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Seether

Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas. Lead vocalist and guitarist Shaun Morgan is the band's longest serving member, bassist Dale Stewart joined shortly after formation while drummer John Humphrey joined them for the band's second album. Since 2018, the band has been employing second guitarist Corey Lowery. Several notable guitarists like Corey's brother Clint and Troy McLawhorn have toured or recorded with the band, however, Shaun has recorded most guitar parts for the band's records.

Seether
Seether in 2020. L–R: Stewart, Morgan, Humphrey, Lowery
Background information
Also known asSaron Gas (1999–2001)
OriginPretoria, South Africa
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websiteseether.com

Seether gained mainstream popularity in 2002 with their US Active Rock number one single "Fine Again". Their success was sustained in 2004 with the single "Broken", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. They have experienced continued success with many number one hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, such as "Remedy", "Fake It", "Country Song", "Tonight", "Words as Weapons", "Let You Down" and "Dangerous", "Bruised and Bloodied", and "Wasteland". The band has released eight studio albums; their most recent, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, was released on 28 August 2020.[2]

History

Formation as Saron Gas (1999–2001)

The band formed in South Africa in May 1999 under the name Saron Gas.[3] Consisting of frontman, vocalist, and guitarist Shaun Morgan, bassist Tyronne Morris (who left the band in December 1999 and was replaced by Dale Stewart in January 2000), and drummer Dave Cohoe, the band released their first album, Fragile, in October 2000 under Johannesburg-based independent record label Musketeer Records.[3] Despite the region's focus primarily on pop and indigenous music, the band found success, and eventually caught attention of American record label Wind-up Records, who gave them a record deal to begin releasing music in North America.[3] Upon signing to the label, they were told they needed to change their name due to its similarity to sarin gas, and switched to calling themselves Seether, after the Veruca Salt song.[4]

Disclaimer releases (2002–2004)

In August 2002, Seether launched their first official album, Disclaimer, which earned the band three singles: "Fine Again", "Driven Under", and "Gasoline", in which only the first managed significant success. After the release of Disclaimer, the band toured constantly. Near the end of the Disclaimer Tour, they decided to return to the studio to record their second album, a project that had to be delayed by almost a year, since at that time Seether was on a world tour with Evanescence. "Fine Again" was also included in the video games Madden NFL 2003 in 2002 and 1080° Avalanche in 2003.

Following the release of Disclaimer, the band toured continually in order to increase sales and gain name recognition. A planned second album was delayed for nearly a year when Seether was selected as the support act for an Evanescence worldwide tour. Seether reworked their acoustic ballad "Broken" into an electric ballad with guest vocals by Amy Lee of Evanescence. Favourable audience response led the band to record the revised version, with Lee on vocals. The track, along with a new song entitled "Sold Me", was featured on the soundtrack for the 2004 film The Punisher, and became a major success for the band, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. A romance developed between Lee and Morgan during this time.

Morgan has stated that the reworking of "Broken" was due to the wishes of the record company rather than those of the band.[5] An alternate version of the original album, with many of its songs remixed or re-recorded, was released in June 2004 and entitled Disclaimer II. The alternate version also featured eight extra tracks.

Karma and Effect (2005–2006)

Seether's follow-up album, Karma and Effect, was released in May 2005. Originally titled Catering to Cowards, the name was changed due to the record label's demand.[6] Karma and Effect debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200 album charts and was certified gold in the US and Canada. The album spawned three singles, "Remedy", "Truth", and "The Gift". "Remedy" reached number 1 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts, Seether's first number 1 hit.

Seether released an acoustic CD/DVD set titled One Cold Night, recorded at the Grape Street Club in Philadelphia, on 22 February 2006. Morgan had been suffering from a stomach ailment, and decided to do an acoustic performance of their set rather than cancel the show. The exclusion of "Needles" and "Burrito" from the album is due to the label's desire that it contain no obscenities.[7]

Guitarist Patrick Callahan's departure from the band was announced on 15 June 2006. His last performance with them was on 3 June.[8] Pat was later interviewed on a radio show in Philadelphia where he said his departure was not anything musical, but he and the singer Shaun had a "personality" clash and were not seeing eye to eye, and just couldn't work things out, but was still very friendly with the other two members. Pat also did not like certain band decisions. One example was the band being on the Punisher and Daredevil soundtrack in which he did not like the lineup of bands they were associated with. Shaun Morgan himself later commented on Pat's departure:

"Um... relieved a little... actually a lot. He was the guy in the band that was always our naysayer, and he was the negative energy as far as writing. I personally have no love lost, which is weird for some reason 'cause he was my friend for four years. But when he walked out, it kinda walked out with him."[5]

Morgan entered a rehabilitation program for what he felt was "dependence on a combination of substances" in August 2006, which forced the band to cancel a tour with Staind and Three Days Grace.[9]

Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces (2007–2009)

 
Seether performing in 2008

Shaun Morgan, prior to the next album's release, claimed that it would be more diverse than previous efforts. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces was slated for an August 2007 release but was delayed until 23 October 2007 due to the suicide of Morgan's brother, Eugene Welgemoed. The album debuted at number 9 in the Billboard 200 album charts, and sold 57,000 copies in its first week. Its cover artwork featured "Candice the Ghost", and was illustrated by David Ho. The first single, "Fake It", reached the top position of the US Mainstream Rock Charts and Modern Rock Charts, and held that spot for at least 9 weeks on both charts. It became the theme for WWE's No Way Out (2008). "Rise Above This", written for Eugene Welgemoed, was released as a single and reached the No. 1 spot on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 2 on its mainstream counterpart, Mainstream Rock Songs. The final single from the album was "Breakdown", the video for which was released on 12 November 2008 after a delay from its original scheduled release date of 23 October. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces won Seether's first South African Music Award in the category "Best Rock: English", as well as their first MTV Africa Music Award for "Best Alternative Artist".

A tour launched in support of the album in early 2008 lasted much of the year. Troy McLawhorn of Dark New Day, Evanescence, and doubleDrive was hired as a touring guitarist on 15 February 2008. Bands Seether shared the stage with on the tour included Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, Skillet, Red, Papa Roach, Flyleaf, Econoline Crush, and Staind. McLawhorn was afterwards made an official member of the band.

"No Shelter" appeared on the NCIS Official TV Soundtrack, released on 10 February 2009, and a version of George Michael's "Careless Whisper" was made available for purchase as a digital or mobile download. The song was reportedly covered as a joke,[10] in which the band turned an "80s pop ballad" into a hard rock/metal song in response to Wind-up's request that they record a Valentine's Day song. The music video for "Careless Whisper" premiered on 15 June 2009, and the song is included as an additional track on the reissue of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces.

Seether supported Nickelback on their Dark Horse tour in March and April 2009. Shaun and Dale confirmed in an interview on 2 March 2009 that, after the Nickelback tour, Seether would take the rest of year off to write and record the follow-up to Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces.[11] The band nevertheless gave performances through the remainder of the year, which included a date in Okinawa to play for American troops as part of a USO tour on 23 and 24 May at Camp Schwab, and then in MCAS Iwakuni on 26 May for the US Marines. Seether also made appearances at a number of festivals during the summer, including sets at the Chippewa Valley Music Festival and the Quebec City Festival, before the tour's conclusion at The Big E Festival, West Springfield, Massachusetts, on 4 October.

Seether covered the song "I've Got You Under My Skin" on the Frank Sinatra tribute album His Way, Our Way, which came out on 7 July 2009.

Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray (2010–2013)

 
Seether performing in 2012

The band spent several months recording in Nashville, Tennessee[12] with producer Brendan O'Brien,[13] then resumed touring in April 2010 with the intention of returning to the studio "in the first week of June"[14] to complete the new record. Drummer John Humphrey confirmed in August that recording was completed, and the album was in the mixing process. He said that the band believed this album to be their best work, and that the songs are "very strong, melodic, and heavy at times".[15] Morgan confirmed the album's completion in September, and gave the expected release date as early 2011.[16] A new song, "No Resolution", was debuted on 4 September 2010, during a live show at the DuQuoin, IL State Fair.[17][18] McLawhorn and Humphrey, in a radio interview, announced that the new album would be titled Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray, and that it would be released in May. The album's first single, "Country Song", was released on 8 March in the US and on 4 April in the United Kingdom,[19] and the new album was released on 17 May 2011.[20] Seether reached their highest position on the US Billboard 200 Charts when Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray rose to the Number 2 position. It also reached number one on the US Rock Albums, US Alternative Albums, and US Hard Rock Album Charts.[21] Their single-week sales of 61,000 records was their best since Karma and Effect sold 82,000 copies in 2005.[22] Billboard named Seether the No. 1 Active and No. 1 Heritage Rock Artist of 2011.[23] A remix EP of the Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray album, titled Remix EP, was released on 7 February 2012.

Troy McLawhorn's departure from the band and return to Evanescence was announced on 8 March.[24][25] Seether performed live in Cincinnati, Ohio on 10 May, and in South Bend, Indiana on 11 May. Both concerts were recorded, and released as a limited edition CD set for each individual city.[26] The band played main stage at the Uproar Festival alongside Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Bullet For My Valentine, and Escape The Fate, and supported 3 Doors Down on their European tour from November to March.

On 3 September 2013, Seether announced the name of a compilation album, titled Seether: 2002-2013. It was released on 29 October 2013 as a 2-disc album featuring some of the band's greatest hits, unreleased demos, soundtrack songs, and 3 all-new tracks, including a cover of Veruca Salt's "Seether" (the song that the band is named after).[27] Seether: 2002-2013 also contains two new recorded songs ("Safe to Say I've Had Enough" and "Weak") and was produced by Brendan O'Brien.[28] The band released a 15-second demo clip for the song "Safe to Say I've Had Enough" on loudwire.com.[29] They also carried out a small, semi-acoustic tour of Europe and South Africa.

On 30 November 2013, Seether released a 3-track single titled "Goodbye Tonight", featuring Van Coke Kartel & Jon Savage. The song is also featured on the deluxe edition of their follow-up album Isolate and Medicate.[30]

Isolate and Medicate (2014–2016)

 
Seether performing at Rock am Ring in 2014

In a 2013 Twitter interview, bassist Dale Stewart confirmed that the band was writing songs for their next album. During an AmA (askmeanything) interview on Reddit.com, Shaun Morgan stated that the band was "In the studio getting ready for our new album..."[31]

On 24 April 2014, it was revealed that the album Isolate and Medicate would be released on 1 July 2014, with the lead single "Words as Weapons" slated for release on 1 May 2014.[32]

On 29 April 2014, Bryan Wickmann was announced as the new touring guitarist. Wickmann was the band's long-time guitar tech, as well as Isolate and Medicate's cover art creator, and a former art director of Schecter Guitar Research.[33][34]

On 17 May 2014, Seether performed their first single, "Words as Weapons," from the album Isolate and Medicate, live at the Orbit Room in front of 1,700 fans. The band released a music video for the album's second single, "Same Damn Life," on 30 October 2014. The video was directed by Nathan Cox. In late May and early June, Seether announced European tour dates in September, along with several stops in the UK. On 7 July, Seether kicked off their summer tour with 3 Doors Down.

Poison the Parish (2016–2018)

On 13 September 2016, Seether shared pictures of them recording a new album on social media. They announced in November that they were to release their seventh album in May 2017. A countdown timer later started on Seether's website, counting down to 23 February 2017.

Morgan appeared on Octane on 22 February to discuss the new record, entitled Poison the Parish. Jose Mangin stated that the new material is looking to be "harder than anything they've done". The album was released through Morgan's label Canine Riot Records.[1] Three singles, "Let You Down", "Betray and Degrade", and "Against the Wall", were released in support of the album, all charting significantly on the Billboard Mainstream Rock songs chart.[35]

In May, July, and August 2017, the band toured throughout the United States with American hard rock band Letters from the Fire, adding guitarist Clint Lowery (Sevendust, Dark New Day) to the touring lineup.[36] They recorded a cover of "Black Honey" by American post-hardcore band Thrice during a live session for SiriusXM in June 2017. In February 2018, Clint Lowery returned to Sevendust to begin touring and promoting their album All I See Is War. His brother and former Dark New Day's bassist, Corey, took over his duties as Seether's touring guitarist. The band then supported Nickelback on their eight-week Feed the Machine European and UK tour. Before the tour ended, Lowery became a full-time member of the band. On 20 May 2018, Seether played in their hometown of Johannesburg for the first time in six years.[37] On 6 June 2018, they released an acoustic version of "Against the Wall," along with an accompanying music video.[38]

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2019–present)

In June 2019, John Humphrey revealed that recording had commenced for their upcoming eighth studio album. On 24 June 2020, the band announced their eighth studio album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, set for release on 28 August 2020 through Fantasy Records. They also released the first single of the album, "Dangerous".[39] Translating to "If You Want Peace, Prepare for War", the album features 13 new tracks, and was produced by Morgan himself in Nashville, Tennessee from December 2019 to January 2020. On 17 July, the band released the second single, "Bruised and Bloodied".[40] On 14 August, two weeks before the album release, the band released their third single "Beg".[41]

In July 2021, the band released an EP titled Wasteland – The Purgatory.[42]

In July 2022, the band released Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (Deluxe Edition).

Musical style and influences

Seether's musical style has been described as post-grunge,[43] alternative metal,[44] hard rock,[45][46] and nu metal.[47][48][49] The band is heavily influenced by American grunge groups such as Nirvana[50] and Alice in Chains.[50] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "Seether's lead singer/songwriter, Shaun Morgan, is an unabashed, unapologetic worshiper of Kurt Cobain, using Nirvana's sound as a template for Seether."[51] Seether have also been influenced by Deftones[50] and Nine Inch Nails.[50] Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum in particular takes heavy influence from the bands A Perfect Circle and Deftones.[52]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Awards and nominations

Awards Category Nominated Work Year of Award Result
MTV Africa Music Awards Best Alternative Artist Seether 2008 Won[56]
MTV Africa Music Awards Artist of The Year Seether 2008 Won[56]
South African Music Awards Best Rock: English Seether 2008 Won
South African Music Awards Best Rock: English Seether 2008 Won
BDS Spin Awards 200,000 Spins Fine Again 2003 Won
BDS Spin Awards 50,000 Spins Driven Under 2003 Won
BDS Spin Awards 50,000 Spins Gasoline 2005 Won
BDS Spin Awards 200,000 Spins Remedy 2005 Won
BDS Spin Awards 50,000 Spins Truth 2006 Won
BDS Spin Awards 300,000 Spins Broken 2007 Won
BMI Pop Awards Best Pop Fine Again 2004 Won
BMI Pop Awards Best Pop Broken 2006 Won
BMI Pop Awards Best Pop Fake It 2008 Won
Billboard charts No. 1 Active Rock Artist Seether 2011 Won[23]
Billboard charts No. 1 Heritage Rock Artist Seether 2011 Won[23]
Billboard charts Active Rock Song of 2011 "Country Song" 2011 Won[23]
Canadian Hot 100 Active Rock Song of 2011 "Country Song" 2011 Won[23]
Mediabase No. 1 Song of The Year (in terms of airplay) "Country Song" 2011 Won[57]
Revolver Golden Gods Awards Best Live Band Seether 2012 Won[58]
Radio Contraband Indie Artist of the Year Seether 2012 Won

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External links

  • Official website

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For the song see Seether song For other uses see Seether disambiguation Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria Gauteng South Africa The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002 when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas Lead vocalist and guitarist Shaun Morgan is the band s longest serving member bassist Dale Stewart joined shortly after formation while drummer John Humphrey joined them for the band s second album Since 2018 the band has been employing second guitarist Corey Lowery Several notable guitarists like Corey s brother Clint and Troy McLawhorn have toured or recorded with the band however Shaun has recorded most guitar parts for the band s records SeetherSeether in 2020 L R Stewart Morgan Humphrey LoweryBackground informationAlso known asSaron Gas 1999 2001 OriginPretoria South AfricaGenresHard rock post grunge alternative metal nu metalYears active1999 presentLabelsWind up Bicycle Concord Spinefarm Fantasy Canine Riot 1 MembersShaun Morgan Dale Stewart John Humphrey Corey LoweryPast membersJohan Greyling Tyronne Morris David Dave Cohoe Nick Oshiro Pat Callahan Troy McLawhornWebsiteseether wbr comSeether gained mainstream popularity in 2002 with their US Active Rock number one single Fine Again Their success was sustained in 2004 with the single Broken which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 They have experienced continued success with many number one hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart such as Remedy Fake It Country Song Tonight Words as Weapons Let You Down and Dangerous Bruised and Bloodied and Wasteland The band has released eight studio albums their most recent Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum was released on 28 August 2020 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation as Saron Gas 1999 2001 1 2 Disclaimer releases 2002 2004 1 3 Karma and Effect 2005 2006 1 4 Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces 2007 2009 1 5 Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray 2010 2013 1 6 Isolate and Medicate 2014 2016 1 7 Poison the Parish 2016 2018 1 8 Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum 2019 present 2 Musical style and influences 3 Band members 4 Discography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditFormation as Saron Gas 1999 2001 Edit The band formed in South Africa in May 1999 under the name Saron Gas 3 Consisting of frontman vocalist and guitarist Shaun Morgan bassist Tyronne Morris who left the band in December 1999 and was replaced by Dale Stewart in January 2000 and drummer Dave Cohoe the band released their first album Fragile in October 2000 under Johannesburg based independent record label Musketeer Records 3 Despite the region s focus primarily on pop and indigenous music the band found success and eventually caught attention of American record label Wind up Records who gave them a record deal to begin releasing music in North America 3 Upon signing to the label they were told they needed to change their name due to its similarity to sarin gas and switched to calling themselves Seether after the Veruca Salt song 4 Disclaimer releases 2002 2004 Edit In August 2002 Seether launched their first official album Disclaimer which earned the band three singles Fine Again Driven Under and Gasoline in which only the first managed significant success After the release of Disclaimer the band toured constantly Near the end of the Disclaimer Tour they decided to return to the studio to record their second album a project that had to be delayed by almost a year since at that time Seether was on a world tour with Evanescence Fine Again was also included in the video games Madden NFL 2003 in 2002 and 1080 Avalanche in 2003 Following the release of Disclaimer the band toured continually in order to increase sales and gain name recognition A planned second album was delayed for nearly a year when Seether was selected as the support act for an Evanescence worldwide tour Seether reworked their acoustic ballad Broken into an electric ballad with guest vocals by Amy Lee of Evanescence Favourable audience response led the band to record the revised version with Lee on vocals The track along with a new song entitled Sold Me was featured on the soundtrack for the 2004 film The Punisher and became a major success for the band particularly in the United States the United Kingdom and Australia A romance developed between Lee and Morgan during this time Morgan has stated that the reworking of Broken was due to the wishes of the record company rather than those of the band 5 An alternate version of the original album with many of its songs remixed or re recorded was released in June 2004 and entitled Disclaimer II The alternate version also featured eight extra tracks Karma and Effect 2005 2006 Edit Seether s follow up album Karma and Effect was released in May 2005 Originally titled Catering to Cowards the name was changed due to the record label s demand 6 Karma and Effect debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200 album charts and was certified gold in the US and Canada The album spawned three singles Remedy Truth and The Gift Remedy reached number 1 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts Seether s first number 1 hit Seether released an acoustic CD DVD set titled One Cold Night recorded at the Grape Street Club in Philadelphia on 22 February 2006 Morgan had been suffering from a stomach ailment and decided to do an acoustic performance of their set rather than cancel the show The exclusion of Needles and Burrito from the album is due to the label s desire that it contain no obscenities 7 Guitarist Patrick Callahan s departure from the band was announced on 15 June 2006 His last performance with them was on 3 June 8 Pat was later interviewed on a radio show in Philadelphia where he said his departure was not anything musical but he and the singer Shaun had a personality clash and were not seeing eye to eye and just couldn t work things out but was still very friendly with the other two members Pat also did not like certain band decisions One example was the band being on the Punisher and Daredevil soundtrack in which he did not like the lineup of bands they were associated with Shaun Morgan himself later commented on Pat s departure Um relieved a little actually a lot He was the guy in the band that was always our naysayer and he was the negative energy as far as writing I personally have no love lost which is weird for some reason cause he was my friend for four years But when he walked out it kinda walked out with him 5 Morgan entered a rehabilitation program for what he felt was dependence on a combination of substances in August 2006 which forced the band to cancel a tour with Staind and Three Days Grace 9 Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces 2007 2009 Edit Seether performing in 2008 Shaun Morgan prior to the next album s release claimed that it would be more diverse than previous efforts Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces was slated for an August 2007 release but was delayed until 23 October 2007 due to the suicide of Morgan s brother Eugene Welgemoed The album debuted at number 9 in the Billboard 200 album charts and sold 57 000 copies in its first week Its cover artwork featured Candice the Ghost and was illustrated by David Ho The first single Fake It reached the top position of the US Mainstream Rock Charts and Modern Rock Charts and held that spot for at least 9 weeks on both charts It became the theme for WWE s No Way Out 2008 Rise Above This written for Eugene Welgemoed was released as a single and reached the No 1 spot on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No 2 on its mainstream counterpart Mainstream Rock Songs The final single from the album was Breakdown the video for which was released on 12 November 2008 after a delay from its original scheduled release date of 23 October Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces won Seether s first South African Music Award in the category Best Rock English as well as their first MTV Africa Music Award for Best Alternative Artist A tour launched in support of the album in early 2008 lasted much of the year Troy McLawhorn of Dark New Day Evanescence and doubleDrive was hired as a touring guitarist on 15 February 2008 Bands Seether shared the stage with on the tour included Three Days Grace Finger Eleven Breaking Benjamin 3 Doors Down Skillet Red Papa Roach Flyleaf Econoline Crush and Staind McLawhorn was afterwards made an official member of the band No Shelter appeared on the NCIS Official TV Soundtrack released on 10 February 2009 and a version of George Michael s Careless Whisper was made available for purchase as a digital or mobile download The song was reportedly covered as a joke 10 in which the band turned an 80s pop ballad into a hard rock metal song in response to Wind up s request that they record a Valentine s Day song The music video for Careless Whisper premiered on 15 June 2009 and the song is included as an additional track on the reissue of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces Seether supported Nickelback on their Dark Horse tour in March and April 2009 Shaun and Dale confirmed in an interview on 2 March 2009 that after the Nickelback tour Seether would take the rest of year off to write and record the follow up to Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces 11 The band nevertheless gave performances through the remainder of the year which included a date in Okinawa to play for American troops as part of a USO tour on 23 and 24 May at Camp Schwab and then in MCAS Iwakuni on 26 May for the US Marines Seether also made appearances at a number of festivals during the summer including sets at the Chippewa Valley Music Festival and the Quebec City Festival before the tour s conclusion at The Big E Festival West Springfield Massachusetts on 4 October Seether covered the song I ve Got You Under My Skin on the Frank Sinatra tribute album His Way Our Way which came out on 7 July 2009 Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray 2010 2013 Edit Seether performing in 2012 The band spent several months recording in Nashville Tennessee 12 with producer Brendan O Brien 13 then resumed touring in April 2010 with the intention of returning to the studio in the first week of June 14 to complete the new record Drummer John Humphrey confirmed in August that recording was completed and the album was in the mixing process He said that the band believed this album to be their best work and that the songs are very strong melodic and heavy at times 15 Morgan confirmed the album s completion in September and gave the expected release date as early 2011 16 A new song No Resolution was debuted on 4 September 2010 during a live show at the DuQuoin IL State Fair 17 18 McLawhorn and Humphrey in a radio interview announced that the new album would be titled Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray and that it would be released in May The album s first single Country Song was released on 8 March in the US and on 4 April in the United Kingdom 19 and the new album was released on 17 May 2011 20 Seether reached their highest position on the US Billboard 200 Charts when Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray rose to the Number 2 position It also reached number one on the US Rock Albums US Alternative Albums and US Hard Rock Album Charts 21 Their single week sales of 61 000 records was their best since Karma and Effect sold 82 000 copies in 2005 22 Billboard named Seether the No 1 Active and No 1 Heritage Rock Artist of 2011 23 A remix EP of the Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray album titled Remix EP was released on 7 February 2012 Troy McLawhorn s departure from the band and return to Evanescence was announced on 8 March 24 25 Seether performed live in Cincinnati Ohio on 10 May and in South Bend Indiana on 11 May Both concerts were recorded and released as a limited edition CD set for each individual city 26 The band played main stage at the Uproar Festival alongside Avenged Sevenfold Three Days Grace Bullet For My Valentine and Escape The Fate and supported 3 Doors Down on their European tour from November to March On 3 September 2013 Seether announced the name of a compilation album titled Seether 2002 2013 It was released on 29 October 2013 as a 2 disc album featuring some of the band s greatest hits unreleased demos soundtrack songs and 3 all new tracks including a cover of Veruca Salt s Seether the song that the band is named after 27 Seether 2002 2013 also contains two new recorded songs Safe to Say I ve Had Enough and Weak and was produced by Brendan O Brien 28 The band released a 15 second demo clip for the song Safe to Say I ve Had Enough on loudwire com 29 They also carried out a small semi acoustic tour of Europe and South Africa On 30 November 2013 Seether released a 3 track single titled Goodbye Tonight featuring Van Coke Kartel amp Jon Savage The song is also featured on the deluxe edition of their follow up album Isolate and Medicate 30 Isolate and Medicate 2014 2016 Edit Seether performing at Rock am Ring in 2014 In a 2013 Twitter interview bassist Dale Stewart confirmed that the band was writing songs for their next album During an AmA askmeanything interview on Reddit com Shaun Morgan stated that the band was In the studio getting ready for our new album 31 On 24 April 2014 it was revealed that the album Isolate and Medicate would be released on 1 July 2014 with the lead single Words as Weapons slated for release on 1 May 2014 32 On 29 April 2014 Bryan Wickmann was announced as the new touring guitarist Wickmann was the band s long time guitar tech as well as Isolate and Medicate s cover art creator and a former art director of Schecter Guitar Research 33 34 On 17 May 2014 Seether performed their first single Words as Weapons from the album Isolate and Medicate live at the Orbit Room in front of 1 700 fans The band released a music video for the album s second single Same Damn Life on 30 October 2014 The video was directed by Nathan Cox In late May and early June Seether announced European tour dates in September along with several stops in the UK On 7 July Seether kicked off their summer tour with 3 Doors Down Poison the Parish 2016 2018 Edit On 13 September 2016 Seether shared pictures of them recording a new album on social media They announced in November that they were to release their seventh album in May 2017 A countdown timer later started on Seether s website counting down to 23 February 2017 Morgan appeared on Octane on 22 February to discuss the new record entitled Poison the Parish Jose Mangin stated that the new material is looking to be harder than anything they ve done The album was released through Morgan s label Canine Riot Records 1 Three singles Let You Down Betray and Degrade and Against the Wall were released in support of the album all charting significantly on the Billboard Mainstream Rock songs chart 35 In May July and August 2017 the band toured throughout the United States with American hard rock band Letters from the Fire adding guitarist Clint Lowery Sevendust Dark New Day to the touring lineup 36 They recorded a cover of Black Honey by American post hardcore band Thrice during a live session for SiriusXM in June 2017 In February 2018 Clint Lowery returned to Sevendust to begin touring and promoting their album All I See Is War His brother and former Dark New Day s bassist Corey took over his duties as Seether s touring guitarist The band then supported Nickelback on their eight week Feed the Machine European and UK tour Before the tour ended Lowery became a full time member of the band On 20 May 2018 Seether played in their hometown of Johannesburg for the first time in six years 37 On 6 June 2018 they released an acoustic version of Against the Wall along with an accompanying music video 38 Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum 2019 present Edit In June 2019 John Humphrey revealed that recording had commenced for their upcoming eighth studio album On 24 June 2020 the band announced their eighth studio album Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum set for release on 28 August 2020 through Fantasy Records They also released the first single of the album Dangerous 39 Translating to If You Want Peace Prepare for War the album features 13 new tracks and was produced by Morgan himself in Nashville Tennessee from December 2019 to January 2020 On 17 July the band released the second single Bruised and Bloodied 40 On 14 August two weeks before the album release the band released their third single Beg 41 In July 2021 the band released an EP titled Wasteland The Purgatory 42 In July 2022 the band released Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum Deluxe Edition Musical style and influences EditSeether s musical style has been described as post grunge 43 alternative metal 44 hard rock 45 46 and nu metal 47 48 49 The band is heavily influenced by American grunge groups such as Nirvana 50 and Alice in Chains 50 AllMusic s Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote Seether s lead singer songwriter Shaun Morgan is an unabashed unapologetic worshiper of Kurt Cobain using Nirvana s sound as a template for Seether 51 Seether have also been influenced by Deftones 50 and Nine Inch Nails 50 Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum in particular takes heavy influence from the bands A Perfect Circle and Deftones 52 Band members EditCurrent 53 54 55 Shaun Morgan lead vocals rhythm guitar piano 1999 present lead guitar 1999 2002 2006 2008 2011 2018 Dale Stewart bass backing vocals acoustic guitar 2000 present John Humphrey drums percussion 2003 present Corey Lowery lead guitar backing vocals 2019 present touring 2018 2019 Former Johan Greyling lead guitar 1999 Tyronne Morris bass 1999 David Dave Cohoe drums backing vocals 1999 2002 Nick Oshiro drums 2002 2003 Pat Callahan lead guitar 2002 2006 Troy McLawhorn lead guitar backing vocals 2008 2011 Former touring musicians Nic Argyros drums 2002 John Johnston drums 2002 Erik Eldenius drums 2002 Nick Annis guitar 2002 Kevin Soffera drums backing vocals 2003 Brian Tichy drums 2007 Bryan Wickman lead guitar backing vocals 2014 2017 Clint Lowery lead guitar backing vocals 2017 2018 TimelineDiscography EditMain article Seether discography Disclaimer 2002 Disclaimer II 2004 Karma and Effect 2005 Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces 2007 Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray 2011 Isolate and Medicate 2014 Poison the Parish 2017 Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum 2020 Awards and nominations EditAwards Category Nominated Work Year of Award ResultMTV Africa Music Awards Best Alternative Artist Seether 2008 Won 56 MTV Africa Music Awards Artist of The Year Seether 2008 Won 56 South African Music Awards Best Rock English Seether 2008 WonSouth African Music Awards Best Rock English Seether 2008 WonBDS Spin Awards 200 000 Spins Fine Again 2003 WonBDS Spin Awards 50 000 Spins Driven Under 2003 WonBDS Spin Awards 50 000 Spins Gasoline 2005 WonBDS Spin Awards 200 000 Spins Remedy 2005 WonBDS Spin Awards 50 000 Spins Truth 2006 WonBDS Spin Awards 300 000 Spins Broken 2007 WonBMI Pop Awards Best Pop Fine Again 2004 WonBMI Pop Awards Best Pop Broken 2006 WonBMI Pop Awards Best Pop Fake It 2008 WonBillboard charts No 1 Active Rock Artist Seether 2011 Won 23 Billboard charts No 1 Heritage Rock Artist Seether 2011 Won 23 Billboard charts Active Rock Song of 2011 Country Song 2011 Won 23 Canadian Hot 100 Active Rock Song of 2011 Country Song 2011 Won 23 Mediabase No 1 Song of The Year in terms of airplay Country Song 2011 Won 57 Revolver Golden Gods Awards Best Live Band Seether 2012 Won 58 Radio Contraband Indie Artist of the Year Seether 2012 WonReferences Edit a b Gogia Nikhail 23 February 2017 Seether reveal heavier new album debut video for single Let You Down watch Alternative Press Retrieved 24 February 2017 Seether Debut New Song Dangerous Announce Eighth Album Loudwire com Retrieved 24 June 2020 a b c Bradley Torreano Seether Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 19 March 2020 Seether 5 most pivotal moments AXS 17 May 2016 Archived from the original on 17 May 2016 Retrieved 6 October 2020 a b 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