As I Lay Dying
San Diego metalcore titans and one of the genre's most influential American acts. Seven releases spanning their Bandcamp catalog — including landmark albums Awakened and Shaped by Fire — showcase the precise dual-guitar harmonies and relentless energy that helped define modern metalcore from Southern California.
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As I Lay Dying Discography
12 tracks
- 1 94 Hours 3:10
- 2 Falling Upon Deaf Ears 2:30
- 3 Forever 4:42
- 4 Collision 3:11
- 5 Distance is Darkness 2:37
- 6 Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier 3:02
- 7 Undefined 2:15
- 8 A Thousand Steps 1:45
- 9 The Beginning 3:27
- 10 Song 10 4:16
- 11 The Pain of Separation 2:56
- 12 Elegy 4:47
12 tracks
- 1 Meaning in Tragedy 3:12
- 2 Confined 3:10
- 3 Losing Sight 3:23
- 4 The Darkest Nights 3:51
- 5 Empty Hearts 2:48
- 6 Reflection 3:11
- 7 Repeating Yesterday 4:02
- 8 Through Struggle 3:58
- 9 The Truth of My Perception 3:06
- 10 Control is Dead 2:56
- 11 Morning Waits 3:56
- 12 Illusions 5:48
22 tracks
- 1 Illusions (ReRecorded) 4:07
- 2 The Beginning (ReRecorded) 3:28
- 3 Reinvention (ReRecorded) 4:59
- 4 The Pain Of Separation (ReRecorded) 2:57
- 5 Forever (ReRecorded) 4:44
- 6 Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes 2:47
- 7 Torn Within 1:45
- 8 Forced To Die 2:42
- 9 A Breath In The Eyes Of Eternity 2:57
- 10 Blood Turned To Tears 1:36
- 11 The Voices That Betray Me 2:57
- 12 When This World Fades 2:30
- 13 A Long March 1:55
- 14 Surrounded 0:50
- 15 Refined By Your Embrace 1:43
- 16 The Innocence Spilled 3:36
- 17 Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier 4:11
- 18 Illusions 3:54
- 19 The Beginning 2:47
- 20 Reinvention 4:55
- 21 The Pain Of Separation 2:49
- 22 Forever 4:10
12 tracks
- 1 Separation 1:15
- 2 Nothing Left 3:43
- 3 An Ocean Between Us 4:13
- 4 Within Destruction 3:54
- 5 Forsaken 5:18
- 6 Comfort Betrays 2:50
- 7 I Never Wanted 4:44
- 8 Bury Us All 2:23
- 9 The Sound of Truth 4:20
- 10 Departed 1:40
- 11 Wrath Upon Ourselves 4:01
- 12 This Is Who We Are 4:54
14 tracks
- 1 Falling Upon Deaf Ears 3:10
- 2 Forever 5:01
- 3 Meaning In Tragedy 3:21
- 4 The Darkest Nights 4:06
- 5 Separation / Nothing Left 4:58
- 6 An Ocean Between Us 4:31
- 7 Within Destruction 4:11
- 8 Forsaken 5:17
- 9 Distance Is Darkness 2:44
- 10 I Never Wanted 4:52
- 11 The Sound Of Truth 4:25
- 12 94 Hours 2:44
- 13 Through Struggle 4:23
- 14 Confined 3:17
11 tracks
- 1 Beyond Our Suffering 2:49
- 2 Anodyne Sea 4:34
- 3 Without Conclusion 3:15
- 4 Parallels 4:57
- 5 The Plague 3:42
- 6 Anger and Apathy 4:25
- 7 Condemned 2:49
- 8 Upside Down Kingdom 4:00
- 9 Vacancy 4:26
- 10 The Only Constant is Change 4:07
- 11 The Blinding of False Light 5:10
12 tracks
- 1 Paralyzed 3:04
- 2 From Shapeless to Breakable 2:44
- 3 Moving Forward 3:42
- 4 War Ensemble 4:50
- 5 Hellion 0:44
- 6 Electric Eye 3:45
- 7 Coffee Mug 0:40
- 8 Beneath the Encasing (Re-Recorded Medley) 3:57
- 9 The Blinding of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix) 4:18
- 10 Wrath Upon Ourselves (Benjamin Weinman Remix) 2:25
- 11 Confined (Kelly "Carnage" Cairns Remix) 3:51
- 12 Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix) 4:20
13 tracks
- 1 Cauterize 3:37
- 2 A Greater Foundation 3:46
- 3 Resilience 4:07
- 4 Wasted Words 4:20
- 5 Whispering Silence 4:30
- 6 Overcome 4:36
- 7 No Lungs to Breathe 4:04
- 8 Defender 4:04
- 9 Washed Away 1:00
- 10 My Only Home 4:05
- 11 Tear Out My Eyes 4:37
- 12 Unwound (Awakened B Side Demo) 3:58
- 13 A Greater Foundation (Extended Demo Version) 3:58
2 tracks
- 1 Cauterize 3:38
- 2 I Never Wanted - Chris Lord-Alge Remix 4:03
12 tracks
- 1 Burn To Emerge 0:52
- 2 Blinded 3:22
- 3 Shaped By Fire 3:38
- 4 Undertow 3:57
- 5 Torn Between 4:01
- 6 Gatekeeper 3:24
- 7 The Wreckage 4:42
- 8 My Own Grave 4:13
- 9 Take What's Left 4:13
- 10 Redefined 4:15
- 11 Only After We've Fallen 3:28
- 12 The Toll It Takes 3:56
33 tracks
- 1 Burn To Emerge 0:52
- 2 Blinded 3:22
- 3 Shaped By Fire 3:38
- 4 Undertow 3:57
- 5 Torn Between 4:01
- 6 Gatekeeper 3:24
- 7 The Wreckage 4:42
- 8 My Own Grave 4:13
- 9 Take What's Left 4:13
- 10 Redefined 4:15
- 11 Only After We've Fallen 3:28
- 12 The Toll It Takes 3:56
- 13 Re-Separation - instrumental 1:47
- 14 Roots Below 3:35
- 15 Destruction Or Strength 4:15
- 16 My Own Grave - re-interpretation 4:00
- 17 Redefined - re-interpretation 3:28
- 18 Pre-Shaped By Fire - live intro 1:04
- 19 Euphony From Ashes - live outro 1:36
- 20 Blinded - Live from Munich 3:25
- 21 My Own Grave - Live From Munich 4:07
- 22 Burn To Emerge - instrumental 0:51
- 23 Blinded - instrumental 3:22
- 24 Shaped By Fire - instrumental 3:38
- 25 Undertow - instrumental 3:57
- 26 Torn Between - instrumental 4:30
- 27 Gatekeeper - instrumental 3:26
- 28 The Wreckage - instrumental 4:42
- 29 My Own Grave - instrumental 4:14
- 30 Take What's Left - instrumental 4:13
- 31 Redefined - instrumental 4:14
- 32 Only After We've Fallen - instrumental 3:27
- 33 The Toll It Takes - instrumental 3:53
11 tracks
- 1 Permanence 1:11
- 2 A Broken Reflection 3:54
- 3 Burden 4:05
- 4 We Are The Dead (feat. Alex Terrible, Tom Barber) 3:43
- 5 Whitewashed Tomb 3:58
- 6 Through Storms Ahead 4:06
- 7 The Void Within 3:24
- 8 Strength to Survive 4:35
- 9 Gears That Never Stop 3:47
- 10 The Cave We Fear To Enter 5:07
- 11 Taken From Nothing 4:22
3 tracks
- 1 We Are The Dead (feat. Alex Terrible, Tom Barber) 3:43
- 2 The Cave We Fear To Enter 5:07
- 3 Burden 4:05
1 track
- 0 If I Fall 4:10
1 track
- 0 Echoes 4:29
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