The Sevendust I would recommend is anything before their album Animosity, which they themselves described as being a change in style brought on by the popularity of "Angel's Son". Very 'radio friendly*' now, if that helps anybody decide
These are the bands that haven't let me down in terms of re-listenability:
Mudvayne
The quintessential metalcore: high energy, heavy, and complex riffs without being noise. Kill I Oughta (get The Beginning of All Things to End, it's a remastered version), LD 50, and The End of All Things to Come (albums) are amazing (especially LD 50).
Pitchshifter
The album www.pitchshifter.com is truly awesome, and I would highly recommend finding it somehow.
Crossbreed
Albums .01 and Synthetic Division are being sought by me, but their latest I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
Earthtone9
I can get you their entire discography if you so wish, since I own all their CDs (and you're not going to find any on P2P). Best indie band ever, hands down. This is one of the only two bands in the universe that didn't suck after mellowing (didn't survive it though; 'creative differences' :\ ).
The Blueprint
After et9 broke up, the lead and somebody else moved on to this band. Different sound, and entirely worth the listen. I can't find anything but the sample tracks on their site (full songs, don't worry), thought it still amounts to 9 songs.
Dredg
The only other band that didn't suck after mellowing. Pleasing to pretty much anybody, so highly recommended.
Snot
Their remarkably tragic and abbreviated existance (the lead died in a car crash on his way to a recording session for a second album) moved their friends to record an album in tribute to the lead--which is where Sevendust's "Angel's Son" came from--which I don't have, so I can't vouch for. Their first album, however, is amazing and definately worth seeking out.
I won't describe any more, since this post is really long now, but here are the names: Machine Head (potentially the only modern metal band that hasn't changed over the course of their existence), Switched, and Mindless Self Indulgence.
*I don't consider "radio friendly" an insult, just a style decription: mixed with an emphasis on vocals and frequencies which play clearly on average sound systems (ie. radios), simple melody so radios don't overdrive or clip, template structure so success is more probable (label issue), etc. Some people like that.
These are the bands that haven't let me down in terms of re-listenability:
Mudvayne
The quintessential metalcore: high energy, heavy, and complex riffs without being noise. Kill I Oughta (get The Beginning of All Things to End, it's a remastered version), LD 50, and The End of All Things to Come (albums) are amazing (especially LD 50).
Pitchshifter
The album www.pitchshifter.com is truly awesome, and I would highly recommend finding it somehow.
Crossbreed
Albums .01 and Synthetic Division are being sought by me, but their latest I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
Earthtone9
I can get you their entire discography if you so wish, since I own all their CDs (and you're not going to find any on P2P). Best indie band ever, hands down. This is one of the only two bands in the universe that didn't suck after mellowing (didn't survive it though; 'creative differences' :\ ).
The Blueprint
After et9 broke up, the lead and somebody else moved on to this band. Different sound, and entirely worth the listen. I can't find anything but the sample tracks on their site (full songs, don't worry), thought it still amounts to 9 songs.
Dredg
The only other band that didn't suck after mellowing. Pleasing to pretty much anybody, so highly recommended.
Snot
Their remarkably tragic and abbreviated existance (the lead died in a car crash on his way to a recording session for a second album) moved their friends to record an album in tribute to the lead--which is where Sevendust's "Angel's Son" came from--which I don't have, so I can't vouch for. Their first album, however, is amazing and definately worth seeking out.
I won't describe any more, since this post is really long now, but here are the names: Machine Head (potentially the only modern metal band that hasn't changed over the course of their existence), Switched, and Mindless Self Indulgence.
*I don't consider "radio friendly" an insult, just a style decription: mixed with an emphasis on vocals and frequencies which play clearly on average sound systems (ie. radios), simple melody so radios don't overdrive or clip, template structure so success is more probable (label issue), etc. Some people like that.