For at least one musician involved, Sevendust‘s forthcoming fifteenth studio album will be an expression of their Christian faith. Guitarist/vocalist Clint Lowery has been increasingly vocal about embracing Christianity in recent times. In a new interview published by Church Leaders, Lowery spoke at length about how finding God has changed him, and how it will impact the next record from the above-mentioned alternative metal outfit. Speaking of that, he offered [transcribed by theprp.com]:
“This is the first record that every single session, every time that I went to go write — and the writing process can be agonizing, it can be fulfilling, it can be all these things. But this was the first record that I gave credit and glory to God for every session before every time I sat down… A lot of my career I would boast in the fact that I wrote these songs, I had this thing. I took credit for that gift. First off, I just gave the glory to [God] to be able to even write. Creative… everything he gave me, with the way I hear music, the way I perceive it, it’s all giving the glory to him.”
Lowery then went on to address claims that the band have gone Christian metal in light of his own spiritual conversion. He stated:
“I did a couple interviews and someone said this next Sevendust is going to be a Christian metal record, which I got a kick out of. People take headlines. But what it was, was, you know, we’ve touched, we flirted with the topic in our past. And there’s a song in particular called “Till Death” where I was really coming to terms. This is the heaviest song we have. And I was coming to terms with my faith in my own way.
Just kind of one foot in, one foot out, not fully there, acknowledging Christ, acknowledging the the Bible, but not knowing the scripture. Not having a personal relationship. And that was a big difference. So I went and talked to the pastor that I got saved by, and we kind of worked through a lot of stuff with me, and he’s kind of my mentor in the Bible. And [he] guided me through. And he was… I was like, ‘What[do I write?’] Because it’s on my heart to write about this and the struggle of what brought me there, and just my relationship [with God.]
I wanted to write about it. And I said I don’t want to write every song [about my faith,] I don’t want to just automatically do that. I want it to be natural. He said, ‘Just let God guide you in there.’ I had six songs that kind of came from from me, you know, and every one of them have something to do with with giving… connecting with God. The struggle within, the brokenness of all of us, and just recognizing that there’s hope. It was very hopeful.
Even though the musical landscape — the music is heavy — it’s [also] probably our most melodic record in a while. It was fulfilling. And not only that, the energy in the room, the relationships within the band are so good. And I feel like God has worked. Because I used to join in the gossip. I used to add to the negatives. I used to do all those things.
And I changed a few things. And you don’t realize how much of a bad ingredient you are to the soup until you change what you’re adding to it. And I was adding… I’d just 1764104291 be a little quieter during the negative things and then more encouraging when people [were positive.] And God gave me these connections with people that I wouldn’t have found without the suffering that I had gone through that that got me to him.
With the album’s recording sessions having wrapped earlier this month under Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Mammoth, Alter Bridge), he went on to say that the mixing sessions for the record are expected to be completed by early December, with a first single likely to arrive in early 2026. He also reckoned that the album will likely follow in the summer.
Later in the chat, Lowery expounded upon his belief in crediting God for operating through him, revealing that it helped him overcome with past bitterness over songwriting credits on Sevendust material:
“It was an empty void. I didn’t realize, right? It’s like by giving [God] credit. I used to get irritated that I wouldn’t get the writer’s credit, you know, on these songs and stuff. And then it hit me. I was talking to Eric Bass from Shinedown — we used to have a little Bible study — and we both came to the realization, man, we’ve been harboring these resentments over not getting the credit we deserve behind the scenes, and we’re not giving the credit to the ultimate. So it’s like the hypocrisy in that, you know?”
He also briefly touched on how his faith conflicts with some of Sevendust‘s past output:
“God has put me where he needs me. And I struggled a little bit in terms of this environment because there still not, not everyone’s on the same thing. And you know some of the old words that we throw out there, you’ll hear a couple curses. I curse on one of the songs and I really don’t… I’ve changed that part about myself. But I think what God’s teaching me is do more. He wants more for me. There’s more I can do for some people in need…”