Twelve Year Silence

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{{Infobox album

| name = Twelve Year Silence

| type = studio

| artist = Dark New Day

| cover = Twelveyearsilence.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 14, 2005

| recorded = January–February 2005

| studio = Gridlock Studios (Orlando, Florida)

| genre = Nu metal, alternative metal, hard rock

| length = 45:23

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = {{hlist|Dark New Day|Justin Thomas}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Black Porch (Acoustic Sessions)

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Twelve Year Silence

| type = studio

| single1 = Brother

| single1date = June 28, 2005

| single2 = Pieces

| single2date = 2005

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r743636|pure_url=yes}}|title=Twelve Year Silence - Dark New Day|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Blistering

| rev2Score =(favorable){{cite web|url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/10150/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1 |title=Dark New Day - Twelve Year Silence (Warner Bros. Records) |publisher=Blistering |date=August 5, 2005 |accessdate=October 27, 2016}}

| rev3 = Melodic

| rev3Score ={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=3179 |title=Dark New Day: Twelve Year Silence |publisher=Melodic |date=June 8, 2005 |accessdate=December 5, 2016}}

| rev4 = Ultimate Guitar

| rev4Score ={{Rating|9.5|10|score=9.7/10 stars}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/dark_new_day/twelve_year_silence/index.html |title=Dark New Day: Twelve Year Silence |publisher=Ultimate Guitar |date=June 6, 2005 |accessdate=October 27, 2016}}

}}

Twelve Year Silence is the first album by American rock band Dark New Day. It was released on June 14, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The first single, "Brother", received moderate airplay on radio, and has proven to be a surprise hit. The song came pre-installed on the Xbox 360's Custom Mix playlist. The song "Pieces" was in the soundtrack for WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006 while "Taking Me Alive" was featured during the end credits of the 2005 version of House of Wax.