Tag Archive: As I Lay Dying

Allow Me To Feign Interest In The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival For A Moment

Filed Under: General News, Tours and Rumors of Tours

Jan.27, 2012

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is probably the biggest commercial metal tour in the United States since its inception in 2008. There was a point in my life when I would have loved the shit out of this tour, but I don’t see much to get excited for as far as my own enjoyment is concerned. Not to talk down on the tour or the bands on it; I’m glad there are more huge metal tours like Mayhem making their way across North America than there were when I was first getting into the genre. Hell, I wouldn’t even mind seeing Slipknot, as they’re a band that really pulled me into more aggressive music. I just can’t help but feel underwhelmed, you know? I’m busy being stoked on the possibility of catching Cannibal Corpse, BTBAM, The Faceless, and more on this year’s Summer Slaughter (which will be announced next week. God, I hope I’m right about that lineup).

But some of you are probably excited for Mayhem Fest, and that’s awesome. This year’s lineup is better than last year’s from where I’m sitting, and features Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, and High on Fire. Some of these bands are pretty awesome. Some of them.

After the jump, you can peruse the large list of dates to find your hometown or a city in close proximity!

- JR

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Tags: Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, High On Fire, ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, Slayer, Slipknot, the devil wears prada, Whitechapel

As I Lay Dying – Decas

Filed Under: Reviews

Nov.07, 2011

As I Lay Dying

Decas

01. Paralyzed
02. From Shapeless to Breakable
03. Moving Forward
04. War Ensemble (Slayer cover)
05. Hellion (Judas Priest Cover)
06. Electric Eye (Judas Priest Cover)
07. Coffee Mug (Descendents cover)
08. Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (Re-Recorded Medley)
09. The Blinding of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix)
10. Wrath Upon Ourselves (Benjamin Weinman Remix)
11. Confined (Kelly “Carnage” Cairns Remix)
12. Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix)

[11\08\11]
[Metal Blade]

As I’ve stated numerous times, metalcore is a stagnant genre. It’s so full of bands with rip-off styles of music that so easily hark to their influences that you’d rather listen to the original. One of these “original” bands is As I Lay Dying, who are undoubtedly one of the originators of the modern metalcore style. Ever since their first album Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, they’ve been proving their dominance in the genre. Now As I Lay Dying has been a band for 10 years, and to celebrate, they’ve rewarded us with Decas, an album with three originals, four covers, a medley from their first album, and four remixes from the likes of Ben Weinman to Big Chocolate. The ultimate question is, is it a good reward to the fans for all their dedication and love?

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Tags: As I Lay Dying, Ben Weinman, Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, big chocolate, Decas, Descendents, Innerpartysystem, Judas Priest, Metal Blade Records, Slayer, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tim Lambesis

These Dillinger Side-Projects Are Just Piling Up!

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Sep.21, 2011

These dudes in The Dillinger Escape Plan are always up to SOMETHING. If not writing/recording/touring on Dillinger, they’re doing guest spots, remixes, collaborations, and whatever other thing that can be done as a musicians. As vocalist Greg Puciato always says, they’re on “The Rock Clock,” which gives no time for sitting around and twiddling thumbs. There’s always a face to wreck somewhere, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a band more willing and able to do that without having to ask twice.

So here’s a rundown of some stuff the dudes in Dillinger are up to which you may or may not be aware of:

Greg Puciato and Soulfly’s Max Cavalera have been working together on a project of unknown specificity. The photo above is a picture that Greg tweeted of the project’s fist demo. Who knows what it will sound like!? At any rate, it’s ~~probably~~ most definitely going to be pretty awesome. The duo have collaborated before on a Soulfly track called “Rise of the Fallen.” Check out the video for that below:

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Tags: As I Lay Dying, Ben Weinman, Greg Puciato, Ink & Dagger, Jeff Tuttle, Max Cavalera, Mike Patton, Old Gods, Red Fang, Soulfly, The Dillinger Escape Plan

As I Lay Dying Turn Ten; Does A Bunch Of Cool Stuff To Celebrate

Filed Under: General News, New music, Tours and Rumors of Tours, Upcoming releases, Video

Sep.14, 2011

As I Lay Dying have finally hit double digits this year. Can you believe the band have been around for ten years?! It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. Good lord, I’ll be 30 before I know it. God help me, it’s all downhill from here. I am not ready.

But I digress. Indeed, time does fly. As I Lay Dying are making a bit of a celebration for turning ten by releasing a compilation album called Decas, which features three new songs (one of which, “Paralyzed”, can be streamed below), some covers, remixes, and a re-recording. Neato stuff if you’re a fan! Here’s the specifics:

“Paralyzed”
“From Shapeless to Breakable”
“Moving Forward”
“War Ensemble” (originally by Slayer)
“Hellion” (originally by Judas Priest)
“Electric Eye” (originally by Judas Priest)
“Coffee Mug” (originally by Descendents)
“Beneath the Encasing of Ashes” (re-recorded medley)
“The Blinding of False Light” (Innerpartysystem remix)
“Wrath Upon Ourselves” (Ben Weinman remix)
“Confined” (Kelly “Carnage” Cairns remix)
“Elegy” (Big Chocolate remix)

Sweet! Ben Weinman (Dillinger Escape Plan) and Big Chocolate remixes. Should be cool. Decas is due out November 4th on Metal Blade. Here’s their new track “Paralyzed“:

They’ll also be embarking on a headlining tour with Of Mice & Men, The Ghost Inside, Iwrestledabearonce and Sylosis. So I suppose half the tour is worth catching! Awesome. You can catch the dates after the jump!

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Tags: As I Lay Dying, Ben Weinman, big chocolate, Descendents, Innerpartysystem, iwrestledabearonce, Judas Priest, Kelly "Carnage" Cairns, Of Mice & Men, Slayer, Sylosis, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Ghost Inside

Trivium – In Waves

Filed Under: Reviews

Aug.08, 2011

Trivium

In Waves

01. Capsizing The Sea
02. In Waves
03. Inception of the End
04. Watch the World Burn
05. Dusk Dismantled
06. Black
07. Built to Fall
08. Caustic Are the Ties That Bind
09. A Skyline’s Severance
10. Forsake Not the Dream
11. Of All These Yesterdays
12. Chaos Reigns
13. Leaving This World Behind

[08/09/11]
[Roadrunner]

Even though a lot of people like Trivium for their sophomore album, Ascendancy, the pinnacle of their work so far was most definitely their 2008 album Shogun, being a very progressive album that was barely even metalcore. Overcoming the pressure of a singular album that has gained the attention of so many isn’t an easy task. Many fans were demanding a return to Ascendancy‘s bare style (it was, after all, probably the best metalcore album ever [and this editor agrees - JR]), and singer/guitarist/songwriter Matt Heafy announced In Waves will be the much sought “return to form”. While they did tone down the riff and song complexity, there are still the melodic and epic undertones of Shogun, but wrapped in a more simplistic shell—but saying only that is underselling the album.

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Tags: As I Lay Dying, Metallica, Trivium

Helveticore: Painting With All The Colours Of The Wind

Filed Under: Helveticore

Jun.10, 2011

Today I would like to discuss a recent trend in the field of album artwork as it pertains to metal bands. When you think about the artwork of most metal albums, images of skulls, demons, fire and misogyny spring to mind. Metal is supposed to be evil and the artwork is supposed to reflect that right? In the past this was the case. Cliched imagery, was combined with a mono- or duo-chromatic colour palette to create something dark and unsettling. Blue implies coldness, red symbolizes fire, purple is alien, etc. A combination of sickly green and blue are used to startle and disgust the viewer. Of course there are exceptions to the rule but in the majority of cases, the design and execution of metal album artwork has followed strict, unwritten rules.

But things are different now. Metal musicians can have short hair, merch can be neon, and a genre called djent can exist and be taken seriously. So what does this mean for album artwork? Perhaps you have seen the signs already, noticed the changes, album art is no longer the one colour festival of evil that it used to be. Bands are embracing warm and varied colour palettes, comforting textures, landscape images and even sunshine! Gasp, you say! I’m not just talking about scene golems who have embraced all over print design like your nearest BAPE outlet (LOL at this image). I’m talking about bands that are lauded by critics and recognized as talented and original.

Let’s examine some evidence.

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Free Homefront Covers Album Featuring Dillinger, Periphery, IWABO, AGATG, and More!

Filed Under: Downloads, New music

Mar.22, 2011

Check out this unlikely collection of cover songs released in promotion for the video game Homefront. It’s limited to 25,000 digital copies, so act fast!

As I Lay Dying – “War Ensemble” (Slayer cover)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Fight The Power” (feat. Chuck D.) (Public Enemy cover)
iwrestledabearonce – “Uprising” (Muse cover)
The Acacia Strain – “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath cover)
Periphery – “One” (Metallica cover)
The Ghost Inside – “Fortunate Son” (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
Winds Of Plague – “For What It’s Worth” (Buffalo Springfield cover)
Misery Signals – “Us And Them” (Pink Floyd cover)
Arsonists Get All The Girls – “Masters Of War” (Bob Dylan cover)
Oceano – “War” (Edwin Starr cover)
Veil Of Maya – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (U2 cover)

Periphery covering Metallica? AGATG covering Bob Dylan? IWABO covering Muse? What’s happening to my world? Get it via the widget below”

- JR

MAJOR RAGING AT BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Filed Under: lolwut, RAGE

Mar.17, 2011

Nerd reference a-hoy!

So as you may know it’s actually Metal March, in which record companies and others join up to promote themselves through free samplers, etc. Seems fairly innocuous and inoffensive, right? WRONG. Seems ThrashMag.com is running a knock-out battle of the bands with 64 artists from Metal Blade, Sumerian Records, Nuclear Blast and Victory Records(!?). Little do they know that they are casually mining a fairly large ore of rage buried deep within me. Let me just list a few of the travesties that are occuring:

I don’t want to live in a world where As I Lay Dying are beating Behemoth
I don’t want to live in a world where Job For A Cowboy are beating The Ocean
I don’t want to live in a world where Asking Alexandria are beating Fellsilent
I don’t want to live in a world where Shai Halud are beating Gwar
I also don’t want to live in a world where A Day To Remember, Dr. Acula, Emmure and Aiden could even be considered kings of Metal March.

Yes, I know it’s a popularity contest but at least go over there and do the right thing, you have until the 18th before the first round ends, in return I’ll keep quiet about the whole Goatwhore and Between The Buried And Me thing.

-DL

Tags: A Day to Remember, Aiden, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, Behemoth, Between The Buried and Me, Dr. Acula, Emmure, Fellsilent, Goatwhore, Gwar, Job For A Cowboy, Shai Halud, The Ocean

Atticus Metal Tour III: Full Lineup and Dates Announced

Filed Under: Tours and Rumors of Tours

Jan.18, 2011

So, Darkest Hour, Born of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black, and The Human Abstract are going on a bit of a tour starting next month with a few friends; Sleeping Giant, In The Midst of Lions, and This Or The Apocalypse plan on showing up for a few dates! The Atticus Metal Tour III kicks off late February 25th and concludes March 27th.

Is it bad that I don’t remember the first two Atticus tours at all?

Here are the dates,via Metalsucks:

2/25-Washington, DC @ 930 Club (DH CD Release Show)
2/26-Virginia Beach, VA @ Skate High
2/27-Greensboro, NC @ Greene St
2/28-Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
3/01-Joliet (Chicagoland), IL @ Mojoes w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/02-Sauget (St. Louis), IL @ Pop’s w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/03-Covington, KY @ The Madhatter w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/04-Detroit, MI @ Harpos w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/05-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/06-St. Paul, MN @ The Station w/ IN THE MIDST OF LIONS
3/07-Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose
3/08-Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
3/09-Colorado TBA
3/10-Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound w/ NORMA JEAN, STICK TO YOUR GUNS
3/11-Reno, NV @ The Alley
3/12-Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
3/13-Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
3/14-Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
3/15-Boise, ID @ The Venue
3/17-Santa Clara, CA @ The Avalon w/ SLEEPING GIANT
3/18-Modesto, CA @ Seasons Hall w/ SLEEPING GIANT
3/19-Anaheim, CA @ The Grove – CALIFORNIA METALFEST V w/ AS I LAY DYING & SUICIDE SILENCE
3/20-Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
3/22-Tulsa, OK @ Marquee Theatre
3/24-Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
3/25-Dayton, OH @ The Attic
3/26-Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club w/ THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE
3/27-Albany, NY @ Northern Lights w/ THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE

- JR

Tags: As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, Born of Osiris, Darkest Hour, In the Midst Of Lions, Norma Jean, Sleeping Giant, Stick To Your Guns, suicide silence, The Human Abstract, This Or The Apocalypse

Want To Hang Out On Between the Buried and Me’s Tour Bus?

Filed Under: Video

Dec.16, 2010

Well too bad, because this is most likely the closest you’re gonna get. You’re gonna have to click through to see the video of BTBAM guitarist Paul Waggoner giving a tour of their bus because Digital Tour Bus doesn’t allow embedding their Vimeo videos outside of their domain. Way to be stingy guys!

Seriously though, Digital Tour Bus is a pretty cool site worth visiting. They give a very MTV Cribs style of tour of bands’ tour buses, which is cool and definitely worth checking out. They have plenty of other tours, including Cancer Bats, Emarosa, War of Ages, As I Lay Dying, and many more. Check it out!

- JR

Tags: As I Lay Dying, Between The Buried and Me, Cancer Bats, Emarosa, War of Ages