AS I LAY DYING:
REVEAL NEW IN-THE-STUDIO CLIP VIA
THE GAUNTLET.COM
GROUP CONFIRMED FOR CALIFORNIA METAL FEST 6
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
AT NOS EVENTS CENTER IN SAN BERNARDINO, CASIXTH STUDIO ALBUM
‘AWAKENED’
SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 25 ON METAL BLADE
“Screamer Tim Labesis has never sounded better than on a metal anthemlike ‘Overcome,’ his shattered scream completely ripping faces. …Awakened isthe best As I Lay album you can point to as metal both modernized and maximized.” –Jason Schreurs, ALTERNATIVE PRESS, 4/5 star early album review, October 2012
The Grammy-nominated rock group AS I LAY DYING will release their sixth album,AWAKENED, September 25 on Metal Blade. The group has premiered a third studio update viaThe Gauntlet HERE. The clip shows guitarist PHIL SGROSSO working on the title track,“Awakened,” while recording the group’s latest release in Blasting Room in Fort Collins, COwith renowned rock producer Bill Stevenson (Descendents) and mixer Colin Richardson. Fans can check out the first two “In the Studio” clips along with the band’s first single,“Cauterize,” at AsILayDying.com and MetalBlade.com/AsILayDying.com.
AWAKENED marks the follow-up to the Decas EP (2011) which reached #2 on the iTunes Rock Chart. The group’s last LP, 2010‘s immensely successful The Powerless Rise, debuted on theBillboard Top 200 at #10. The Powerless Rise also reached #2 on Billboard‘s Independent Albums Chart and #3 on Billboard‘s Hard Music Albums Chart. Pre-orders are available via: http://asilaydying.com/.
In touring news, AS I LAY DYING has just confirmed they will be performing at the California Metal Fest 6 at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA on Saturday, November 24. This October, AS I LAY DYING will launch a European tour with Trivium, Caliban and Upon A Burning Body before returning to the U.S. in November for a nationwide tour. Expect AS I LAY DYING—NICK HIPA (guitar), TIM LAMBESIS (vocals), JORDAN MANCINO (drums),SGROSSO (guitar) and JOSH GILBERT (bass)—to announce a full U.S. tour soon.
AS I LAY DYING Fall 2012 Tour dates are as follows:
Tour w/ Trivium, Caliban, Upon A Burning Body
DATE CITY VENUE Mon 10/15 Manchester, UK Ritz Tue 10/16 Glasgow, UK ABC Wed 10/17 Birmingham, UK Institute Fri 10/19 Bristol, UK Academy Sat 10/20 Norwich, UK UEA Sun 10/21 London, UK Shephards Bush Empire Mon 10/22 Brussels, BE AB Tue 10/23 Paris, FR La Bataclan Thu 10/25 Tilburg, NL 13 Fri 10/26 Herford, DE X Sat 10/27 Stuttgart, DE LKA Sun 10/28 Köln, DE Live Music Hall Tue 10/30 Malmo, SE Kulturbolaget Wed 10/31 Stockholm, SE Arenan Fri 11/2 Helsinki, FI The Circus Sun 11/4 Oslo, NO Centrum Scene Mon 11/5 Gothenburg, SE Tradgarn Tue 11/6 Copenhagen, DK Vega Wed 11/7 Berlin, DE Huxleys Thu 11/8 Hamburg, DE Docks Sat 11/10 Chemnitz, DE Südbahnhof Sun 11/11 München, DE Backstage Werk Mon 11/12 Milan, IT Live Club Tue 11/13 Solothurn, CH Kofmehl Wed 11/14 Wien, AT Gasometer Fri 11/16 Barcelona, ES Appolo Sat 11/17 Bilbao, ES Santana 27 Sun 11/18 Madrid, ES Riviera California Metalfest 6
Sat 11/24 San Bernardino, CA California Metalfest 6 @ NOS Events Center Following is the full track listing for AWAKENED, the new album from AS I LAY DYING outSeptember 25 on Metal Blade:
1. Cauterize
2. A Greater Foundation
3. Resilience
4. Wasted Words
5. Whispering Silence
6. Overcome
7. No Lungs to Breathe
8. Defender
9. Washed Away
10. My Only Home
11. Tear Out My Eyeswww.asilaydying.com
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