Projected is an American

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consisting of

Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lowery ...

members John Connolly and

Vinnie Hornsby Vince Hornsby (born October 22, 1967) is the bassist and one of the founding members of American rock band Sevendust. Music career Sevendust Before the formation of Sevendust, Hornsby was in the band Snake Nation along with Morgan Rose, also of ...

Alter Bridge Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida. The band was formed in 2004 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips. After their former band Cr ...

and

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drummer Scott Phillips, and former

Submersed Submersed (sometimes typeset as SubmerseD) is an American rock band from Stephenville, Texas. They first disbanded in 2008, reuniting in late 2021, early 2022. History Submersed was signed to Wind-up Records, and worked with Alter Bridge gu ...

and current Tremonti guitarist

Eric Friedman Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman (born June 28, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the current guitarist for Tremonti and former touring guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reun ...

. The band released their album, ''

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'', in June 2012, before falling into inactivity as members returned to their respective bands in late 2012. The band released their second studio album, the double album, ''

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'', in July 2017. They reconvened in early 2020 and finished recording their third album in July 2020.

History

The band recorded as a four-piece, with each of the members coming from different bands. John Connolly and

had both played together for many years in the

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band

, as the guitarist and bassist respectively.

had previously been the guitarist for the now-defunct band

, currently playing with Tremonti (formed with Mark Tremonti, Garrett Whitlock, Wolfgang Van Halen), and Scott Phillips was the drummer for

and currently is a member in

. Members had other past connections as well. Creed had toured with Sevendust in the past, such as for

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. Friedman had worked with members of Creed in the past; Phillips played drums for half the tracks on Submersed's first album, ''

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'', while Creed guitarist

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produced the album and played on one track. Additionally, Friedman later contributed to Tremonti's 2012

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, and respective album, ''

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''. Projected completed work on their debut album, ''Human'', in early June 2012, and was released on September 18, 2012. Connolly has mentioned that while he does intend to have the band play live shows and tour, he's not sure when, due to all of the member's different obligations to different bands. The band ended up returning to their respective bands and projects before any touring arose though. In April 2017, the band announced they were planning on releasing a second studio album in July 2017, later revealed to be titled ''

''. According to Connolly, drums and main guitars recorded at Architekt Music in

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with Mike Ferretti. The band spent about 10 days in the studio tracking all the main parts, then moved to Connolly's home studio 1119 in

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to track vocals, solos and overdubs. Also they tracked all bass while out on tour with

in Canada and the Midwest. ''Ignite My Insanity'' is a

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featuring 21 songs. The album features two songs co-written with guitarist

, and one song co-written by drummer

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. The first single, "Reload" was released on June 11, and on July 14, a second single, "Ignite", was released. The band announced they had completed the recording of a third studio album in July 2020.

Musical style and influences

Connolly has described the band's sound to something similar to the

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and

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Band members

* John Connolly – lead vocals, guitar *

– guitar, backing vocals *

– bass guitar * Scott Phillips – drums

Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2017) * ''Hypoxia'' (2022) Singles Music Video

References

External links

Official Facebook Page
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