History Music / Sevendust

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few African American metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly Byron Davis of God Forbid, Derrick Green of Music/{{Sepultura}}, [[Music/BodyCount Ice-T]] of Body Count, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few African American metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly Byron Davis of God Forbid, [[{{Sepultura}} Derrick Green]] of Sepultura, [[{{Music/Body Count}} Ice-T]] of Body Count, and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

* TokenMinority: While he is not the only one, Lajon is one of the few African American metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly Byron Davis of God Forbid, [[{{Sepultura}} Derrick Green]] of Sepultura, [[{{Music/Body Count}} Ice-T]], [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]] of Skindred.

* LongRunner: A band that debuts in the midst of the rock era we'd 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.

* NonindicativeName: "X-Mas Day" isn't really a Christmas song, just so you know.

* TokenMinority: While he's not the only one, Lajon is one of the few African-American metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly [[{{Sepultura}} Derrick Green]] and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Benji Webbe]].

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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.

* ThrowItIn: The muffled voice that says "Right after this" in the song "Headtrip" was a vocal cue by an engineer accidentally left in.

The band has just finished recording their ninth studio album, titled ''Black Out the Sun''. It was released in March.

* LongRunner: A band that debuts in the midst of the rock era we'd all like to forget as "nu-metal" should, by all conventional wisdom, have disappeared by now. Wrong. 2013 marked Sevendust's 16th (16th!) year since their debut album, with only one lineup change (Lowery to Sonny Mayo and now back to Lowery), and nine albums to their credit as of March. 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's not the only one, Lajon is one of the few African-American metal vocalists active right now. He is, however, arguably the most well-known, along with possibly [[{{Sepultura}} Derrick Green]].

Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band was formed in 1994 by bassist Vincent Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group. Following a few name changes, the members settled on the name Sevendust and released their self-titled debut on April 15, 1997.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Vincent Hornsby got the idea for the band name from the label on a can he found in his mother's garage.

The band has just finished recording their ninth studio album, titled ''Black Out the Sun''. It will be released in March.

** WordOfGod states that a song on the upcoming album contains blast beats and growled vocals, so the band may break their heaviness record and push into 9-10 territory if this is true.

* LongRunner: A band that debuts in the midst of the rock era we'd all like to forget as "nu-metal" should, by all conventional wisdom, have disappeared by now. Wrong. 2011 marked Sevendust's 14th (14th!) year since their debut album, with only one lineup change (Lowery to Sonny Mayo and now back to Lowery), and eight albums to their credit. 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.

The band has just finished recording their ninth studio album, titled ''Black Out the Sun''. It will be released in April.

The band has just finished recording their ninth studio album. The album still hasn't been titled, but is scheduled for an early 2013 release date.

* GenreBusting: While rooted in AlternativeMetal, they have many influences from and have done songs in many other genres, such as alternative rock ('Xmas Day'), acoustic rock ('Angel's Son'), thrash metal ('Alpha' (the song, not the album)), rap metal (some parts of 'Enemy'), and blues rock ('Hope').

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs a 7, softer songs a 4-5, and heavier songs an 8.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: It varies up and down the scale a bit. Most of their songs are around a high 6 or a 7, but they can be as low as a 5 (e.g. 'Xmas Day') or as high as a low 8 (e.g. 'Terminator').

* EpicRiff: "Black," "Praise,"Enemy," and "Prodigal Son."

* FaceOfTheBand: Lajon Witherspoon.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Animosity''

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The "Ugly" music video, where a large crowd of blindfolded people remove their blindfolds, revealing EyelessFaces.

* TearJerker: "Angel's Son" and "X-Mas Day."

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: At times as low as a 6, and sometimes as high as an 8.