Decay (Sevendust song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Decay

| cover = Sevendustdecay1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sevendust

| album = Black Out the Sun

| released = January 29, 2013

| recorded = September, 2012–October, 2012

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative metal{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-out-the-sun-mw0002485094 |title=Black Out the Sun - Sevendust | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |author=Gregory Heaney}}

| length = 3:25

| label = 7 Bros Records/ADA

| writer = John Connolly, Vinnie Hornsby, Clint Lowery, Morgan Rose, Lajon Witherspoon{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=16262464&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Decay, Sevendust |publisher=BMI |accessdate=May 8, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| producer = Sevendust

| prev_title = Ride Insane

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Picture Perfect

| next_year = 2013

}}

"Decay" is a song by American rock band Sevendust. It's from the band's ninth studio album Black Out the Sun.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.headbang.co.za/2015/01/sevendust-announces-decay-and-we-want-more-international-metal-acts-in-sa/ |title=Sevendust announces 'Decay' and we want more international metal acts in SA! |publisher=Headbang Today |date=2013-01-23 |accessdate=2015-02-19}}

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."{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/features/1485849/sevendust-decay-exclusive-song-premiere |title=Sevendust, 'Decay': Exclusive Song Premiere |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19}}

The song was originally intended as a bonus track but the finished product was massive and became the first single.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/07/4455102/sevendust-will-debut-new-cuts.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411223458/http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/07/4455102/sevendust-will-debut-new-cuts.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-11 |title=Community news from Biloxi and Gulfport, MS |publisher=Sun Herald |accessdate=2015-02-19 }}

Music video

The band filmed the video for the song at the end of the January, 2013, just before their tour that had started on February 2, 2013.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=184770 |title=Sevendust To Film 'Decay' Video This Month |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2013-01-11 |accessdate=2015-02-19}} The music video was released on March 26, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/03/fuse-premiere-sevendust-decay-video |title=Exclusive: Alt-Metal Veterans Sevendust Confront Mortality in Sinister "Decay" Video - Fuse Premiere - Fuse |publisher=Fuse.tv |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19}}

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.{{cite web|author= |url=http://loudwire.com/sevendust-decay-video/ |title=Sevendust Unveil Haunting 'Decay' Video |publisher=Loudwire.com |date=2013-03-26 |accessdate=2015-02-19}}

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.' "{{cite web|last=Wells |first=Brent |url=http://www.newsadvance.com/the_burg/music/front_row/article_921c32de-7073-11e2-ae1d-001a4bcf6878.html |title=Decay - Sevendust |publisher=The News & Advance |date=February 7, 2013 |accessdate=February 7, 2013}}

Decay is featured Examiner's top 10 hard rock/metal songs of 2013.