Recently re-united with his brothers, SEVENDUST co-founder / guitarist / background singer / musical genius Clint Lowery just released a record of his own, Chills, under the moniker HELLO DEMONS..MEET SKELETONS. Lowery elected to record a solo album on his own between Sevendust tours - with production, engineering and mixing help from his brother Corey (also of DARK NEW DAY, STEREOMUD and STUCK MOJO fame) - and to self-release it on the Internet. MetalSucks recently had the opportunity to interview Lowery via email. An excerpt from the interview follows:

MetalSucks: How and when was Hello Demons..Meet Skeletons written?

Clint Lowery: "It was written starting in November of 2007 here and there until September 11th, 2008. I wrote it because at the time I was in the darkest place of my life and had to put it down through music to remember where I was and not to go back there again."

MetalSucks: Did you have a specific sound in mind when you began writing?

Clint Lowery: "I knew this particular EP was gonna be acoustic all the way through. It just fit the mood I was in most of the time."

MetalSucks: Between Dark New Day and now your new solo CD, it seems you’ve got a desire to write music outside of just Sevendust. What fuels that desire? Is there a certain creative side that you don’t feel able to express through Sevendust’s music?

Clint Lowery: "It's a lot of reasons. One main one is I like to keep writing and don't like waiting for album cycles to come a round. I feel like life's too short to only have on average five or six albums [in your career]. Plus, I like doing different styles. I love heavy music and I love mellow stuff as well. I like singing from time to time. I guess it boils down to challenges."

MetalSucks: Do you approach writing differently for your solo material than you would for Sevendust?

Clint Lowery: "For sure. With Sevendust I write vocal ideas around Lajon's [Witherspoon] vocal style. I write music that's heavier and that fits into the 7d sound. I like pushing the boundaries with 7d, though. I still think we still can grow more."

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