as i lay dying

Blending hardcore-Metal and
Grindcore, As I Lay Dying started
when long time friends, vocalist
Tim Lambesis and guitarist Evan
White met drummer Jordan
Mancino in San Diego, California
USA, in February 2001.
Within months the three hit the
studio to record "Beneath The
Encasing Of Ashes"; the album,
issued on Pluto Records in June
2001, became the top selling
label's release.
Ready to move forward, As I Lay
Dying first recorded some new
songs for a split CD and in
February of 2003 they signed
with Metal Blade Records; the
band's sophomore full-length
disc, "Frail Words Collapse",
arrived in July that same year, it
climbed into the top 30 of the
Billboard's Independent Albums
chart and went on to be a label
best-seller, surpassing 210,000
units sold.
After Evan White's departure,
Lambesis and Mancino drastically
revised the line-up of the band,
adding two guitarists, Nick Hipa
and Phil Sgrosso and a bass
player, Clint Norris.
In June 2005 the quintet released
"Shadows Are Security" which
further spotlighted As I Lay Dying
as one of most influential bands
to break out of the underground
Metal scene. Their high-profile,
marathon tour cycle found the
band as one of the featured
attractions on the Ozzfest 2005
side stage, then as part of the
second annual Taste Of Chaos
trek in winter 2006 along with
Deftones and Thrice; their third
album shot to #1 on the U.S.
Top Independent chart and also
peaked at #35 on The Billboard
200.

In August 2007 As I Lay Dying
issued its fourth album, "An
Ocean Between Us", it was
recorded with new bassist Josh
Gilbert, who replaced Norris who
left to get married and settle
down. The CD achieved a
career-best peak of #8 on The
Billboard 200.
The metalcore quintet have set a
May 11, 2010, North American
release date for their next
record, "The Powerless Rise".
The disc includes the single
"Beyond Our Suffering".