Lajon Witherspoon has told
Mick Stingley of
Billboard that
SEVENDUST is "figuring out dates" when he and his bandmates can begin the writing process for the follow-up to last year's
"All I See Is War" album.
According to the singer,
SEVENDUST wrote over 50 songs for
"All I See Is War" before entering the studio with producer
Michael "Elvis" Baskette (
ALTER BRIDGE,
TREMONTI,
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS). "We had so much time off, which was great — we got to go home and be fathers and husbands, and go to the daddy/daughter dances — but when you're away from it for a little bit, the creative juices are just flowing." The band picked 12 songs for the album, but it recorded "a few more than 12. We still have a lot of stuff in the pocket."
SEVENDUST guitarist
Clint Lowery recently told
Audio Ink Radio that the band didn't "want to wait a long time" before returning to the studio. "We'll probably end up recording a new record at the end of this year," he said. "We already have ideas kind of floating around for it."
"All I See Is War" was released in May 2018. It marked the group's first album for
Rise Records, the Oregon-based metal and hard rock label which was purchased by
BMG in 2015.
So far,
SEVENDUST has released four singles and videos from
"All I See Is War":
"Dirty",
"Not Original",
"Medicated" and
"Risen".
"The label has been so great,"
Witherspoon told
Billboard. "They've really been behind the band. We haven't done videos in so long I forgot they still did them. It's been fun for us to be involved and get so many done for this album. It's exciting."
