Atlanta Music Scene

Sevendust’s people have confirmed what was reported here a couple of weeks back: “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry will appear on the Atlanta metal ensemble’s upcoming CD, “Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow.”

Daughtry came to Atlanta’s Tree Sound Studios to record “The Past.” And Mark Tremonti and Miles Kennedy are also featured on the April 1 release, on the tracks “Hope” and “Sorrow,” respectively.

“There was a really relaxed vibe in the studio this time around,” Sevendust vocalist LaJon Witherspoon offered in a statement. “I think ‘Hope & Sorrow’ shows a different side of Sevendust. Heavy - but yet still growing in a direction that explores a lot of different things musically for us. I’m excited about the album.”

This is the first time Sevendust (in top picture) has collaborated with other artists since the album “Animosity.”

Are you curious about what Daughtry brings to the Sevendust formula? Excited about their seventh studio CD? (That’s the cover of the new album above, second picture). There’s also news that the band will be a part of the first annual Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with Slipknot and Disturbed headlining, and fellow Atlanta metal act Mastodon on the bill. Sound like a line-up worth seeing?

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