Biography
Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative first hatched Seventh Void as their outside collaboration in 2003, while Type O Negative tracked Life Is Killing Me. The band deliberately set aside Type O Negative’s gothic leanings to pursue a grittier stoner/doom approach, merging Pantera-style Southern metal riffs with Crowbar’s deliberate, crushing weight. The outcome sits somewhere between hard rock and metal, evoking a darker, more aggressive take on Velvet Revolver. By 2005 the group had locked in its roster—Hickey handling guitar and vocals, Kelly on drums, Supermassiv guitarist Matt Brown, and Inhuman bassist Hank Hell. With the lineup complete, they began laying down tracks whenever gaps appeared in Type O Negative’s recording and touring schedule. After four years of intermittent work, the finished debut album Heaven Is Gone appeared in April 2009 through Big Vin Records, the label owned by Pantera’s Vinnie Paul.