should, by all conventional wisdom, have disappeared by now. Wrong. 2014 marked Sevendust's 17th (17th!) year since their debut album, with only one lineup change (Lowery to Sonny Mayo and now back to Lowery), and ten albums to their credit as of April 2014. Most of their contemporaries have been lucky to release four or five albums before disbanding or fading into obscurity. As the most prominent rock band since Living Colour to have an African American singer, Sevendust does not get anywhere near the respect or mainstream recognition that it should.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains, Corey Glover of Music/LivingColour (along with the rest of the band), Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Light the Torch (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Oceano, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

* TakeThat: "Enemy," written by Morgan Rose, dissed Coal Chamber frontmam Dez Fafara for the way he treated Rose's (then) wife, who also happened to be the bassist for Coal Chamber.

** TheSmartGuy - Clint

** [[TheSixthRanger The Fifth Ranger]] - John

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly William [=DuVall=] of Music/AliceInChains, Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Devil You Know (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Oceano, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred[[note]]Terrance Hobbs and Mike Smith of Music/{{Suffocation}} are also among the most well-known black musicians in metal despite neither of them being a vocalist[[/note]].

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few black rock and metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly Byron Davis of God Forbid, Howard Jones of Devil You Know (also formerly of Music/KillswitchEngage), Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, Adam Warren of Oceano, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred[[note]]Terrance Hobbs and Mike Smith of Music/{{Suffocation}} are also among the most well-known black musicians in metal despite neither of them being a vocalist[[/note]].