Artist · chart history
Dark New Day
Band United States Formed 2004
Dark New Day formed in 2004 in the United States. Dark New Day has 3 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Brother”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #63. The station that charted Dark New Day most often is ModernRock.com (Online), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Dark New Day was a hard rock supergroup pieced together in 2004 from the working parts of other bands: singer Brett Hestla from Virgos Merlot, guitarist Clint Lowery from Sevendust, guitarist Troy McLawhorn from DoubleDrive, bassist Corey Lowery from Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and drummer Will Hunt from Skrape. On paper it reads like a hard rock all-star team, and on record it hits like one.
Their debut, Twelve Year Silence, came out in 2005 through Pavement Music and Warner Bros., and "Brother" led the way on the countdowns: thick, down-tuned riffs, a stacked wall of backing vocals and Hestla belting over the top like he's trying to be heard across a stadium parking lot. "Pieces" followed in the same brooding, radio-ready vein.
The acoustic Black Porch (Acoustic Sessions) EP arrived in 2006, and even after the band went quiet it kept surfacing: New Tradition came out in 2012, and Hail Mary followed on February 19, 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dark New Day on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 63 | Brother | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 87 | Brother | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 358 | Pieces | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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