This Is Who We Are (As I Lay Dying album)

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This Is Who We Are
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ReleasedApril 14, 2009
Genre Metalcore
Length300 minutes (approx)
Label Metal Blade
Director Denise Korycki
Producer Denise Korycki (Wild Wind Productions)
As I Lay Dying chronology
An Ocean Between Us
(2007)
This Is Who We Are
(2009)
The Powerless Rise
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Metal Hammer Favorable link (in German)

This Is Who We Are is the first DVD by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It was released on April 14, 2009, through Metal Blade Records. The video album sold 4,200 copies in the US during its first week of sales allowing it to debut at number 2 on the Top Music Videos chart. [1] [2] On May 18, 2009, the DVD was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [3] It was also certified Platinum in Canada by Music Canada. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1: Documentary

Complete band history includes in-depth artist interviews and commentary, interviews with friends and family, as well as observations and road stories from colleagues and bands that have worked with and befriended As I Lay Dying since the band's inception.

Disc 2: Live

Videos of live songs recorded from various locations during As I Lay Dying's 2008 tours.

  1. "Falling Upon Deaf Ears" (Seacoast Community Church)
  2. "Forever" (Seacoast Community Church)
  3. "Meaning In Tragedy" (The Jumping Turtle)
  4. "The Darkest Nights" (The Jumping Turtle)
  5. "Separation" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  6. "Nothing Left" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  7. "An Ocean Between Us" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  8. "Within Destruction" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  9. "Forsaken" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  10. "Distance Is Darkness" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  11. "I Never Wanted" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  12. "The Sound of Truth" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  13. "94 Hours" (Cornerstone)
  14. "Through Struggle" (Wacken Open Air)
  15. "Reflection" (With Full Force Festival)
  16. "Confined" (Wacken Open Air)

Disc 3: Music videos and bonus features

Music videos, additional live songs, touring stories, profiles on personalities & more.

Music videos

  1. "Nothing Left" (directed by Brian Thompson)
  2. "The Sound of Truth" (directed by Brian Thompson)
  3. "Within Destruction" (directed by Jerry Clubb)
  4. "Confined" (directed by Christopher Sims)
  5. "Through Struggle" (directed by Lex Halaby)
  6. "The Darkest Nights" (directed by Darren Doane)
  7. "Forever" (directed by Derek Dale)
  8. "94 Hours" (directed by Derek Dale)

Extra live performances

  1. "Elegy" (Seacoast Community Church)
  2. "Empty Hearts" (The Jumping Turtle)

Personnel

AILD Crew

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] Platinum10,000^
United States (RIAA) [3] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "AS I LAY DYING: 'This is Who We Are' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed - Apr. 23, 2009" Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved on April 28, 2009.
  2. "Top Music Video - This Is Who We Are" [ dead link ] Billboard.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "American video certifications – As I Lay Dying – This is Who We Are". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Canadian video certifications – As I Lay Dying – This is Who We Are". Music Canada . Retrieved January 29, 2021.