Seventh Day Slumber is an American

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band from

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formed in 1996. They were an independent band for five years until they signed with

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in 2005. They are best known for their song "Oceans from the Rain" which was the 14th most played song on Christian CHR radio in 2006 according to the

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. Their songs have been featured frequently on

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series.

History

Joseph Rojas tried to commit suicide following a cocaine binge, and became a Christian while being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Joseph Rojas and Bernie Dufrene formed Seventh Day Slumber in the summer of 1996 at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas, where they met, wrote, and raised money for their first four-song demo project. The band was later signed to BEC Recordings. He teamed with guitarist Evan Weatherford, bassist Joshua Schwartz and drummer Adam Witte. After signing to the Afinia label the group issued ''Matthew Twenty-Five'' three years later. Their second album ''Freedom From Human Regulations'' was also released on an independent album before they made their major-label debut with ''Picking Up the Pieces'' in 2003. Seventh Day Slumber released ''Once Upon a Shattered Life'' in 2005 which spanned their hit singles "Caroline" and "Oceans from the Rain". The album hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 26 on the Top Christian Albums chart. After re-releasing ''Picking Up the Pieces'' that same year, they released ''

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'' in 2007. It peaked at No. 16 on ''Billboard''s Top Christian Albums chart. The Spanish-language album ''

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'' contained re-recordings of previous songs and it won the 2009

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for Spanish Language Album of the Year at the

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. It was followed by ''Take Everything'', an album of new arrangements of Christian music worship songs. The album peaked at No. 141 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 11 on the

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charts. ''The Anthem of Angels'' was released in November 2011. The "Small Town America Tour" ran from August 2011 to February 2012 to promote the album. On March 8th, 2013, the band issued ''Love and Worship'', their second worship album featuring covers of contemporary Christian songs and originals.Afterwards, on May 13th, 2014, they released '' We Are the Broken'', then toured in the fall of that year with DavsEye and

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. On the 9th of October, SDS released an EP, ''

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'', which featured a cover of

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's "Hunger Strike" with

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vocalist Kevin Young guesting; they then co-headlined with

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for the Small Town America Tour with guests

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and Scarlet White.On July 28th, 2017, ''Found'', the tenth studio album by the band, was released. After a period of touring, Joseph Rojas announced in a broadcast in October 30th, 2018 the release of ''Closer to Chaos'' in May 31st, 2019, and its guesting songwriters, including Josiah Prince of

and Kellen McGregor of

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. In August 7th, 2020, SDS dropped a worship EP, ''Unseen - The Lion'', which was followed by a companion, ''Unseen - The Lamb'', on September 24th, 2020, and both were combined into a single album on January 15th, 2021 with two bonus tracks. Successively on June 1st, the first single for their thirteenth recording, ''Death by Admiration'', "What I've Become" was dropped; the album was released in January 28th, 2022. A music video for the title track, which featured Tyler Smith of

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as guest vocalist and co-songwriter, was released in March 4th, 2022.

Activities

Joseph Rojas began hosting a national-syndicated radio program in 2015. In April 2018, Rojas formed a new record group called Nashville Label Group. Seventh Day Slumber signed with the group's RockFest Records.

Etymology and Influences

The band's name Seventh Day Slumber comes from Genesis 2:2 where on the seventh day, after creating the universe, God rested. The band's influences include

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, Jars of Clay,

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and

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Members

* Joseph Rojas – vocals, guitar * Blaise Rojas – drums * Ken Reed – bass guitar * Weston Evans - guitar Former members *Jeremy Holderfield – guitar *Talia Haughn-Comer – bass guitar *Joshua Schwartz – bass guitar *Ray Fryoux – drums *Elliot Lopes – drums *Rusty Clutts – drums *Adam Witte – drums *Tim Parady – keyboards, vocals *Evan Weatherford – guitar *Michael Johns – guitar *Juan Alvarez – drums *Phillip King – keyboards, vocals *Jamie Davis – drums *Matt Norwood – drums *Anthony Garcia – bass guitar *Isaac Rodriguez – guitar, keyboards *Ruben Trevino – drums *Bernie Dufrene - drums

Discography

Studio albums *''Matthew Twenty Five'' (1999) *''Freedom From Human Regulations'' (2001) *''Picking Up the Pieces'' (2003) (rerelease 2005) *'' Once Upon a Shattered Life'' (2005) *''

'' (2007) * ''

Take Everything ''Take Everything'' is the 6th studio album released by the Christian rock group, Seventh Day Slumber. Most of the songs are remakes of other artists songs done with different arrangement. Their song "Oceans From The Rain" was originally released ...

'' (2009) * ''The Anthem of Angels'' (2011) * ''Love and Worship'' (2013) * '' We Are the Broken'' (2014) *'' Found ''(2017) *'' Closer to Chaos ''(2019) * ''Unseen: The Lion and the Lamb'' (2021) * ''Death by Admiration'' (2022) EPs * '' Redline EP'' (2015) * ''Unseen: The Lion (EP)'' (2020) * ''Unseen: The Lamb (EP)'' (2020) Compilations *''

'' (May 27, 2008) * ''A Decade of Hope'' (March 29, 2011) (contains full albums ''Picking Up the Pieces'', '' Once Upon a Shattered Life'', and ''

'') ''Billboard'' charting albums (North America)

Singles

Music Videos

References

External links

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Cross Rhythms Magazine, Issue 78 - From Cocaine to Christ
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Slumber, Seventh Day American alternative metal musical groups Alternative rock groups from Texas BEC Recordings artists Christian alternative metal groups Christian rock groups from Texas Heavy metal musical groups from Texas Musical groups established in 1996