| Declaration | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Red |
| Cover: | Red_Declaration_Cover_art.png |
| Alt: | Declaration (Red album) |
| Genre: | Nu metal[1] |
| Length: | 38:11 |
| Label: | Red Entertainment, The Fuel |
| Producer: | Rob Graves |
| Prev Title: | Gone |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Rated R |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
Declaration is the seventh studio album by American Christian rock band Red. Originally scheduled for release on April 10, 2020, it was released on April 3, 2020 through the band's independent label Red Entertainment in collaboration with The Fuel Music and was produced by Rob Graves.[2] It is the band's first release on these labels since their departure from Essential Records.
After announcing the band would not be continuing their partnerships with Essential Records and Sony, they announced their future music would be independently funded, recorded, and released. They also announced that touring drummer Dan Johnson will join the band full-time as their fourth member. The band asked fans for support through GoFundMe and originally intended to not release another full-length studio project, focusing on singles and smaller portions of music made at a faster rate. After further thought and discussions with fans, the band decided to record and release a new album, while still utilizing the advantages of quicker music roll-outs that come with independence.[3] The band's former drummer, Joe Rickard, acted as the mixing and mastering engineer on the album, as well as co-writing two songs.
The band posted an update, via a YouTube video on January 21, 2019. They announced that they are no longer signed to Essential/Sony and they will record their next album independently. They also announced that touring drummer Dan Johnson will join the band full-time as their fourth member, thus making a four-piece lineup since 2014.[4] On June 7, the band released "The Evening Hate", their first new released music since leaving their record label.[5] [6]
After announcing a small run of 10th anniversary tour dates for Innocence & Instinct,[7] the band released another single, "From the Ashes", accompanied by a lyric video, and announced more tour dates.[8] On October 11, the band announced a new EP, The Evening Hate, that would precede a new studio album and would be released November 1, in addition to releasing a new single, "Hemorrhage", a cover of Fuel's song of the same name.[9]
On January 10, 2020, the band announced that their upcoming seventh studio album titled Declaration is set for release on April 10, 2020.[10] On March 25, the band announced that Declaration would be released a week earlier than its original April 10 release date.[11]