Background
The band announced the release of Unseen in July 2020, with the album to be released as two EPs: The Lion and The Lamb. [6] The Lion released on August 7, 2020, [7] and The Lamb released on September 28, 2020. [8] On January 15, 2021, the EPs were combined into a single album with two extra tracks. [9]
Critical reception
Professional ratings| Review scores |
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| Source | Rating |
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| Jesus Freak Hideout |    [10] [11] |
| 365 Days of Inspiring Media | [12] |
| One Man In the Middle | [13] |
In their review for the Lamb EP which summarized the two EPs, Jesus Freak Hideout's James Larsen wrote, "Whether you want to combine both EP's to make a full record, or keep the two separate, both are solid offerings. The originals, while few and far between, are some of the band's best, and the covers are enjoyable listens. If you're looking for some worship to rock out to, or are fans of the band, Seventh Day Slumber has put together the project for you." [11]
365 Days of Inspiring Media was more mixed in its review, stating that "if you’re looking for a lot of originality in these covers, then Seventh Day Slumber isn’t it- they’re too electric-gutiar driven and sound very formulaic- verse, chorus, verse, bridge, no room for a little bit of flexibility. But maybe you’ll hear this album and be impacted by it all…good on you, then." [12]
One Man in the Middle's Robert Allwright says: "It is nice to hear some of these very familiar tracks done by a fantastic rock band, but it is a shame that much of this selection has already been done to death by other artists. We've all heard 'Reckless Love' in multiple styles, along with 'Lion and the Lamb' and 'Waymaker', not to mention the over-covered 'Oceans'. While I do like their interpretations of these songs there are many thousands of other tracks out there that are popular but haven't had the oversaturation of these particular worship songs, so it would have been nice to give them a chance to shine. Where this album really does stand out is actually in the original compositions which all show off the softer and more worshipful writing of this band. I particularly enjoyed the worship message of 'Branches' which could be used alongside a few other tracks like '100 Billion x (So Will I)' in a worship set. Overall, despite my griping above I did really enjoy this album and I hope that SDS will take the plunge and record more rock-worship as well as their own normal style albums because we still need that type of creativity too!" [13]
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