As I Lay Dying

Are you an aspiring remixer who would love to have your musical handiwork featured on a national release by one of the metalcore scene's pre-eminent bands? Well, As I Lay Dying wants to provide you with the chance to do both. The San Diego band is inviting fans to remix the song 'Upside Down Kingdom' from their latest album 'The Powerless Rise...

Rock and metal dudes are a fashionable bunch, so it's never a surprise when they launch their own clothing lines. As I Lay Dying guitarist Phil Sgrosso is following in the footsteps of the likes of Jamey Jasta and has launched the summer collection for his Nomad Clothing line, which was announced earlier this year...

Last Saturday, California Metalfest V took over The Grove, a 1,700-person capacity venue in Anaheim, California, as 30 bands on two stages played in front of headbangers from all over SoCal. Scene favorites As I Lay Dying headlined the event...

In the final of four tour blogs courtesy of As I Lay Dying's expert axe-man Nick Hipa, the guitarist tackles the subject of haters. Haters are kids or scenesters who spew hate about bands, actors, songs, sports teams, or other things that have achieved and enjoyed a measure of success...

As I Lay Dying guitarist Nick Hipa returns for round three of the band's blog from the road. This week's topics include tour movies, the power of suggestion, and second-guessing yourself as an arbiter of taste, so to speak. Oh, and the little-seen film 'MacGruber...

As I Lay Dying are on their first headline tour of 2011 with Winds of Plague and After the Burial in tow. The tour kicked off last weekend, and AILD guitarist Nick Hipa is checking in with Noisecreep each week to blog from the road, as they trek through cities they haven't visited in years -- or have never even been to at all...

After releasing numerous strong but traditional performance clips over the past seven years, As I Lay Dying wanted to shatter all preconceptions for their 10th music video, 'Anodyne Sea.' So they reached out to Boston-based directors Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci to create a violent, jarring and unsettling piece that takes no prisoners...

As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis is sparking a Modern Rebellion -- or at least that's the name of the apparel company he's just launched. This isn't just another rock dude attaching his name to trendy T-shirts, though. Rather, the mission of Modern Rebellion is to spread a positive message of charity and to foster the notion of putting others' needs before those of oneself...

As I Lay Dying are wasting no time hitting the road again this fall to support their most recent Metal Blade platter, 'The Powerless Rise,' after their stint headlining the Cool Tour. The As I Lay Dying tour dates begin in September and run through October, with All That Remains, Unearth and Carnifex filling the support slots...

The past six months have been rough for a lot of great metal musicians. At the end of 2009, Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan died. On April 14, Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away from heart failure. On May 16, Heaven & Hell frontman and metal legend Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer and on May 24, Slipknot bassist and co-founder Paul Gray was found dead i