Seven Hours After Violet, the brand new challenge from System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, have introduced their self-titled debut album, out October eleventh by way of Sumerian Information. The band additionally dropped one other single, “Radiance.”
From the band title down by means of the freshly unveiled album artwork, Seven Hours After Violet are clearly tapping right into a 2000s nu-metal aesthetic, which additionally interprets to the music. “Radiance” traverses each heavy and melodic territory, signaled by the shifts between clear and harsh singing. The refined digital sampling in the course of the instrumental breaks is a very nu-metal transfer.
Seven Hours After Violet encompass Odadjian on bass, singer Taylor Barber (Left to Endure), guitarist Morgoth (Winds of Plague, producer), singer-guitarist Alejandro Aranda (Scarypoolparty, American Idol), and drummer Josh Johnson (Winds of Plague). The band made its debut again in June with the wonderful harsher “Paradise,” a Heavy Music of the Week choice.
“This album is the fruits of years of artistic exploration,” remarked Odadjian in a press launch. “With Seven Hours After Violet I wished to return to my roots in heavy music but additionally convey one thing solely new to the desk. ‘Radiance’ and its precursor, ‘Paradise,’ are however a small glimpse of the depth, musical range and emotion that run by means of this album. We will’t wait for everybody to listen to it in full and to convey these songs to life on stage at our first stay efficiency at Mayhem Fest.”
As Odadjian talked about, Seven Hours After Violet will play their first gig on October twelfth — the day after their album drops — on the revived Mayhem Pageant in San Bernardino, California (get tickets right here).
Watch the video for “Radiance” and see the album artwork and tracklist under. Pre-order Seven Hours After Violet’s debut album right here.
Seven Hours After Violet Paintings:
Seven Hours After Violet Tracklist:
01. Paradise
02. Alive
03. Dawn
04. Go!
05. Float
06. Glink
07. Cry….
08. Abandon
09. Radiance
10. Gloom
11. Really feel