Tim Lambesis and Jordan Mancino of metal masters As I Lay Dying sit down with Hot Topic to talk about 10 years in the trenches and Decas, their new release due out November 8. Decas offers three new songs, covers of classic Slayer, Judas Priest and Descendants tunes, and remixes by the likes of Big Chocolate and Innerpartysystem.
Catch As I Lay Dying on the Decade Of Destruction Tour along with Of Mice And Men, the Ghost Inside, iwrestledabearonce and Sylosis beginning November 30 in Long Island, New York. [Tourdates listed below].
The new AILD album Decas will be released November 8 in North America, November 7 in the UK & Europe, and November 4 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Decas, which contains 12 tracks, celebrates the band’s accomplishments by offering three brand new songs, cover songs that pay homage to just a few of the bands that have influenced As I Lay Dying, and remixes by Innerpartysystem.
(Katy Perry, Ladyhawke, Thursday, Good Charlotte and many others), Benjamin Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Kelly “Carnage” Cairns (Austrian Death Machine, War of Ages), and Big Chocolate (Asking Alexandria, iwrestledabearonce, Suicide Silence).
In conjunction with the band’s 10th anniversary and the release of Decas, As I Lay Dying will support label mates Amon Amarth on their 6-week European run in the fall. View the tour schedule below.
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Decas tracklisting:
1. Paralyzed
2. From Shapeless to Breakable
3. Moving Forward
4. War Ensemble (Slayer cover)
5. Hellion (Judas Priest Cover)
6. Electric Eye (Judas Priest Cover)
7. Coffee Mug (Descendents cover)
8. Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (Re-Recorded Medley)
9. The Blinding of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix)
10. Wrath Upon Ourselves (Benjamin Weinman Remix)
11. Confined (Kelly “Carnage” Cairns Remix)
12. Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix)
Amon Amarth + As I Lay Dying + Sceptic Flesh
03/11/11 – ES – Santiago de Compostela – Capitol *
04/11/11 – ES – Madrid – Heineken *
05/11/11 – ES – Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2 *
07/11/11 – CH – Zürich – Komplex 457
08/11/11 – IT – Treviso – New Age
09/11/11 – IT – Bologna – Estragon
11/11/11 – CH – Lausanne – Les Docks
12/11/11 – DE – Kaufbeuren – All-Kart Halle
13/11/11 – AT – Graz – Orpheum
15/11/11 – SI – Ljubljana – Cvetlicarna Media Park Club
16/11/11 – HR – Zagreb – Bogaloo
18/11/11 – BG – Sofia – Yubilena Hall
19/11/11 – RO – Bucharest – Arenele Romane
21/11/11 – HU – Budapest – Club 202
22/11/11 – SK – Bratislava – Majestic Music Club
23/11/11 – AT – Linz – Posthof
24/11/11 – AT – Wien – Gasometer
25/11/11 – PL – Cracow – Studio
26/11/11 – CZ – Prague – Masters Of Rock
* shows without As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying will be heading out on A Decade of Destruction Tour November 30th-December 16th with guests Of Mice & Men, The Ghost Inside, IWrestledaBearOnce, and Sylosis. Dates are below.
A Decade of Destruction Tour Dates:
11/30 Long Island, NY The Paramount
12/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
12/02 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
12/03 Worcester, MA Palladium
12/04 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12/05 Nashville, TN Rocketown
12/06 Chicago, IL House of Blues
12/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12/08 Kansas City, MO Beaumont
12/09 Dallas, TX The Door
12/10 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
12/11 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Center
12/13 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
12/14 Scottsdale, AZ Venue Of Scottsdale
12/16 San Diego, CA SOMA
12/17 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
*Tickets on sale now
As I Lay Dying Chart Debuts:
2010 The Powerless Rise: #10 BILLBOARD TOP 200 (#2 INDEPENDENT ALBUMS)
2009 This Is Who We Are DVD: #2 BILLBOARD TOP MUSIC VIDEO (RIAA CERTIFIED GOLD)
2007 An Ocean Between Us: #8 BILLBOARD TOP 200
2005 Shadows Are Security: #35 BILLBOARD TOP 200 (#1 INDEPENDENT ALBUMS)
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As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise (album review)
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