Editing Sevendust (section)

=== ''Seasons'', Clint Lowery's departure and ''Next'' (2003–2005) ===
In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, ''[[Seasons (Sevendust album)|Seasons]]''. Featuring their highest-charting single (tied with "Driven"), "[[Enemy (Sevendust song)|Enemy]]", which peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, the album debuted at No.&nbsp;14 in the US, selling around 68,000 copies in its first week. "Enemy" was made the official theme song for ''[[Unforgiven (2003)|WWE Unforgiven 2003]]''.

In 2004, for the first time in the band's career, they released a live album on a CD/DVD double disk package titled ''[[Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live]]''. Both the CD and the DVD include a cover of "[[Hurt (Johnny Cash song)|Hurt]]" by [[Nine Inch Nails]] which is dedicated to Johnny Cash. This concert showcased a mellower side to the band with an acoustic performance.

On December 11, 2004, after playing a show in Columbus, Ohio, it was announced that [[Clint Lowery]] had left the band mid-tour, because he wanted to play with his brother Corey Lowery in his new band [[Dark New Day]], who had reportedly just signed with Warner Bros. Records. A temporary guitarist was found for the rest of the dates, and Lowery was eventually replaced by [[Sonny Mayo]] (from Snot and [[Amen (American band)|Amen]]).<ref name="amg"/> At roughly the same time, Sevendust and TVT Records parted ways.

On October 11, 2005, Sevendust joined forces with producer/engineer Shawn Grove and released their fifth studio album, ''[[Next (Sevendust album)|Next]]'', on the WineDark Records label, distributed by [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]]. In the process, Sevendust also created their own record label, 7Bros Records. The album was actually recorded in a private house-turned-studio owned by a couple outside of the band's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Touzeau|title='Next' Up|journal=[[Pro Sound News]]|date=2005|volume=27|page=98}}</ref> The first radio single off ''Next'' was the track "[[Ugly (Sevendust song)|Ugly]]", released to radio August 9, 2005, followed by the music video. The track "Pieces" appeared on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Saw II]]''.<ref>Loftus, Johnny. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r794014|pure_url=yes}} "Saw 2" – Overview]. Allmusic</ref> ''Next'' debuted at No.&nbsp;20 in the US, selling around 37,000 copies in its first week. After the release of ''Next'', Sevendust's former label TVT Records released a greatest hits package for Sevendust, titled ''[[Best Of (Chapter One 1997–2004)|Best of (Chapter One 1997&ndash;2004)]]'', the label's final Sevendust release.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r812247|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic ((( Best of Sevendust (Chapter One 1997–2004) > Overview )))<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

A few months after the October 2005 release date of ''Next'', the band was at odds with WineDark. "I had people come up to me and say, 'When is the record coming out?' And it had already been out for five months", Rose grumbles. "Basically, the main person that was in charge of the whole thing fell off the face of the earth. There were no more cheques coming in, and the money had not been paid in full."<ref name="RM200704" />