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Found (Seventh Day Slumber Album)
''Found'' is the tenth studio album by American Christian rock band Seventh Day Slumber. It was produced by guitarist Jeremy Holderfield, and was released on July 28th, 2017 under VSR Records. Composition According to singer Joseph Rojas, the album's conception stemmed from a period of depression. "I never lost my passion for ministry, or anything like that, but I just couldn’t make myself be happy...I just decided to write about it. I decided to just put my heart and my soul into these lyrics...That’s what this record, ''Found'', is about.” Critical reception The album received positive reviews upon its release. ''Jesus Freak Hideouts Michael Weaver wrote "I think it's safe to say that Seventh Day Slumber is back. I realize the band never officially left, per se, but the guys have returned to their roots. ''Found'' feels much more like the album that the band wanted to make and not what the label most likely dictated. While there a couple perceived weaker moments, they ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Day Slumber
Seventh Day Slumber is an American Christian rock band from Dallas, Texas, formed in 1996, consisting of vocalist Joseph Rojas, his son Blaise on drums, and guitarist Ken Reed. They were an independent band for five years until they signed with BEC Records in 2005, then finished their contract in 2012 and partnered with Capitol CMG to start their own record label called Rockfest Records. Their songs have been featured frequently on X the album 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music that features lyrics focusing on matters of Christian faith, often with an emphasis on Jesus in Christianity, Jesus. This music is typically performed by Christians, Christian individuals. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between Band (rock and pop), bands. Many bands who perform Christian rock have ties to the contemporary Christian music labels, media outlets, and Music festival, festivals, while other bands are independent. In the 2000s and onwards, Christian rock bands Skillet (band), Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, and Red (band), Red were influenced by acts like Linkin Park to develop their own sounds that combined hard rock and nu metal. Skillet received Grammy Award, Grammy nominations for two albums, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. Originating in the United States, it was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, Gospel music, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop music, pop, but also includes Christian rock, rock, Christian alternative rock, alternative rock, Christian hip hop, hip hop, Christian metal, metal, Contemporary worship music, contemporary worship, Christian punk, punk, Christian hardcore, hardcore punk, Latin Christian music, Latin, Christian electronic da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream (band), Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free (band), Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss (band), Kiss, Queen (band), Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redline (EP)
''Redline'' is an extended play from American rock band Seventh Day Slumber. It was released on October 10, 2015, under VSR, and is the debut of vocalist Joseph Rojas' son Blaise on drums. Critical reception In a four star review at ''CCM Magazine'', Andy Argyrakis responded, "''Redline''...tips the scales back towards an intentionally aggressive tone." Nick Sabin, signaling in a three star review by ''HM Magazine'', says, "For an EP, it's a venture that proves this is some of the band's best work yet, and if it's a stage-setter for a future full-length, it upholds the band's worth in their arena." Awarding the EP four and a half stars for New Release Today, Jonathan J. Francesco states, "''Redline'' is another of those highlights for the year that will outshine many of the full-length releases for me." Christopher Smith, giving the EP three and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, writes, "With many bands losing the edge they once had, both musically and lyrically, it's exciting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer To Chaos (album)
Closer to Chaos'' is the eleventh studio album by American Christian rock band Seventh Day Slumber. It was produced by their guitarist Jeremy Holderfield, and was released through the band's self-made Rockfest Records. It is also their last album with Holderfield, as he departed the band in 2020. It debuted in the Top 20 on Nielsen SoundScan’s Current Hard Music Albums chart, and also landed in the Top 40 on Nielsen SoundScan’s Current Rock Albums chart, whilst debuting at #10 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart. Composition Talking about the album's themes and writing with ''The Christian Beat'', vocalist Joseph Rojas said "I feel like a lot of us as Christian men and women, we are just getting closer and closer to the edge. And I feel like we are constantly pushing the envelope, and meanwhile, we are living in a world that has gone completely crazy and nuts. And I’m not even just talking about the political climate; I’m also talking about morality. Things that you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Sprinkle
Aaron Sprinkle (born March 20, 1974) is an American record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington. Career His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums (see below). Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played lead guitar in Rose Blossom Punch, and has produced albums independently. On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums. He produced dozens of records for Tooth & Nail Records between 1993 and 2016. In 2005, Sprinkle formed the band Fair with Joey Sanchez, Nick Barber, and Erick Newbill. Fair released its debut album ''The Best Worst-Case Scenario'' on Tooth & Nail Records in June 2006. He is the brother of drummer Jesse Sprinkle. Among others, Jesse played with Aaron in Poor Old Lu, was the most recent drummer of Dead Poetic, and was also an early member of Demon Hunter, whose albums Aaron has produced the majority of. Discography Solo (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Day Slumber Albums
Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven. Seventh may refer to: * Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution * A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts Film and television *"The Seventh", a second-season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' Music * A seventh (interval), the difference between two pitches ** Diminished seventh, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval ** Major seventh, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Minor seventh, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Harmonic seventh, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key ** Augmented seventh, an interval * Leading-tone or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree * Seventh chord, a chord consisting of a triad plu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
