The Powerless Rise

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The Powerless Rise
As I Lay Dying - Powerless Rise.jpg
Studio album by
As I Lay Dying
ReleasedMay 7, 2010 (2010-05-07)
RecordedOctober 2009 – February 2010
StudioLambesis Studio, San Diego, CA
Genre Melodic metalcore [1]
Length44:08
Label Metal Blade
Producer Adam Dutkiewicz, As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying chronology
This Is Who We Are
(2009)		The Powerless Rise
(2010)		 Decas
(2011)

The Powerless Rise is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on May 7, 2010 in Europe, and on May 11, 2010 in the United States. The Powerless Rise debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 38,000. The album features three singles: "Beyond Our Suffering", "Parallels", and "Anodyne Sea". Music videos have been released for all three, with the latest one ("Beyond Our Suffering") consisting of live footage. The album title is taken from their lyric of the song ("Upside Down Kingdom").

Contents

Writing and recording

As I Lay Dying began writing songs for The Powerless Rise in mid-2009 following two years of touring for the band's 2007 album An Ocean Between Us . [2] By the end of September, the group had finished "about 6-7" songs and was scheduled to enter the studio on October 17, 2009 where they would continue to write new songs. This is in contrast to previous albums by As I Lay Dying that had been written over the course of only a few months. [3] [4] The three years between the release of An Ocean Between Us and The Powerless Rise previously was the largest gap between releases from the band at that time. Frontman Tim Lambesis stated that while some bands "need to rush out a crappy record so they can start touring again to pay their bills," As I Lay Dying had been working hard to "make a record worth listening to (hopefully), and start touring again when we're done." [5] [6]

The Powerless Rise was produced by Killswitch Engage lead guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and Daniel Castelman, and was mixed by Colin Richardson and Martyn Ford. [6] [7] Adam Dutkiewicz also produced As I Lay Dying's An Ocean Between Us. According to guitarist Phil Sgrosso, Dutkiewicz was chosen over ten other producers the band had talked with after "realizing that Adam understands our sound better than most." [8] Castelman and Richardson were also audio engineers on An Ocean Between Us.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
AbsolutePunk 88% [11]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Blabbermouth.net Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Cross Rhythms Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Exclaim! "most accomplished record yet" [15]
Jesus Freak HideoutStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]

The Powerless Rise was released in May 2010 to generally positive acclaim. It currently holds "universal acclaim" status for generally good reviews on Metacritic with an 81 out of 100.

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Beyond Our Suffering"2:50
2."Anodyne Sea"4:35
3."Without Conclusion"3:15
4."Parallels"4:57
5."The Plague"3:42
6."Anger and Apathy"4:26
7."Condemned"2:50
8."Upside Down Kingdom"4:00
9."Vacancy"4:27
10."The Only Constant Is Change"4:08
11."The Blinding of False Light"5:05
Total length:44:08
iTunes bonus track [20]
No.TitleLength
12."Condemned" (Gunfight Mix [Pre-Order Only])3:56

Personnel

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

As I Lay Dying [21]

Production

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [22] 53
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [23] 21
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [24] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25] 22
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [26] 69
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 39
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 172
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [29] 19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [30] 14
US Billboard 200 [31] 10
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [32] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [33] 2
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [34] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [35] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [36] 5

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