Codeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in winston-salem north carolina. Their name was derived from a Snoop Dogg song. Their first release, A Sense of Coalition (1998) gained popularity on college radio stations for an intense cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" (not to be confused with The Ataris' cover of the same song that became a mainstream radio hit years later). With subsequent releases Division of Labor (1999) and The Rescue (2002), the band continually became less aggressive and more melodic, eventually abandoning their hardcore roots in favor of progressive, experimental space rock, much as Cave In had done. Their final album, Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds was released in 2004 on Equal Vision. The following year, the band broke up in order to pursue different opportunities.