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This year's installment of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is currently out causing havoc throughout the States. The main stage headliners are Iowa meta kingpins Slipknot and legendary thrash icons Slayer. Other main stage performers include The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying and Asking Alexandria...

"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything" -- Eddie Vedder, accepting a Grammy for Pearl Jam's 'Spin the Black Circle,' 1996 I tend to take the Pearl Jam Attitude toward the Grammys, but it's still fun to sit back and watch people who know nothing about metal try and hand out awards for "Best Performance" every year...

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...