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  • Genre: Metal / Progressive / Rock

    Location London, London and South East, UK

    Profile Views: 36257

    Last Login: 7/10/2011

    Member Since 5/11/2006

    Website www.seven7.name

    Record Label MGP Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Full of melodies combined with heavy riffs and tribal rhythms, Seven7 are a breath of fresh air on the metal scene. The band consists of Swiss guitarist Nick Meier on guitars as well as the Turkish Oud and Baglama, Dave Brown on vocals and percussion and Arran McSporran (De Profundis) on fretless and synth bass with Pete Riley (Guthrie Govan/Keith Emerson) replacing Dave Moulding on drums in June 2010. With art by Roopa Basu, based on paintings done by Meier's wife Songul Yilmaz-Meier, their debut album Try Something Different was officially released on June 15th 2009. The album features guest guitar solos from Steve Smyth (Nevermore/Testament) as well as additional percussion by Pete Riley (Erotic Cakes/Keith Emerson). Mixed in Switzerland by Dom Torche and mastered by Rupert Christie, the album is a tour-de force linking Meier’s love of oriental scales and rhythms, also prominent in his jazz band The Meier Group, with the grooves and riffs of heavy metal. With Dave Brown’s deep melodic growls, Moulding’s technical skill and McSporran’s souring fretless lines, the album is “contemporary metal that explores many styles from proggy stuff through to the hard rhythms of Fear Factory, but the sound is always cohesive” (Live review). Seven7 were a featured band and performed a special gig at the world renowned Bath International Guitar Festival in 2008 with Meier lecturing there during the festival. They have been regularly gigging and gaining exposure around the South East of England since 2007.

  • Members

    Dave Brown - Vocals & Percussion Nick Meier - Lead & Rhythm Guitars Pete Riley - Drums & Percussion Arran McSporran - Fretless & Synth Bass

  • Influences

    Korn, Dream Theater, Alice in Chains, Rammstein, Nevermore, Vai...

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Bio

Full of melodies combined with heavy riffs and tribal rhythms, Seven7 are a breath of fresh air on the metal scene. The first demos emerged in 2006 but the lineup was not finalised until 2007. The band consists of Swiss guitarist Nick Meier on guitars as well as the Turkish Oud and Baglama, Dave Brown on vocals and percussion and Arran McSporran (De Profundis) on fretless and synth bass with Pete Riley (Guthrie Govan/Keith Emerson) replacing Dave Moulding on drums in June 2010.

With art by Roopa Basu, based on paintings done by Meier's wife Songul Yilmaz-Meier, their debut album Try Something Different was officially released on June 15th 2009. The album features guest guitar solos from Steve Smyth (Nevermore/Testament) as well as additional percussion by Pete Riley (Erotic Cakes/Keith Emerson). Mixed in Switzerland by Dom Torche and mastered by Rupert Christie, the album is a tour-de force linking Meier’s love of oriental scales and rhythms, also prominent in his jazz band The Meier Group, with the grooves and riffs of heavy metal. With Dave Brown’s deep melodic growls, Moulding’s technical skill and McSporran’s souring fretless lines, the album is “contemporary metal that explores many styles from proggy stuff through to the hard rhythms of Fear Factory, but the sound is always cohesive” (Live review).

Seven7 were a featured band and performed a special gig at the world renowned Bath International Guitar Festival in 2008 with Meier lecturing there during the festival. In April 2010 they were a featured artist on the website JamLegend.com. They have been regularly gigging and gaining exposure around the South East of England since 2007.

Seven7 are currently recording their, currently untitled, second album, which should be released in early 2011.





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Members

Dave Brown - Vocals and Percussion
Nick Meier - Guitars, Oud and Baglama
Arran McSporran - Fretless and Synth Bass
Claus Thylstrup - Drums and Percussion

Discography

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Under Eye (August 1st 2011)

Try Something Different (2009)

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