SEVENDUST: New Audio Interview With SONNY MAYO Posted Online

December 17, 2005

HeavyMetalSource.com has posted an MP3 audio interview with SEVENDUST's Sonny Mayo conducted on December 11. The 16-minute interview features Mayo talking about joining the band after Clint Lowery's departure, his contributions to the group's new album, "Next", the band's signing with Winedark Records and collaboration with a label that gives the band options to sign new acts in the future. Sonny also talks about the upcoming tour with NONPOINT, SOCIALBURN and WICKED WISDOM, the seventh anniversary of former bandmate Lynn Strait's (SNOT) passing, Dimebag's influence on his musical career, and his signature guitar via Washburn, among other topics. Listen to the interview at this location.

SEVENDUST will release "Greatest Hits (Chapter One)" on December 27. The collection will feature "Black", "Angel's Son", "Enemy", two unreleased tracks, collaborations with STAIND's Aaron Lewis (on the track "Follow") and the DEFTONES' Chino Moreno ("Bender"),as well as two covers — MARVIN GAYE's "Inner City Blues" and ALICE COOPER's "School's Out".

SEVENDUST's newly-released fifth album, "Next" (WineDark/7Bros Records, distributed by Fontana Distribution, a division of Universal Music and Video Distribution),debuted on The Billboard 200 chart at No. 20 and has sold 98,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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