Seven Hours After Violet, the genre-defying, alternative metal collective led by Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down), unleash their highly anticipated, self-titled debut album alongside their latest single, “Cry,” available now via Sumerian Records and 1336 Records. “Cry” is a visceral dive into anguish, longing, and despair. The song’s harrowing intensity is mirrored in its lyrics, delving into the suffocating distance between two souls, and the raw pain of holding on to something that’s slowly slipping away. It further displays the phenomenal range, both sonically and thematically, on display on the band’s first full-length. Speaking on the single, Seven Hours After Violet shared: “‘Cry’ captures the agony of trying to hold on to something that’s already broken, that inevitable down ...