| 7 Horns 7 Eyes | |
| Alias: | 7H7E[1] |
| Origin: | Seattle, Washington |
| Genre: | Melodic death metal,[2] progressive metal, technical death metal,[3] Christian metal (early)[4] |
| Years Active: | 2006–present |
| Label: | Basick, Century Media |
| Website: | 7 Horns 7 Eyes on Facebook |
| Current Members: | JJ Polachek Aaron Smith Brandon Smith Sean Alf |
| Past Members: | Kyle Wood Ryan Wood Steven Bye Zack Uidl Chris Weiford |
7 Horns 7 Eyes is an American Christian death metal band based out of Seattle, Washington. The band formed in 2006 and released their debut album Throes of Absolution[5] on April 24, 2012, on Century Media Records in North America and Basick Records in Europe.[6] [7] On January 10, 2014, after being silent for nearly two years, vocalist JJ Polachek announced the band is working on three potential releases for 2014 and 2015. It was described as a large conceptual work.[8]
In 2006, friends, Kyle Wood, Brandon and Aaron Smith, Chris Weiford, and Steven Bye started a band, that they named 7 Horns 7 Eyes, which comes from in the Bible. They recorded their self-titled debut EP in 2006 and released it in 2007. After 7 Horns 7 Eyes was released, Weiford and Bye left the band and were replaced by friend Sean Alf, and Ryan Wood, Kyle's brother.
In 2009, the band was selected for Demon Hunter's first annual "Huntour" along with the resurrected Living Sacrifice, The Famine, Focused, and Advent. After the "Huntour" the band began to record their first album and released the first single of the album, "The Vindicator". After recording the whole album, Kyle Wood left to get married.[9] Aaron Smith then contacted his friend JJ "Shiv" Polachek of Monotheist, to be the new vocalist and re-record vocals. In 2011, the band released Convalescence EP and in 2012, their debut album, Throes of Absolution was released. After the release, Sean Alf left the band, and was replaced by Zack Uidl.
The band announced that instead of the original plan of releasing three concept albums, they would make it one album, to be released in late 2017 or early 2018, recording the "traditional followup" to their debut album, Throes of Absolution, except that the lyrical focus will be on philosophy and their emotions and that they were no longer a Christian band.[10]
Former
Touring members
Timeline
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Albums
EPs