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Black Out the Sun is the ninth studio album by American metal band Sevendust released on March 26, 2013.

Background

Black Out the Sun marks the band's first album in almost three years. After concluding touring in support of their eighth album, Cold Day Memory, many of the members broke out into separate side projects over the course of 2012. Guitarist Clint Lowery and drummer Morgan Rose formed the band Call Me No One and released an album titled Last Parade. Concurrently, guitarist John Connolly and bassist Vinnie Hornsby started up the band Projected and released an album titled Human. By the end of the year, the members reunited and began collective work on Black Out the Sun.

Writing and recording

Rose stated that the band took the same approach to the album as he and Lowery had with making Last Parade, stating:

"For that album we went in with very little material, and it was really exciting and we had a good time doing it...It was fresh. We didn't over think stuff too much. So we kinda sold the rest of the guys on trying to do it that way. We were maybe a little apprehensive going in, but it worked exactly the way we had hoped. We didn't have any songs, but everybody grabbed their station and kind of picked up whatever needed help or work, and we were able to bang out it with nothing but riffs. It was really from the cuff..."[2]

The exception to this was the band's first single, "Decay", which had a riff that originated from the Cold Day Memory sessions, but the band had waited to finish it for Black Out the Sun, in fear they were too burned out to do it justice originally.[3]

The album was recorded at Architekt Music Studios in Butler, New Jersey.[4] Witherspoon stated that the album's title was chosen due a dream of his, stating, "In the dream, the sun was going away and I was just looking for safety before it happened and not necessarily knowing what would happened when it blacked out but just knowing that something was scary. I guess it just seems more like the feeling of the unknown."[5]

This is also the band's third album without a Parental Advisory warning label, since their first two didn't have labels although they did feature profanity.

Sound

Connolly described the album's sound as having "a darker vibe," with "still plenty of melody", comparing it more to the band's earlier albums Animosity, Alpha, and their self-titled album.[6] and that it "is almost like a greatest-hits record of songs you've never heard before."[7] Lowery described the album's sound as "spontaneous" and that it "has the spirit of our older records, but it's evolved as well."[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Artistdirect[9]
Allmusic[10]
Loudwire[11]
Sputnikmusic[12]
Celebrity Cafe[13]
Live Metal[14]
Unsung Melody[15]
100% Rock Magazine[16]
Nervebullet[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sevendust

No.TitleLength
1."Memory"1:24
2."Faithless"4:10
3."Till Death"3:06
4."Mountain"3:08
5."Cold as War"4:03
6."Black Out the Sun"3:27
7."Nobody Wants It"3:10
8."Dead Roses"3:01
9."Decay"3:25
10."Dark AM"3:28
11."Picture Perfect"3:47
12."Got a Feeling"4:32
13."Murder Bar"3:42
Total length:44:23

Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://loudwire.com/sevendust-reveal-black-out-the-sun-album-art/
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/features/1485849/sevendust-decay-exclusive-song-premiere
  3. ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/features/1485849/sevendust-decay-exclusive-song-premiere
  4. ^ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=185473
  5. ^ http://loudwire.com/sevendust-lajon-witherspoon-new-album-black-out-the-sun-more/
  6. ^ http://www.revolvermag.com/news/sevendust-announce-new-album-black-out-the-sun.html
  7. ^ http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-sevendusts-john-connolly-and-clint-lowery-discuss-black-out-sun
  8. ^ http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-sevendusts-john-connolly-and-clint-lowery-discuss-black-out-sun
  9. ^ http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/sevendust-black-out-the-sun-album-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10446473?fb_ref=homepage
  10. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-out-the-sun-mw0002485094
  11. ^ http://loudwire.com/sevendust-black-out-the-sun-album-review/
  12. ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/55964/Sevendust-Black-Out-the-Sun/
  13. ^ http://thecelebritycafe.com/reviews/2013/01/sevendust-black-out-sun
  14. ^ http://www.live-metal.net/cdreviews_sevendust_black-out-the-sun.html
  15. ^ http://www.unsungmelody.com/album-reviews/sevendust-blackout-the-sun-album-review/
  16. ^ http://magazine.100percentrock.com/reviews/cd-reviews/201302/9922
  17. ^ http://nervebullet.com/2013/03/25/sevendust-black-out-the-sun/
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