As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy

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As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy
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Studio album by As I Lay Dying and American Tragedy
Released June 18, 2002
Recorded April, 2002
Genre Metalcore
Length36:08
Label Pluto Records
Producer Brian Cobbel & Eric Shirey
As I Lay Dying chronology
Beneath the Encasing of Ashes
(2001)
As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy
(2002)
Frail Words Collapse
(2003)
American Tragedy chronology
As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy
(2002)
Professional ratings
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As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy is a split album by the two metalcore bands As I Lay Dying and American Tragedy released in 2002 through Pluto Records. As I Lay Dying has since re-released its half of the album through Metal Blade Records. Their compilation album A Long March: The First Recordings also features the original and re-recorded tracks from the split album. Tracks 1 through 5 are performed by As I Lay Dying, while tracks 6 through 11 are performed by the now defunct American Tragedy.

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "various artists" compilation albums in that they generally include several tracks of each artist, or few artists with one or two tracks each, instead of multiple artists with only one or two tracks each.

Metalcore is a fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The word is a portmanteau of the two genres. Among other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, which are slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Pioneering metalcore bands—such as Integrity, Earth Crisis, Converge and All Out War all of which had formed by 1991—are described as leaning more toward hardcore, with their style sometimes being called metallic hardcore, whereas later bands—such as Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Trivium, As I Lay Dying, Bullet for My Valentine, and Parkway Drive—are described as leaning more towards metal. Pantera and Sepultura have been particularly influential to the development of metalcore in the 2000s, which saw many bands in the genre achieve commercial success.

As I Lay Dying (band) American metalcore band

As I Lay Dying is an American heavy metal band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by vocalist Tim Lambesis, the project became a with the addition of Jordan Mancino, Lambesis' bandmate from Point of Recognition. The band has released six albums, one split album, and two compilation albums.

Contents

American Tragedy's sound on the split album is slightly similar to that of As I Lay Dying.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Illusions"3:56
2."The Beginning"2:48
3."Reinvention"4:56
4."The Pain of Separation"2:50
5."Forever"4:16
6."-"1:14
7."Choking On a Dream"1:49
8."World Intruded"4:05
9."Spite and Splinter"3:12
10."Porcelain Angels"2:03
11."Moments and In Between"5:07
Total length:36:08

Credits

As I Lay Dying
Tim Lambesis American singer

Timothy Peter Lambesis is an American extreme metal musician and producer, best known as the founding member and lead vocalist of American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. He also had a solo/side thrash metal project in tribute to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Death Machine, in which he performed all the instruments. He also formed a death metal band called Pyrithion and played guitar for Society's Finest and Point of Recognition.

Jordan Mancino American drummer

Jordan Mancino is an American drummer that was born in Escondido, California. Mancino has played with several notable acts, as the official or as a live member, including As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, and Wovenwar. Mancino, alongside the rest of AILD, have stated that the band may consist of Christians but their music is not just for Christians.

American Tragedy
Other credits

Trivia

American Tragedy was a post-hardcore/metalcore band from San Diego, California. In 2002, the band released a split album with the metalcore band As I Lay Dying on Pluto Records. Their sound is post-hardcore with slight metal influences, incorporating the usage of melodic riffs. The band went through many lineup changes, while also changing their sound in the later days of the band's existence. After the release of the split album, the band became inactive. Former members later went on to play in Gasoline Please, Lance's Hero, and The Prayers.

<i>Frail Words Collapse</i> 2003 studio album by As I Lay Dying

Frail Words Collapse is the second studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album is their first release on the record label Metal Blade Records. Only two of the five current band-members appeared on the album. Two of the band's signature songs, "94 Hours" and "Forever", appear on the album.

<i>Shadows Are Security</i> 2005 studio album by As I Lay Dying

Shadows Are Security is the third album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on June 14, 2005 through Metal Blade Records, and was produced by Tim Lambesis, the band's vocalist, and Phil Sgrosso, one of the band's guitarists, along with Steve Russell. A Limited Edition was released on June 23, 2005 with a bonus DVD of a show filmed at the Substage Club in Karlsruhe, Germany on November 28, 2004. The CD was released again as a Special Edition on October 17, 2006 with a DVD on the making of the album and included videos of Confined, Through Struggle, and The Darkest Nights. It also featured additional linear notes from vocalist Tim Lambesis on the concept of the record and little known facts on the making of the album.

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