Seventh Day Slumber

Seventh Day Slumber is one of the biggest forces in Christian rock music, and has been for over two decades. Formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Joseph Rojas, guitarist Evan Weatherford, bassist Joshua Schwartz, and drummer Adam Witte, the band released their first album, Matthew Twenty Five, in 1999.

After the band’s first release, Weatherford and Witte left the band and were replaced by guitarist Jeremy Holderfield and drummer Rusty Clutts. Under that lineup, they released their second album, Freedom From Human Regulations, in 2001, and their third, Picking Up The Pieces, in 2003.

Clutts then left the band and was replaced by Ray Fryoux. With him, Rojas, Holderfield, and Schwartz, they released three albums under their contract with BEC Recordings: Once Upon A Shattered Life in 2005, Finally Awake in 2007, and Take Everything in 2009.

Founding member Joshua Schwartz then left the band, along with Fryoux, who went on to be a drum technician. They were replaced by bassist Talia Haughn and drummer Jamie Davis. They then released their 2011 album, The Anthem Of Angels, a cross between a rock record and worship record.

Haughn left the band shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Ken Reed. With Reed, Seventh Day Slumber released their second worship album in 2013, Love & Worship.

The band then left BEC to sign with VSR Music Group. With VSR, they dropped their album, We Are The Broken in 2014. During this time, drummer Jamie Davis taught Rojas' son, Blaise, how to play the drums. Davis left to become a pastor, and Blaise Rojas took over drumming duties in 2015.

That same year, Seventh Day Slumber released an EP entitled Redline, where all the proceeds went to support child hunger funds. Two years later, the band dropped Found. Rojas then went on to establish a record label company, Nashville Label Corp., with two sub-labels: Burtonwood Records, for worship artists, and Rockfest Records, for rock and metal artists. Seventh Day Slumber then signed to Rockfest.