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Dark New Day

Formed:
2004 in Orlando, Florida

  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: 2000s
  • Representative Album: "Twelve Year Silence"

Biography

Dark New Day formed in early 2005 and was quickly billed as a supergroup for the active rock set, since its membership came from various name-brand acts. Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals) had been a cofounder of Sevendust, while his brother Corey Lowery (bass) had played in Stuck Mojo and Stereomud; guitarist Troy McLawhorn was a veteran of Doubledrive, and vocalist/guitarist Brett Hestla had been in Virgos Merlot before becoming the touring bassist for Creed. Will Hunt had drummed for acts like Skrape and Tommy Lee. The band debuted with a track on the soundtrack for the spring 2005 horror film House of Wax before issuing the full-length debut, Twelve Year Silence, the following June. Tours with acts like Crossfade and Seether followed. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Similar Artists:

Virgin Millionaires, DAUGHTRY, Thornley, Crossfade, Audioslave, Seether, Nickelback, Melissa Auf der Maur, Fuel, Pantera

Influences:

Tool, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains
 
 
Wikipedia: Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Origin Flag of the United StatesFlorida, USA
Georgia, USA
North Carolina, USA
Genre(s) Hard rock
Alternative Metal
Years active 1995–Present
Label(s) Warner Bros. Records
Associated
acts
Sevendust
Skrape
doubleDrive
Evanescence
Korn
Website Darknewday.com
Members
Brett Hestla
Troy McLawhorn
Clint Lowery
Corey Lowery
Will Hunt

Dark New Day is an American hard rock band that formed in 1995, disbanded, and re-formed in late 2004.

History

The band was originally formed in 1995, by five people: Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of Doubledrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud, Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape. But they didn't make a record through the years because the members were in different bands until they came together again in 2004. The band is considered a sort of supergroup considering the fact that all five members have spent time in nu-metal and hard rock groups of varying success, although the band members disagree with this classification, largely because, with the exception of Sevendust, none of their prior projects fared very well commercially.

On June 14, 2005, the band released their first album, Twelve Year Silence through Warner Bros. Records. The first single from the effort, "Brother", was a surprise hit on active and alternative stations, although the follow-up, "Pieces", did not fare nearly as well.

On September 5, 2006, Dark New Day released an EP through iTunes called Black Porch that features new tracks "Breakdown" and "Storm" as well as acoustic versions of songs from Twelve Year Silence. The only single released thus far is the acoustic version of "Follow The Sun Down". A hard copy of the EP is currently up in the air, although there are hopes to release it before the end of the year.

Dark New Day have also posted 2 new songs on their MySpace page for stream: "Fist From The Sky," a much heavier and faster-paced song than anything that was on Twelve Year Silence ; and "Hail Mary," a slower, almost progressive song, almost reminiscent of one of Brett's previous bands, ViRGOS. Both songs retain the melody and excellent full-band harmonies that the band has become known for, while adding new dimension to the Dark New Day catalog.

On May 18, it was announced that both Will Hunt and Troy McLawhorn had temporarily joined Evanescence as their guitarist and drummer and will being touring and playing live with them until at least September 2007.[1] Lead singer Amy Lee stated that "We're just borrowing Will and Troy for awhile" and that they would not be leaving Dark New Day.[2] Hunt and McLawhorn will tour with Evanescence until at least September 2007 to finish the Family Values tour,[3] though it is unknown if they will remain with the band beyond that time.

In September 2007, Clint posted on Dark New Day's MySpace page saying that the band returned to the studio to record their next album with producer Dave Bendeth.[4]

Members

Discography

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Mainstream Rock
2005 "Brother" #7 Twelve Year Silence
2005 "Pieces" #28 Twelve Year Silence
2006 "Follow The Sun Down" - Black Porch (EP)

Trivia

  • The song "Pieces" contains a verse from the song "Back Again" by The Devine, a band that frontman Brett Hestla also sang for, that eventually became Virgos Merlot. The verse reads "The wheels they turn for you, a deity for two. Holding on it's true, won't bring it back again. The way you look my friend, it's closer to the end, I'm holdin' out my hand to bring it back again."
  • The song "Pieces" was recently featured as background music for menus in the videogame WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006.
  • The song "Brother" is one of the songs that comes with the U.K., U.S. and Australian release of the Xbox 360.
  • In addition to his time as frontman for The Devine and Virgos Merlot, Brett Hestla was also briefly a touring bassist for the band Creed. Hestla also runs his own studio in Orlando, Florida called Gridlock Studios. Besides Dark New Day, bands that have used Hestla's facilities include Faktion, Endo, Big 10-4, Dmanufacture, One Less Reason, The Deadline, Plain Jane Automobile, and Stereoside.
  • Sevendust remains the only band in the history of Dark New Day's members that still exists and continues to be successful; all the other groups had disbanded prior to Dark New Day's formation.

References

  1. ^ EVANESCENCE: New Lineup Announced. Blabbermouth.net (2007-05-17). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  2. ^ Hartzler, Amy (2007-05-18). i've got a new ring & now you've got the scoop. EvThreads.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
  3. ^ Korn, Evanescence Backing Musicians Vow To Carry On With Dark New Day. Blabbermouth.net (2007-05-19). Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
  4. ^ DARK NEW DAY Begins Recording New Album. Blabbermouth.net (2007-09-15). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.

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