@ adam I don’t know if Sevendust is motivated by money at this point. Would they really make that much more acting as an opening band on a large tour as opposed to headlining their own club tour? I’m not so sure. I think they just miss playing in front of large crowds like they often did in their prime. I’m not going to hate on them too much for it. Their last two albums (don’t even know the names) and seasons were complete shit, but they’ve given me enough good shit to listen to over the years that I’ll always have a little bit of love for them. It’s unfortunate though, if they were headlining a club tour I might actually pay to see them one last time.

@ Afghanistam, Agreed, Alpha was surprisingly good and I think Sonny Mayo had a lot to do with it. I thought they made two albums since then, but I could be wrong. I haven’t really paid much attention.

@ mrvictorick. I’m not going to say you’re wrong, because it sounds like you know more about the history of the album than I do, but that seems odd to me because Sonny was involved in the writing for Next, which came out prior to Alpha, and Chapter VII, which came out after. So apparently they started writing Alpha before Sonny joined and shelved it, then finished it after Next? Strange.