Decay (Sevendust song)

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"Decay"
Sevendustdecay1.jpg
Single by Sevendust
from the album Black Out the Sun
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
Studio Architekt Music (Butler, New Jersey)
Genre Alternative metal [1]
Length3:25
Label 7 Bros./ADA
Songwriters
Producer Sevendust
Sevendust singles chronology
"Last Breath"
(2011)		"Decay"
(2013)		"Picture Perfect"
(2013)

"Decay" is a song by the American rock band Sevendust. It was released on January 22, 2013, [2] as the lead single from their ninth studio album, Black Out the Sun (2013). [3]

Contents

Recording and production

The song was recorded at Architekt Music studios in Butler, New Jersey with engineer Mike Ferretti. "We were starting to get burnt and we didn't want to push it," Rose said during interview with Billboard magazine. "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." [4]

The song was originally intended as a bonus track but the finished product was massive and became the first single. [5]

Music video

The band filmed the video for the song at the end of January 2013, just before their tour that had started on February 2, 2013. [6] The music video was released on March 26, 2013. [7]

The video features the band setting up shop in a rather spooky house, while the look of old film stock gives it that extra ounce of dark atmosphere. Each of the band members are seen entering the house and setting up shop in different rooms, with a rather dooming fate befalling of them. [8]

Reception

Brent Wells from The News & Advance stated "the first single 'Decay' is a hard-hitting number that ponders the state of the world. Primed with a propulsive groove and layers of chunky guitars, Witherspoon passionately roars, 'Decay/Cut the tongue you speak with to say/Don’t believe, don’t believe it/The wrong way on a path to somewhere/Don’t feed the selfish mouth of man.'" [9]

References

  1. ↑ Gregory Heaney. "Black Out the Sun - Sevendust | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "Sevendust Reveal 'Black Out the Sun' Album Art". Loudwire.com. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sevendust announces 'Decay' and we want more international metal acts in SA!". Headbang Today. January 23, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sevendust, 'Decay': Exclusive Song Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Community news from Biloxi and Gulfport, MS". Sun Herald. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sevendust To Film 'Decay' Video This Month". Blabbermouth.net. January 11, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Exclusive: Alt-Metal Veterans Sevendust Confront Mortality in Sinister "Decay" Video - Fuse Premiere - Fuse". Fuse.tv. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sevendust Unveil Haunting 'Decay' Video". Loudwire.com. March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Wells, Brent (February 7, 2013). "Decay - Sevendust". The News & Advance. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
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