SHAVO ODADJIAN Explains Why He Scrapped JONATHAN DAVIS’ Look On SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET’s Debut Album

When Shavo Odadjian first introduced his mission Seven Hours After Violet, the plan was formidable: a revolving-door collaboration that includes totally different vocalists, very like what DJ Khaled does in hip-hop. One of many greatest names set to seem was Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, whose observe was reportedly prepared for launch as a part of the band’s self-titled debut. However when the album arrived in October 2024, Davis‘ contribution was nowhere to be discovered.

In a current interview with SNSMix.com (transcribed by Blabbermouth), Odadjian defined why he in the end selected to shelve the observe, regardless of his pleasure about it. Initially, Seven Hours After Violet was meant to be a studio-based mission with an emphasis on visitor appearances. Nevertheless, because the album took form, Odadjian realized he wished the band to have a powerful stay presence – one thing that would not work if a lot of the songs relied on outdoors vocalists.

“What occurred was the Seven Hours After Violet music grew to become actually attention-grabbing and I began eager to play this stay,” he mentioned. “I used to be, like, ‘We must always play this stay,’ and at that time having simply options on the file would not work out as a result of then how do you play stay?”

To make the observe extra viable for a tour, Odadjian and his workforce tried to transform it in order that Davis would solely seem on the refrain. However the revision did not seize the identical power: “The modified model wasn’t pretty much as good correctly, as a result of I believe Jonathan is superb,” Odadjian admitted. “I even spoke to him and we determined if we ever do one other collaboration, we’ll write collectively, not use one thing that he already had recorded underneath one other rhythm.”

Whereas Davis‘ characteristic did not make the minimize, Odadjian had additionally lined up different high-profile collaborations. His System of a Down bandmate Serj Tankian and former Killswitch Interact singer Howard Jones have been each reportedly concerned within the mission. Although Tankian‘s contribution did not materialize on the debut album both, Odadjian hinted that his observe with Jones may nonetheless seem on Seven Hours After Violet‘s second file.

Regardless of the shift away from a feature-heavy method, the debut album – launched through Sumerian Information and 1336 Information – marks an thrilling new chapter for Odadjian. And whereas we might not hear the Davis observe anytime quickly, the potential of a future collaboration appears to stay open.