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Blending hardcore-Metal and Grindcore, As I Lay Dying started when long
time friends, vocalist Tim Lambesis and guitarist Evan White met drummer
Jordan Mancino in San Diego, California USA, in February 2001.
Within months the three hit the studio to record "Beneath The Encasing
Of Ashes"; the album, issued on Pluto Records in June 2001, became
the top selling label's release.
Ready to move forward, As I Lay Dying first recorded some new songs for
a split CD and in February of 2003 they signed with Metal Blade Records;
the band's sophomore full-length disc, "Frail Words Collapse",
arrived in July that same year, it climbed into the top 30 of the Billboard's
Independent Albums chart and went on to be a label best-seller, surpassing
210,000 units sold.
After Evan White's departure, Lambesis and Mancino drastically revised
the line-up of the band, adding two guitarists, Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso
and a bass player, Clint Norris.
In June 2005 the quintet released "Shadows Are Security" which
further spotlighted As I Lay Dying as one of most influential bands to
break out of the underground Metal scene. Their high-profile, marathon
tour cycle found the band as one of the featured attractions on the Ozzfest
2005 side stage, then as part of the second annual Taste Of Chaos trek
in winter 2006 along with Deftones and
Thrice; their third album shot to #1 on
the U.S. Top Independent chart and also peaked at #35 on The Billboard
200.
In August 2007 As I Lay Dying issued its fourth album, "An Ocean
Between Us", recorded with new bassist Josh Gilbert, who replaced
Norris who left to get married and settle down.
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