[2] Joseph Rojas and Bernie Dufrene formed Seventh Day Slumber in the summer of 1996 at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas, where they met, wrote, and raised money for their first four-song demo project.

Seventh Day Slumber released Once Upon a Shattered Life in 2005 which spanned their hit singles "Caroline" and "Oceans from the Rain".

[7] On 9 October, SDS released an EP, Redline, which featured a cover of Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike" with Disciple vocalist Kevin Young guesting;[8] they then co-headlined with Fireflight for the Small Town America Tour with guests Shonlock and Scarlet White.

[11] After a period of touring, Joseph Rojas announced in a broadcast on October 30, 2018, the release of Closer to Chaos on May 31, 2019, and its guesting songwriters, including Josiah Prince of Disciple and Kellen McGregor of Memphis May Fire.

[14][15] Successively on June 1, the first single for their thirteenth recording, Death by Admiration, "What I've Become" was dropped; the album was released on January 28, 2022.

[16] A music video for the title track, which featured Tyler Smith of The Word Alive as guest vocalist and co-songwriter, was released on March 4, 2022.

[18] After a second single—"A Bullet Meant for Me"—released on July 7, 2023, SDS announced the September 22nd release of their fourteenth album, Feasting on Vultures, which turned out to only be a single featuring Kellin Quinn.

The band's influences include Collective Soul, Live, Jars of Clay, Pearl Jam, Second Coming and Creed.