Next [Clean] [Edited] by Sevendust

Initial pressings include bonus Special Limited Edition DVD. Sevendust: Lajon (vocals); John, Sonny (guitar); Vinnie (bass guitar); Morgan (drums). Personnel: "Viggy" Vignola (programming). Audio Mixers: John Connolly; Morgan Rose; Shawn Grove. Recording information: J. Stanley Productions. Photographers: Mitchell Davis; Fran Strine. Alternative metal outfit Sevendust weathered the departure of their founding guitarist and a label change before releasing NEXT in 2005, but the changes haven't affected the band's take on hardcore riffage, thunderous rhythms, and alternately soulful and screamo vocals courtesy of frontman Lajon Witherspoon. Witherspoon, one of the group's most distinguishing features, can make his voice soar and slide, at times recalling Mike Patton, and then turn around to sound like the most ferocious of hardcore growlers. NEXT also broadens the band's stylistic palette by adding electronic balladry ("This Life") and the occasional surprisingly melodic chorus ("Desertion"), while never lo...