I haven't been patient enough to give any Sevendust CDs enough playtime for me to get a good feel for the entire album, but I can say that the first few songs (Hero, Ugly, and...Pieces?) of Next are very cool. I really liked the first four songs on Seasons as well.

This thread seems like a good place for my standard plug of Taproot's new album...it [censored] rocks.

Is Killswitch Engage's singer black? He looks kinda dark (as much as Derek Jeter, maybe), but I can't really tell. He has a really amazing and versatile voice. I wish there were more rock bands with some black influences - there's some rap-rock fusion out there (and Limp Bizkit et. al is NOT rap-rock) I really like, such as Skindred (although they're all over the map with the kinds of music they combine), and POD's rock remix of Nappy Roots' "Awnah" is one of my favorite songs. There's a couple others as well that I can't think of off the top of my head.

(second from left - Killswitch Engage's Howard Jones)