MetalSucks.net recently chatted with SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery, who has returned to the band after a three album absence. An excerpt from the interview, detailing how the reunion came about, reads like this:

"I always stayed in touch with Morgan (Rose, drummer) the most. I talked to him more than anyone else in the band during the separation. And it was one of those things where we had a lot of conversations about it, y’know, hypothetical 'Hey, what would happen if we did this?' [conversations], and just kinda thinking about it. And then I was doing the DARK NEW DAY thing and they put out some more records. Sonny (Mayo, Lowery’s replacement) did a great job doing those albums. They were happy. I was kinda happy, but we always entertained the idea of [me coming back]. And this last time we had that conversation, for some reason it just seemed like it was more potent than the others. And the state of Dark New Day, and where they (Sevendust) were at… it was kind of odd timing, because, y’know, Dark New Day was working on a new record, they (Sevendust) were just coming out with a new one. But we just thought it was better… it would be better for Sonny. We’d already had the conversation, me and Morgan, and I’d actually reached out to the other guys, just to be friends, just to say 'Hey, how are you doing in life?' Not [talking] about music or anything, we just wanted to be brothers again. And that kind of led to the natural conversation, y’know, 'Should we play together?' And then we had these conversations, and they were pretty serious, and we didn’t feel like it would be fair to wait knowing that there was a possibility that it might happen – for Sonny to be there and to just go behind his back, we didn’t think that was right. We knew it was something that we wanted to do, so we said 'Let’s just go ahead and do it' instead of having these conspiracy theories, or having to keep it to ourselves, me not having to tell Dark New Day, y’know… we wanted to be honest with everybody."

As previously reported, Sevendust released their new album, Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow, on April 1st. The band is currently on tour. Catch them live at the following shows:

April

23 - Jackson, TN - Carl Perkins Civic Center
24 - Fort Wayne, IN - Piere’s
25 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s
26 - Little Rock, AR - Edgefest
28 - Wichita Falls, TX - Kay Yeager Coliseum
29 - Lubbock, TX - The Pavilion

May

1 - Nashville, TN - City Hall
2 - Louisville, KY - Derby Outdoor Show
3 - South Bend, IN - Club Fever
4 - Springfield, IL - Prairie Capital Convention Center
9 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
13 - Libertyville, IL - Austin’s Saloon
14 - Traverse City, MI - Streeters
16 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop
18 - Columbus, OH - Columbus Crew Stadium