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Home wasn't a place Sevendust saw much of following the 1997 release of their self-titled debut. The Atlanta-bred quintet spent nearly two years on the road, eventually earning gold status for Sevendust. The result is a band that is tight, precise, and finely honed. The songs on Home, however, while boasting a heavy and headbanging coolness like the Deftones with a touch of Faith No More funkiness, tend toward the unremarkable and redundant. The lack of hooks aside, Home still sounds excellent, thanks to producer Toby Wright (Fishbone, Korn), who ably captured the band's ample instrumental and vocal talent. Still, most listeners would be hard-pressed to sing along--or describe the difference between--"Home," "Denial," and several of the other aggro, riff-based songs on Home. While vocalist Lajon Witherspoon is powerful and melodic and writes thoughtful, personal lyrics, a welcome diversion is the addition of Skunk Anansie singer Skin on "Licking Cream," her wailing wakes (and shakes!) up the song and the record. It may be where their hearts are, but Home won't make Sevendust household names. Katherine Turman

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4 out of 5 stars

a welcome sophmore homcoming February 8, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

It is often said that the more people anticipate your sophomore effort, the harder it will fall from the pedestal. If that kind of disappointment was the case than there would not be as welcome of a homecoming for Sevendust in the loud rock community. Following up their groundshaking self titled TVT debut with Home, the southern quintet seeks to redefine the way it is perceived inside the loud rock landscape, shining forth with powerful grooves, commanding vocals and a metal stance not likely to be driven from its present home. Driving groove laden riffs are continuously trudged upon by the layered vocal counterpoint by lead Lajon Witherspoon with axe-slinger Clint Lowery and drummer Morgan Rose. Witherspoon's explicit use of the death metal growl along side of his very soulful harmonies makes for a very dynamic approach, thus adding to the already diverse vocal landscape. Opting this time around for a little less in the way of expressionary diversity in syncopated rhythms and shifting moods and focusing more on catchy, sing along choruses and consistently flowing guitar riffs. That is not to say that the off-kilter bottom end and backwards groove rhythms aren't prevalent throughout Home, but it is obvious that the Sevendust crew had other avenues they wanted to tred down more. The road that Sevendust travels home this time around also includes two very memorable guest appearances. Skin (Skunk Anansie) lends her unique pipes and writing approach to "Licking Cream" while Chino (Deftoens) brings his gritty emo inspired voice and writing approach to "Bender." With production credits going to Toby Wright and Jay Jay French there is never a lack of power throughout Home. If you already know what the Sevendust experience is all about, than welcome home to a sophomore effort that won't fail your ears or your moshing feet, and if not that this is one homecoming you really should not miss.

5 out of 5 stars

A Truely Awesome Metal CD September 8, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I love this record! I believe that Sevendust is one of the most inventive and talented new metal bands that are arising now. Their first album was good, but the songs lacked good hooks or tunes, making the songs (with the exception of songs like Black and Terminator) almost indistinguishable from each other. This album however has a much more creative flow to it. Lajon takes more advantage of his vocal talent to put a beautiful melody over the bludgeon of John and Clint's guitars. Plus, drummer Morgan Rose has improved a lot, using different beats and making good use of the double kick. Furthermore, bassist Vince Hornsby has kicked up his sound a little bit (you can actually hear what he's doing now) and it really adds dimension to the songs. And finally, the duet with Skunk Anansie's Skin is a really cool departure on Licking Cream, and the duet with Chino Moreno on Bender simply kicks a**. I love this band, and anyone who gave this recording a bad review can shove it!

5 out of 5 stars

The new kings of heavy metal August 19, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Just because lead singer Lajon Witherspoon is black, don't dismiss him as a rapper with a heavy metal band at his arsenal, because that is definately NOT what Sevendust is. Sevendust is straight-up heavy metal. No but's about it. They are easily the heaviest band out there, and every person in the band has an awesome talent at their instrument. Guitarists John Connoly and Clint Lowery are 1-2 punch guitarists, almost as good as James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. Bassist Vince Hornsby holds his own punping awesome bass lines, and Morgan Rose punds the skins like no one else. Everyone in the band has a singing part also. But the band's secret weapon is singer Lajon. His voice is so great that it's haunting. He can both sing and scream with the best of them. A run-down of all the tracks on a scale on 1 to 5.... 1. Home-Nice opener, heavy intro, cool vocals by Rose (4/5) 2. Denial-The 1st single, bone crunching riffs and great screaming by Lajon (5/5) 3. Headtrip-Very cool song, love the chorus, also love when Lajon screams "NEVER FORGET THE PAIN! " (4.5/5) 4. Insecure-Sort of a prelude to Reconnect, not great, another good song could be filled in here (2/5) 5. Reconnect-Excellent, very nice chorus, great songwriting on this track (4.5/5) 6. Waffle-The 2nd single, one of the heaviest tracks here, starts slow, gets ROCK HARD (4.5/5) 7. Rumble Fish-Another LOUD track, most of it is screaming, but it's awesome (4.5/5) 8. Licking Cream-The highlight of the album, ITS AWESOME! Skin from Skunk Anansie guest stars on this track, and her voice combined with Lajon's is beautiful (5/5) 9. Grasp-More melodic, I don't care for it (2/5) 10. Crumbled-The heaviest track on "Home", very cool chorus where Connoly sings also (his voice is really cool) (4.5/5) 11. Grasshopper-A track where bassist Hornsby messes around and sings some stupid acoustic song. Entertaining though (3.5/5) 12. Bender-Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno guests on this track, and his voice only contributes. Its a very haunting track (4/5) Overall, if you like Staind, Machine Head, Metallica, or any metal band, you should DEFINATELY check this out.

5 out of 5 stars

Top Notch Stuff April 3, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I can confidently say that this is one of the best albums money can buy. I would say that it is near enough on a par with Nirvana - Nevermind. DENIAL has to be one of the best tracks ever, (of course alongside SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT-NIRVANA)If you're thinking of buying any SLIPKNOT stuff....don't bother with that bollocks. Get this instead

4 out of 5 stars

Darn Good March 21, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I remember when I bought the first Sevendust album, and I quickly returned it. It wasn't that bad but it just wasn't all that good either. Well luckily the same can not be said for HOME. This cd is awesome, and I would recomend it to anybody who likes good rock music. Although I bought this cd in 1999, I am only now writing this review because i have encountered so many people who had not heard it and should hear it. My advice is that if you have 15 bucks buy this cd, and if you don't sell a kidney and get it. This was probaby one of the best heavy albums of the year, and the least appreciated

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