Seven Witches -- James Rivera is back in!

I was catching up on the metal news @ Blabbermouth earlier today and found this bit which I'd somehow missed during all the holiday hoopla... SWEET! J.R. was the best Seven Witches vocalist IMO. The two discs they did with Alan Tecchio weren't bad but didn't exactly set me on fire either. I guess James plans on doing S.W. along with his Helstar activities for the time being. Fine by me!!

SEVEN WITCHES Planning New Album, Tenth-Anniversary Shows With Singer JAMES RIVERA - Dec. 18, 2008

To celebrate the band's ten-year anniversary, SEVEN WITCHES has rejoined forces with singer James Rivera (HELSTAR, ex-VICIOUS RUMORS) and is in the process of negotiating a deal for a new studio album. In addition, the group will play a number of shows on East and West Coast in early 2009.

Rivera sang on SEVEN WITCHES' "Passage To The Other Side" (2003) and "Year Of The Witch" (2004) albums.

SEVEN WITCHES' latest CD, "Deadly Sins", came out in November 2007 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. In addition to guitarist Jack Frost's impressive six-string skills, the album featured two other metal giants in their respective fields — ex-HADES/WATCHTOWER vocalist Alan Tecchio (who also appeared on SEVEN WITCHES' "Amped" release) and ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING/ANTHRAX bassist Joey Vera.

Cool. I thought James was a good match for this band.

Every Seven Witches singer was awesome on their respective albums. James is a class act though! I thought Alan Tecchio did an amazing job as well!

Looking fwd to the new album though.

Lurideath wrote:

I thought Alan Tecchio did an amazing job as well!

Of the two Alan Tecchio discs I preferred the latest one (DEADLY SINS)... AMPED was too "all over the place," it sounded like the new lineup just ran into the studio without taking any time to "gel" first.

Either way, neither of those discs touches PASSAGE TO THE OTHER SIDE (still my fave Witches album...)

The Rivera era of this band is my favorite...he was the best fit, IMO...

Always up for some new Seven Witches

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

The Rivera era of this band is my favorite...he was the best fit, IMO...

I agree.And Year of the Witch is my favorite of his era.although everything he sings on is great,IMO.

kmorg wrote:

Always up for some new Seven Witches

TMI DUDE!!

This is good news!

All Seven Witches is good and with JR back makes it even better!

Wargod48

Well, it looks like the reports of James Rivera being back in Seven Witches on a permanent (or at least as permanent as J.R. can ever be, haha) basis were premature. (From Blabbermouth)

In response to the confusion caused by the recent announcement that HELSTAR frontman James Rivera has rejoined SEVEN WITCHES for the recording of the band's next studio album and subsequent live shows, SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost released the following statement:

"Alan [Tecchio; who sang on the last two SEVEN WITCHES albums] is still the singer in SEVEN WITCHES and we will do another record together, but for the time being he is taking a leave of absence. 'Deadly Sins' [2007] was our best-selling album to date and I am very proud of what he and I have created. For 2009, Alan has commitments with his band HADES, among other projects. With James back in the fold, we thought it would be really special to include him on the next record. If all goes according to plan, James' schedule with HELSTAR will not interfere with SEVEN WITCHES and vice versa. Also, bassist Kevin Bolembach (who played on 'Amped' and 'Deadly Sins') is still in the family but has moved on to commit more time to his band called INFERNOPHONIC."

This seems to indicate that Rivera will do another S.W. record before Alan Tecchio returns to the fold.

sweet, this ought to be awesome.