Artist · chart history
Sevendust
Band Atlanta United States Formed 1994
Sevendust formed in 1994 in Atlanta, United States. Sevendust has 72 chart appearances on 48 radio countdowns from 23 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Enemy”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Sevendust most often is 94.1 WJJO (Madison, WI), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
Sevendust came out of Atlanta in 1994, when bassist Vinnie Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly started hammering out riffs together. After the first demo, singer Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined, and the band tried on a few names before settling on Sevendust. What they found was a bruising alternative metal and nu metal sound with an unusual weapon: Witherspoon's soulful, soaring voice floating over the down-tuned pummeling.
The self-titled debut in 1997 sold a mere 311 copies in its first week, yet it eventually went gold. Home in 1999 brought "Denial" and "Waffle", and Animosity in 2001 was a monster, loaded with "Praise", "Crucified", "Live Again" and the wrenching ballad "Angel's Son". Seasons in 2003 followed with "Enemy" and "Broken Down", and along the way the band racked up 3 gold albums in a row. TVT and Roadrunner Records have both had them on the roster.
Lowery left in 2004, and Sonny Mayo played guitar from 2005 to 2008, the years of Next and Alpha, before Lowery came back in 2008. Black Out the Sun and Kill the Flaw, with "Thank You", proved the fire hadn't dimmed. With a Grammy nomination, millions of records sold and 15 studio albums, Sevendust have proved to be built for the long haul.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sevendust on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enemy | 10 | #7 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Denial | 11 | #28 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | Praise | 9 | #34 | – | 2001 | |
| 4 | Bitch | 5 | #8 | – | 1998 | |
| 5 | Black | 4 | #13 | – | 1997 | |
| 6 | Too Close To Hate | 3 | #30 | – | 1998 | |
| 7 | Waffle | 2 | #24 | – | 2000 | |
| 8 | Dirty | 3 | #22 | – | 2018 | |
| 9 | Ugly | 2 | #39 | – | 2005 | |
| 10 | Waffle (Radio Mix) | 2 | #34 | – | – | |
| 11 | Live Again | 2 | #61 | – | 2002 | |
| 12 | Crucified | 2 | #26 | – | 2002 | |
| 13 | Angel's Son | 2 | #34 | – | 2000 | |
| 14 | Face to Face | 2 | #74 | – | 2005 | |
| 15 | The Day I Tried to Live | 1 | #20 | – | 2020 | |
| 16 | Driven | 1 | #49 | – | 2007 | |
| 17 | Unforgiven | 2 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 18 | Broken Down | 1 | #53 | – | 2004 | |
| 19 | Thank You | 1 | #17 | – | 2015 | |
| 20 | Beg to Differ | 1 | #70 | – | 2007 | |
| 21 | Prodigal Son | 1 | #71 | – | 2008 | |
| 22 | Failure | 1 | #77 | – | 2006 | |
| 23 | Decay | 1 | #23 | – | 2013 | |
| 24 | Everything | 1 | #81 | – | – | |
| 25 | Inside | 1 | #42 | – | 2009 | |
| 26 | Dying to Live | 1 | #88 | – | 2020 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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