IS DARK NEW DAY GETTING THE SHAFT FROM THEIR LABEL?
Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 12:12pm by Vince Neilstein
It’s beginning to look like we may soon a new Dark New Day album pretty soon; according to a post on the band’s MySpace written by guitarist Clint Lowery (ex-Sevendust):
Hey everyone,
Quick update. The new records getting mixed right now and its sounding great. Dave Bendeth who produced it is also mixing it. I think its gonna be well worth the wait. Thanks to all that have stuck by us and hope to see you all on tour next year. The new DnD will be out early next year and as soon as we have a hard date on it you’ll be the first to know.
God bless
clint
But if the band is already in the mixing stage, why haven’t we heard anything about it other than updates directly from the band members? Generally by this phase of making a record we’d have been inundated with various press releases of the “producer announced,” “track listing revealed” and “cover artwork revealed” variety, not to mention video updates from the studio and interviews with band members about the new material. Looks to me like Dark New Day, whose first album didn’t sell all that well, is getting the shaft from their record label, Warner Bros. Could it be that key label personnel involved with DND have since been dismissed, or is DND just not a high priority over there? In defense of the label, it seems like a new record hasn’t exactly been a priority to the band either, what with the members taking gigs as touring musicians for the likes of Korn, Evanescence, and Vince Neil.
-VN
Look, I like Dark New Day as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is Vince Neilstein), but what did their debut sell, 80 copies? I could probably say “Dark New Day” to the next 150 people I see and they’d think I’m talking about the earlier nightfall every day.
From: CLINT LOWERY ~ DARK nEW DAY
Regarding: Is DARK nEW DAY getting the shaft from their label?
posted at: http://www.darknewday.com
Date: November 24, 2007
It’s coming.
Nothing’s been released from the label yet because it’s still getting mixed and mastered.
They’re not gonna release or announce anything until they’ve heard the record completed.
I understand how people can speculate and assume the worst but rest assure this record’s not being overlooked or taken lightly by the label ((WARNER BROS.)) or the members of this ((DARK nEW DAY)) band.
This time of the year is called THE FOURTH QUARTER, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to release anything until next year because the industry kind of shuts down through the holidays.
Updates and artwork, etc., will be coming soon.
Thanks,
DARK nEW DAY
[...] Apparently Dark new Day (and ex-Sevendust) guitarist Clint Lowery (or someone close to the Dark New Day camp) reads MetalSucks — MetalSucks commenter Julie has informed us that Clint posted a public response on the band’s official website to our Nov. 19 article which asked “Is Dark New Day getting the shaft from their record label?“: [...]
Hey, -VN
There is new DARK nEW DAY music posted at
http://www.myspace.com/darknewday – HAIL MARY and
FIST FROM THE SKY.
Also, DARK nEW DAY’s WILL HUNT is a drummer’s drummer –
he plays for TOMMY LEE.
Thanks to http://www.metalsucks.com for all your interest and support for the DARK nEW DAY!!!
Sincerely,
Julie = ForeverStill at http://www.darknewday.com
Wow what a bunch of freakin old ladies cut the drama please.
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