Awakened (album)

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Awakened
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
Recorded2012
Genre Metalcore, thrash metal [1]
Length42:46
Label Metal Blade
Producer Bill Stevenson, As I Lay Dying, Jason Livermore
As I Lay Dying chronology
Decas
(2011)
Awakened
(2012)
Shaped by Fire
(2019)
Singles from Awakened
  1. "Cauterize"
    Released: June 25, 2012 [2]

Awakened is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It is the final album released by the band before their hiatus in 2014. The album was released on September 25, 2012, through Metal Blade Records. The album was produced by Bill Stevenson (the drummer of Descendents) and recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado and Lambesis Studios in San Diego, California. On June 22, 2012, the album title, release date, and first single were announced. On June 25, the first single "Cauterize" was released for free download and became available online for purchase the following day. On June 27, a lyric video for "Cauterize" was released along with album artwork, also the band created an event on Facebook inviting fans to participate in a music video shoot for "A Greater Foundation". Fans were able to pre-order a copy on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour of 2012.

Contents

The band has released clips of the album via SoundCloud, prior to the release date, and on September 11 the music video for "A Greater Foundation" was released.

Although this album does not have a title track, the word "Awakened" is used in the lyrics of the song "Tear Out My Eyes".

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78% [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! Positive [5]
Metal Forces 10/10 [6]

Overall reception towards the album has been positive.

Mark Fisher of Metal Forces gave the album an impressive 10/10. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tim Lambesis; all music is composed by As I Lay Dying

No.TitleLength
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" (instrumental)1:00
10."My Only Home"4:05
11."Tear Out My Eyes"4:37
Total length:42:46
iTunes/Limited Edition [7]
No.TitleLength
12."Unwound" (B-Side demo)3:58
13."A Greater Foundation" (extended demo version)3:58
Total length:50:42
Japanese Edition [8]
No.TitleLength
12."Nothing Left" (Live Bonus Track) 
13."Sound of Truth" (Live Bonus Track) 
Limited Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Making of Awakened" 
2."I Never Wanted" (music video) 
3."Parallels" (music video) 
4."Anodyne Sea" (music video) 
5."Behind the scenes of "Anodyne Sea" video shoot" 
6."Electric Eye" (Judas Priest cover, music video) 
7."Paralyzed" (lyric video) 
8."Cauterize" (lyric video) 

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

As I Lay Dying [9]

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 147
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 122
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 21
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 134
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] 19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [19] 10
US Billboard 200 [20] 11
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [21] 14
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] 3
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [24] 6
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [25] 3

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