- Seven Witches
Infobox musical artist
Name = Seven Witches
caption =
Background = group_or_band
Origin =New Jersey ,United States
Genre =Power metal Thrash metal
Heavy metal
Years_active = 1998-present
Label =Candlelight Records
URL = [http://www.sevenwitches.net www.sevenwitches.net]
Current_members = Jack FrostAlan Tecchio Kevin Bolembach Steve Delaney Seven Witches is an American
heavy metal band fromNew Jersey . The band was founded in 1998 by Jack Frost andBobby Lucas History
Seven Witches released a Demo-CD in 1998 which gave them a record deal with
Massacre Records .The first two CDsSecond War In Heaven and City Of Lost Souls featured vocalist Bobby L.Bobby Lucas was the one who named the band and wrote the lyrics with Jack Frost, Bobby Lucas left the band in 2000 and was replaced with Wade Black who leftCrimson Glory for Seven Witches.With Wade Black on vocals, the band recorded their 3rd Studio Album
Xiled To Infinity And One .Wade Black left the band in 2002 and was replaced with James Rivera (Helstar ).Bass Guitar player Billy Mez also left the band in 2002 and was replaced with the well known Joey Vera who has played in Anthrax andArmored Saint .James Rivera gained huge success and recorded two albums with the band,
Passage To The Other Side andYear Of The Witch .James left the band in 2005 to continue with his main project,Helstar .In June, 2005, singer Alan Tecchio (most known for his work with the band Hades) joined Seven Witches and recorded their sixth studio album, Amped. Alan joined the band after singing on "Hell or High Water", a song for Jack Frost solo project. Frost, satisfied with Tecchio's vocals, asked him to join the band. Shortly after that, Kevin Bolembach also joined as Seven Witches' new bass player. Kevin and Alan had played together in Non-Fiction from 1991 to 1996.
Seven Witches is currently recording a new album, under the working title "Deadly Sins." Former bass player
Joey Vera will be mixing the album.Discography
Studio Albums
* Seven Witches [demo] (1998)
*Second War In Heaven (1999)
* City Of Lost Souls (2000)
*Xiled To Infinity And One (2002)
*Passage To The Other Side (2003)
*Year Of The Witch (2004)
* Amped (2005)
*Years Of The Witch [DVD] (2005)
* Deadly Sins (2007)Members
Current members
*
Alan Tecchio - Vocals (2005-)
* Jack Frost - Guitars (1998-)
*Kevin Bolembach - Bass (2005-)
*Steve Delaney - Drums (2006-)Past members
Vocals
*
Bobby Lucas - Vocals (1998-2000)
*Wade Black - Vocals (2000-2002)
*James Rivera - Vocals (2002-2005)Bass
*
Larry Montozza - Bass (1998)
*Billy Mez - Bass (1998-2002)
*Joey Vera - Bass (2002-2004)
* Dennis Hayes - Bass (2003-2005)Drums
*
Brian Vincent - Drums (1998-2000)
* John Osborn - Drums (2000-2001)
* Brian Craig - Drums (2001-2004)
* Craig Anderson - Drums [studio] (2004)
*Jeff Curenton - Drums (2004-2006)External links
* [http://www.sevenwitches.net/ Official website]
* [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/sevenwitches.htm/ Interview with Alan Tecchio by Chad Bowar]
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