Album Review: Sevendust - One
Reviewed by Tim Finch
It’s a sure sign that we’re all getting old when a band we’ve followed since the beginning is now hitting the 30+ year career mark and releasing their fifteenth studio album. It’s as if it were yesterday that Sevendust were the new kids on the block, giving the more established acts a run for their money. This week they release ‘One’ and find themselves as the established act having continued their glittering career for more than three decades.
The album opens with its title track, an alarm bell of an intro brings you to attention, alerting the listener to the oncoming aural assault. ‘Unbreakable’ has a softer intro, complete with keys before the unmistakable vocals of Lajon Witherspoon kick in, the passion in his voice oozes through, hooking you from the off.
The album sees Sevendust thrive with a new lease of life, ‘Is This The Real You’ and ‘We Won’ have an upbeat feel with their ever-so-catchy riffs, whilst ‘Construct’ will have the listener headbanging to the explosive beat, the bands power at full throttle by this point.
A lot of the songs on the album have a jarring, abrasive intro, almost industrial in nature, but as those opening seconds fade the songs explode into life. This is evident on ‘The Drop’ where the intro fades into another burst of energy accompanied by Witherspoons silky smooth vocal style. As we enter the latter part of the album ‘Blood Price’ has a battering ram of a riff that hits from the off, it feels like your head is strapped to a firing Gatling gun as it explodes into life. Whilst album closer ‘Misdirection’ lives up to its name, averting us from the chaos we have just witnessed with a mellowed, come down feel.
Sevendust stepped up to the plate on their recent UK run with Alter Bridge and the album ‘One’ builds on their momentum. It shows a band growing into a beast and heightens anticipation for their first UK headline tour in eight years, coming this December.
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