Edited sentence: And even though Walker doesn't have a long résumé when it comes to alt-metal, he works out well on Seasons.But in fact, Walker produced some demos for Sevendust before the band signed with TVT (back when the group was known as Crawlspace).But it's a compelling CD perhaps too dark for some listeners, but compelling nonetheless and Sevendust continues to live up to its high standards throughout the band's fourth album.But most of them couldn't match Sevendust's excellence; even if they had the basics down, their writing wasn't as consistent.Dez Fafara) to the dark introspection of "Suffocate", "Broken Down", "Separate", and "Skeleton Song", Seasons is far from a happy CD.From the burning anger of "Enemy" (drummer Morgan Rose's blistering attack on former Coal Chamber singer B.In the late '90s and early 2000s, there were countless alternative metal bands that were similar to Sevendust in many respects bands that could be bone crushing but also had a sense of melody; bands that thrived on dark, angst-ridden lyrics and were as angry as they were introspective.Initial pressings of Seasons were bundled with a bonus DVD featuring the making of the album, band interviews, and both studio and acoustic performances of Sevendust favorites.Plus, they didn't have anyone as exciting as lead singer Lajon Witherspoon (whose soulful, R&B-influenced vocals set Sevendust apart from most of the group's competitors in the alt-metal field).Released in 2003, the Atlanta residents' fourth album Seasons came six years after their 1997 debut and creatively, they don't lose any momentum on this forceful yet melodic CD.Surprisingly, Seasons was produced by singer and songwriter Butch Walker, who is known for his years with Marvelous 3 and is generally a lot more pop-minded than Witherspoon and his colleagues not exactly the first person one would expect to produce a Sevendust disc