Born in the high desert of the American Southwest (Albquerque NM)In 1992, singer Gregory Analla left L.A for his homestate of New Mexico. In L.A., he had worked with Jeff Young (former Megadeth guitarist, then in No Mercy) and producer Chris Minto (Sammy Hagar, Kiss, Pat Benatar). During his No Mercy times, he bumped into guitarist Dan Rivera, with whom he had previously played in cover bands in Albuquerque. At that time, Dan was doing clinics for Fender and Digitech. They talked about starting a new band and headed back to New Mexico. Rivera and Analla started writing songs and it quickly became clear what direction they would take : Melodic Progressive Metal.They were soon joined by hard hitting drummer Richard Nance, also a New Mexico native. The line-up was completed by bass player Glen Krause, who moved back to his hometown Albuquerque from San Francisico to join.
Seventhsign quickly recorded a highly praised 6-song demo, Blueprint (1993).At this point, Seventhsign was ready to hit the road. They quickly made a name for themselves thanks to countless shows, from small clubs to arenas (where they opened for the likes of Slaughter, Winger, Extreme, Vince Neil Band, Queensrcyhe, Blue Oyster Cult, Warrent). Quite logically, Japanese label Alfa heard about them and signed them.
With producer George Tutko (XYZ, Lita Ford, Journey), they recorded and released their first album, Perpetualdestiny (1996). The European press then discovered Seventhsign at the Foundations Forum and a European deal was soon signed with a German label, InsideOut. A re-engineered Perpetualdestiny was released in Europe with new cover artwork, a new booklet, a bonus track (Liquified) and Rich Evans taking the reigns on bass.
After more touring across the USA, the band then released their second album, Transparent/Millennium (1997), Rich Evans being replaced by Tom Michaels. This Proved to be Sevenths' best work done so by firmly taking the production/engineering duties on themselves -under the guidance of musical guru and knob farmer James "Cupcake" Wood. More touring ensued and the album was released independantly to rave reviews But management and internal problems soon arose and unfortunately, Seventhsign split in mid-1997.
As of 2007 a deal with Razar Ice Records has been achieved and the coming months will see the release of Both "Perpetual Destiny", and "Transparent" with new artwork and bonus tracks.
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