Seven Witches is an American heavy metal band from

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, founded in 1998 by Jack Frost and Bobby Lucas.

History

Seven Witches released a demo-CD in 1998, which resulted in them signing a record deal with

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. The first two CDs for Massacre, ''Second War in Heaven'' and ''City of Lost Souls'', featured vocalist Bobby Lucas. Lucas was the one who named the band and wrote the lyrics with Frost. Lucas left the band in 2000 and was replaced with former

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singer Wade Black. With Black on vocals, the band recorded their third studio album '' Xiled to Infinity and One''. Black left the band in 2002 and was replaced with James Rivera ( Helstar). Bass guitar player Billy Mez also left the band in 2002, continuing on with Single Bullet Theory, and was replaced by

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who has played in

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. Rivera recorded two albums with the band, '' Passage to the Other Side'' and '' Year of the Witch''. He left the band in 2005 to continue with his main project, Helstar. In June 2005, singer Alan Tecchio (best known for his work with the band Hades) joined the band and they recorded their sixth studio album, '' Amped''. Tecchio 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. Bolembach and Tecchio had played together in Non-Fiction from 1991 to 1996. Seven Witches released ''

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'' in 2007. Former bass player Vera mixed the album. Subsequently, they reunited with vocalist Rivera for a tour and a new album titled ''Call Upon The Wicked'' which was released on June 28, 2011.Halupczok, Marc (2011)
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Discography

Studio albums

* ''Second War in Heaven'' (1999),

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* ''City of Lost Souls'' (2000), Massacre * '' Xiled to Infinity and One'' (2002),

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* '' Passage to the Other Side'' (2003), Noise/

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* '' Year of the Witch'' (2004), Noise * '' Amped'' (2005), Regain * ''

'' (2007), Locomotive * ''Call Upon the Wicked'' (2011), Massacre * ''Rebirth'' (2013), FrostMetal * ''The Way of the Wicked'' (2015), Ils

Live albums

* ''Years of the Witch'' (2006), Locomotive

Members

Current members

* Jack Frost – guitars (1998–present) * James Rivera – vocals (2002–2005; 2008–2011; 2019–present) * Dennis Hayes – bass (2004–2005; 2019–present) * Jeff Curenton – drums (2004–2006; 2019–present)

Former members

* Bobby Lucas – vocals (1998–2000) * Wade Black – vocals (2000–2002) *

Alan Tecchio Alan Tecchio is an Italian-American singer, who sang for Seven Witches, Watchtower, Hades and Non-Fiction. He is also the lead vocalist on Symphony X bassist Mike Lepond's first solo album, ''Mike LePond's Silent Assassins''. References ...

– vocals (2005–2008; 2011–2012) * Anthony Cross A.K.A Anthony Regalbuto – vocals (2012–2019) * Billy Mez – bass (1998–2002) *

– bass (2002–2004) * Kevin Bolembach – bass (2005–2008) * Mike Lepond – bass (2008–2011) * Ronnie Parkes – bass (2012–2019) * Brian Vincent – drums (1998–2000) * John Osborn – drums (2000–2001) * Brian Craig – drums (2001–2004) * Steve Delaney – drums (2006–2007) * Taz Marazz – drums (2011–2012) * Johnny Kelly – drums (2012–2019)

Timeline

References

External links

Myspace page
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