SEVENDUST NINTH STUDIO ALBUM, “BLACK OUT THE SUN,” OUT TODAY

As the fans proudly and bombastically chant at the opening of every show, “SEVENDUST has arrived!” That mantra has even more meaning as it heralds the release of the band’s new album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, now available everywhere.

The Atlanta band (@Sevendust)--Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals) and John Connolly (guitar/vocals)—released their highly anticipated ninth studio album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, today on their 7Bros. Records in conjunction with ADA Label Services. The first single, “Decay,” is currently bulleted on the BDS Active Rock Chart at #13 and the Mediabase Active Rock chart at #12. It has also spent the past four weeks in the #1 spot on SiriusXM’s “Big Uns” countdown on the Octane active rock channel.

Also released today was the video for “Decay,” which makes its debut on FUSE’s website and it’s also airing on Xbox LIVE.

SEVENDUST continues to prove why they’re the hardest touring band in Rock today as they criss-cross the U.S. on their headlining tour with Lacuna Coil and Candlelight Red through March 27 in El Cajon, CA. From there, they’ll team up with Coal Chamber for a co-headlining tour starting March 28 in Tempe, AZ at The Marquee and concluding April 28 in Dallas, TX at The Palladium Ballroom. Starting April 30, the band will play headlining shows joined by such bands as Pop Evil and In This Moment. Stops at festival shows, including Rock On The Range in Columbus, OH on Sunday, May 19, will be made throughout the on-going headlining tour.

As Drumhead magazine praised: ““Somehow Sevendust grows stronger with each successive album...BLACK OUT THE SUN sees Sevendust at their most uncompromising, unwavering and undeniable.” While Outburn magazine agreed: ““...brooding verses that build up to cavernous choruses and raging, blues based fretwork that reveals the band’s Southern roots...BLACK OUT THE SUN stands as their most polished effort yet.” And ArtistDIRECT.com concludes: “Sevendust have made a landmark record in a career of landmark records, but they've still got even more to give.”

Check out SEVENDUST at any of the following stops. Fans should check their local ticket outlets for purchase info.

DATE CITY VENUE

With Lacuna Coil and Candlelight Red:

Wed 3/27 El Cajon, CA Sycuan Casino

With Coal Chamber, Lacuna Coil and Candlelight Red:

Thu 3/28 Tempe, AZ The Marquee

Fri 3/29 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

Sat 3/30 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom

Sun 3/31 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades

Tue 4/2 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

Wed 4/3 Wichita, KS The Cotillion

Thu 4/4 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom

Fri 4/5 Sauget, IL Pop’s

Sat 4/6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II

Mon 4/8 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights

Tue 4/9 Joliet, IL Mojoes

Thu 4/11 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s

Fri 4/12 Detroit, MI Harpo’s

Sat 4/13 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar

Sun 4/14 Hartford, CT Webster Theater

Tue 4/16 Worcester, MA The Palladium

Wed 4/17 New York, NY Best Buy Theater

Thu 4/18 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

Fri 4/19 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino

Sat 4/20 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony

Mon 4/22 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!

Tue 4/23 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte

Wed 4/24 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle

Fri 4/26 Houston, TX Warehouse Live

Sat 4/27 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater

Sun 4/28 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom

* Tue 4/30 Monroe, LA Live Oaks Bar and Ballroom

Wed 5/1 Huntsville, AL Sammy T’s

Fri 5/3 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach

Sat 5/4 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues (with Seether)

Sat 5/11 Kansas City, MO RockFest

** Mon 5/13 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Ctr

** Tue 5/14 Bismarck, ND Civic Center Exhibit Hall

* Wed 5/15 Duluth, MN Clyde Iron Works

* Fri 5/17 Grand Rapids, MI The Orbit Room

Sat 5/18 Springfield, IL Boondocks

Sun 5/19 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range

* Wed 5/22 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity Theatre

* Thu 5/23 Columbus, GA Front Porch Of The South

* Fri 5/24 Jacksonville, FL The Roc Bar

Sat 5/25 Niceville, FL Mullett Festival Grounds (Blazefest with HellYeah,

Saving Abel, Pop Evil, Eye Empire)

* Sun 5/26 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre

Mon 5/27 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room

Thu 7/18 Peoria, IL Heart of Illinois Fair

Fri 7/19 Oshkosh, WI Ford Festival Park/Rock USA (w/ Megadeth & Godsmack)

* Shows with Pop Evil.

** Shows with Pop Evil and In This Moment.

SEVENDUST FIRST SINGLE, “DECAY,” PREMIERES ONLINE; ADDS MORE TOUR DATES WITH LACUNA COIL AND COAL CHAMBER

Hot on the heels of last week’s Billboard.com premiere of the first single, “Decay,” from their forthcoming album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, SEVENDUST has added a slew of new tour dates to their previously-announced headlining trek with Lacuna Coil that starts February 2 in Winston-Salem, NC at Ziggy’s.

SEVENDUST--Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals) and John Connolly (guitar/vocals)—will team up with Coal Chamber for a co-headlining tour starting March 28 in Tempe, AZ at The Marquee and concluding April 28 in Dallas, TX at The Palladium Ballroom. In addition, a handful of shows with Candlelight Red (whose latest DEMONS EP was produced by SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose) will start March 15 in New Orleans, LA at the House of Blues. The SEVENDUST/Coal Chamber run will include stops at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA on March 29 and at the Best Buy Theater in New York, NY on April 17.

The Atlanta band has created the SEVENDUST "Black Out The Sun" Pre-Sale Package, which will be available beginning THIS Wednesday, January 16 at http://tixx1.artistarena.com/sevendust/. It will offer opportunities for fans to pre-purchase their new album and ticket to the show.

All this touring comes in support of SEVENDUST’s highly anticipated release of their ninth studio album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, March 26 on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group). Now that it officially had its online premiere, “Decay” will soon be heard on terrestrial radio stations nationwide and available for download at online retail outlets January 22.

As drummer Morgan Rose recently explained to Billboard.com, “Decay” was actually one of the final songs tracked for BLACK OUT THE SUN, which started as a riff left over from the COLD RAY MEMORY recording sessions. "We were starting to get burnt and we didn't want to push it," he says. "So we had this riff, and we said, 'Let's jam it and see if anything comes of it.' And before you know it, it became a song that ends up on the record, and everybody listens to it and they end up picking that as the single, which was pretty cool."

In a review of “Decay,” ArtistDIRECT.com raved: “The first single from their forthcoming ninth studio album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, seesaws between tight and tough pummeling from guitar-slingers Clint Lowery and John Connolly, pounding rhythms from Morgan Rose and bassist Vinnie Hornsby, and Lajon Witherspoon's unmistakable scream from the soul. After a groan of feedback, eerie clean guitar builds with a hum before steamrolling into a chugging verse. It's as potent as the band's early fare, but simultaneously the melodies rise elegantly with seasoned songwriting chops....This band remains one of the most crushingly consistent of the past 20 years. They've never wavered in their infectiousness or intensity, and that's why they're nine albums deep. For fans, rest assured. SEVENDUST hit harder and heavier than ever with their best offering since SEASONS and one of the best hard rock records of 2013.”

Check out SEVENDUST at any of the following stops. Fans should check their local ticket outlets for purchase info.

DATE CITY VENUE

Co-Headlining shows with Lacuna Coil:

Sat 2/2 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
Sat 2/3 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
Tue 2/5 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club

Wed 2/6 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall

Thu 2/7 Portland, ME The Asylum

Fri 2/8 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock

Sat 2/9 Lynchburg, VA Phase 2

Sun 2/10 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works

Tue 2/12 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge
Thu 2/14 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Fri 2/15 Broussard, LA The Station

Sat 2/16 Beaumont, TX Dixie Dance Hall

Sun 2/17 Little Rock, AR Revolution! Music Room

Tue 2/19 Springfield, IL Boondocks

Thu 2/21 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre

Fri 2/22 South Bend, IN Club Fever

Sat 2/23 Cedar Rapids, IA Pepsi Pavilion

With Candlelight Red:

Fri 3/15 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues

Sat 3/16 Broussard, LA The Station

With Lacuna Coil and Candlelight Red:

Sun 3/17 Abilene, TX The Lucky Mule

Tue 3/19 Farmington, NM Top Deck

Thu 3/21 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House

Fri 3/22 Reno, NV Knitting Factory

Sat 3/23 Las Vegas, NV The Railhead @ Boulder Station Hotel & Casino

Wed 3/27 El Cajon, CA Sycuan Casino

With Lacuna Coil, Coal Chamber and Candlelight Red:

Thu 3/28 Tempe, AZ The Marquee

Fri 3/29 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

Sat 3/30 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom

Sun 3/31 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades

Tue 4/2 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

Wed 4/3 Wichita, KS The Cotillion

Thu 4/4 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom

Fri 4/5 Sauget, IL Pop’s

Sat 4/6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave II

Mon 4/8 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights

Tue 4/9 Joliet, IL Mojoes

Thu 4/11 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s

Fri 4/12 Detroit, MI Harpo’s

Sat 4/13 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy

Sun 4/14 Hartford, CT Webster Theater

Tue 4/16 Worcester, MA The Palladium

Wed 4/17 New York, NY Best Buy Theater

Thu 4/18 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

Fri 4/19 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino

Sat 4/20 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

Mon 4/22 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!

Tue 4/23 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte

Wed 4/24 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle

Fri 4/26 Houston, TX Warehouse Live

Sat 4/27 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater

Sun 4/28 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom

SEVEN DAY SONNET Announces Winners- $500 Seven Days Of Christmas

SEVEN DAY SONNET has chosen the second winner of the $500 ‘Seven Days of Christmas’ contest! Last week, prize winner Aslan Miller was chosen based on his touching story of raising four children on a budget. This past Friday’s winner was also chosen and we will hear a personal testimony from her soon!


“Thank you so much for choosing my family to win the $500,” states last week’s winner Aslan Miller. “This means so much to me. Living paycheck to paycheck means no money for extras, but now I will have the money to give my babies a great, fun Christmas. Again, I cannot explain how excited and grateful I truly am. Thank you.”


Every Friday from now until Christmas, 7DS will be giving away $500 to one of their fans. To enter, all you have to do is email sevendaysonnetmusic@gmail.com and tell 7DS what you will do with the money and what radio station or media outlet you heard about this promotion from. One person will be picked every Friday by the radio station and us to receive $500! Please only one entry per person or household.


The band will enter Groovmaster Studios in Chicago, IL in January with the Johnny K Camp to complete work on their debut full-length, self-titled album set to be unleashed on the world in April 2012 with Big Time Records. Also, the band has nearly penned a new contract with a new management company and Big Time Records is in talks to become an imprint for a larger label, both poising SEVEN DAY SONNET for greater success. Big Time Records has kept SEVEN DAY SONNET on the MediaBase charts, ranging between Top 75 and Top 30 non-stop for over 9 months.


Refusing to slow down over the past year, SEVEN DAY SONNET has gone from playing back alley clubs to expanding practically overnight-- touring with bands like Saliva, Sevendust, Rev Theory, Nonpoint and Adelitas Way and recording with Grammy Award-winning producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down) and Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K.


SEVEN DAY SONNET is currently finishing up their tour with Sevendust and Eye Empire. See below for all remaining tour dates.


SEVEN DAY SONNET W/ SEVENDUST AND EYE EMPIRE:
12/7 Mankato, MN @ Buster’s
12/8 Sioux Falls, SD @ The Vault
12/10 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave