Consisting of guitarist/vocalist Herbie Langhans, guitarist Florian Gottsleben, bassist Markus Beck, and drummer Mike Pflüger, Seventh Avenue played a hybrid style of speed and power metal with a focus on melodies.

The band launched a demo titled First Strike in 1993, but the loss of their guitarist delayed their first album, Rainbowland, until 1995.

left the band and, at only 17 years of age, then-guitarist Herbie Langhans took the place as the new leading vocalist.

In 1999, William Hieb also left the band, leaving only Herbie Langhans and Mike Pflüger.

A short time later, they found another bassist and second guitarist in Geronimo Stade and Florian Gottsleben.

In Brazil, the band achieved remarkable popularity which bought Megahard Records the licensing rights for South America.

In September 2002, the band broke into a tour to Brazil where they played so-called "WMetal Concerts", which was organized by Megahard Records.

The album Terium, their first concept album, was released on 28 March 2008 on Massacre Records and emphasizes the groups penchant for catchy choruses and memorable melodies while delivering an even heavier sound than previous releases.

As of 2010, Herbie Langhans was included in the project Sinbreed with members of Blind Guardian and Redkey.