Influential San Diego metalcore outfit As I Lay Dying have released a music visualiser video for their new single “Roots Below”. The song is set to appear on an upcoming deluxe edition of “Shaped By Fire”, which the group has just recently shared information on. The group will also be embarking on an EU tour in March 2022.
We’re pleased to announce the “Two Decades Of Destruction” European 2022 Tour.
Joining us on the trek are @DyingFetusBand and @EmmureMusic with select dates including @FitForAKing.
General Presale begins Monday, September 6th at 11am CET at https://t.co/3zJ0SAn4Bd#AsILayDying pic.twitter.com/4k5TopItsA
— As I Lay Dying (@ASILAYDYINGBAND) September 3, 2021
“Roots Below” remains true to the sound that metalcore fans associate with As I Lay Dying, featuring a flurry of tremolo picking and relentless double bass drum hits from the outset, wasting little time with slow-burn introductions. Guitarist Phil Sgrosso said of the new single: ” ‘Roots Below’ was a track I initially wrote for the “Shaped By Fire” album, but at the time we collectively felt it needed more time and attention to develop to its fullest potential.”
As I Lay Dying was founded in 2000 by vocalist Tim Lambesis, and are widely regarded as a quintessential metalcore group, standing alongside the likes of Killswitch Engage, Unearth and Chimaira, to name just a few. The band currently has seven full-length studio albums to their name, with arguably their most popular of these being their fourth album “An Ocean Between Us” (2007), an album that set a standard for the metalcore genre with its brutal synergy between screamed vocals and ferocious and melodic riffs, contrasted by moody, instrumental lulls.
The band’s last album “Shaped By Fire” was released in 2019, and the group has recently announced a full track list of the upcoming deluxe edition. The full track list can be seen below.
1). Re-Separation (instrumental)
2). Roots Below
3). Destruction or Strength
4). My Own Grave (re-interpretation)
5). Redefined (re-interpretation)
6). Pre-Shaped by Fire (live intro)
7). Euphony From Ashes (live outro)
8). Blinded (Live from Munich)
9). My Own Grave (Live From Munich)
10). Burn To Emerge (instrumental)
11). Blinded (instrumental)
12). Shaped by Fire (instrumental)
13). Undertow (instrumental)
14) Torn Between (instrumental)
15). Gatekeeper (instrumental)
16). The Wreckage (instrumental)
17). My Own Grave (instrumental)
18). Take What’s Left (instrumental)
19). Redefined (instrumental)
20). Only After We’ve Fallen (instrumental)
21). The Toll It Takes (instrumental)
As I Lay Dying will be touring Europe with Dying Fetus and Emmure in March 2022 and will be joined by Fit For A King on select dates. Tickets can be bought here, and the dates are listed below.
19/03/2022- E-Werk-Saarbrücken, Germany
20/03- Montmartre- Paris Elysée – France
22/03 – Le Bikini- Toulouse, France
23/03- Raz/ zmatazz 1-Barcelona, Spain
24/03- La Rivera-Madrid, Spain
25/03- Sala Tejo- Lisbon, Portugal
26/03- Santana27- Bilbao, Spain
28/03- Transbordeur- Lyon, France
29/03-Posthalle- Würzburg, Germany
30/03- 0 1 3- Tilburg, Netherlands
01/04- Vega- Copenhagen, Denmark
02/04- Trädgårn- Gothenburg, Sweden
03/04- Rockefeller- Oslo, Norway
04/04-Fållan- Stockholm, Sweden
06/04- Pakkahuone- Tampere, Finland
08/04- House Of Couture- Helsinki, Finland
09/04- Helitehas- Tallinn, Estonia
10/04- Palladium- Riga, Latvia
12/04- Progresja- Warsaw, Poland
13/04- Roum Karlin- Prague, Czech Republic
14/04- Barba Negra- Budapest, Hungary
15/04- Rafinery Gallery- Bratislava, Slovakia
16/04- Arena Impericon Festival- Vienna, Austria
17/04- X-tra Impericon Festival- Zürich, Switzerland
19/04- Alcatraz- Milan, Italy
20/04- Orion- Rome, Italy
22/04- Zenith Impericon Festival- Munich, Germany
23/04- Messe Impericon Festival- Leipzig, Germany
24/04- Turbinenhalle Impericon Festival- Oberhausen, Germany
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
