Awakened (album)

Awakened is the sixth studio album by the American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It is the final album released by the band before their hiatus in 2014. The album was released on September 25, 2012 through Metal Blade Records. The album was produced by Bill Stevenson (the drummer of the Descendents) and recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado and Lambesis Studios in San Diego, California. On June 22, 2012, the album title, release date, and first single were announced. On June 25, the first single "Cauterize" was released for free download and became available online for purchase the following day. On June 27, a lyric video for "Cauterize" was released along with album artwork, also the band created an event on Facebook inviting fans to participate in a music video shoot for "A Greater Foundation". Fans were able to pre-order a copy on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour of 2012.

Awakened
Studio album by As I Lay Dying
Released	September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
Recorded	May – June 2012
Genre	Metalcore, thrash metal[1]
Length	42:46
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Bill Stevenson, As I Lay Dying, Jason Livermore
As I Lay Dying chronology
Decas (2011) Awakened (2012) Shaped by Fire (2019)
Singles from Awakened
"Cauterize" Released: June 25, 2012[2]

The band has released clips of the album via SoundCloud, prior to the release date, and on September 11 the music video for "A Greater Foundation" was released.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78%[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[4]
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	Positive[5]
Metal Forces	10/10[6]

Overall reception towards the album has been positive.

Mark Fisher of Metal Forces gave the album an impressive 10/10.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tim Lambesis; all music is composed by As I Lay Dying.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cauterize"	3:37
2.	"A Greater Foundation"	3:46
3.	"Resilience"	4:07
4.	"Wasted Words"	4:20
5.	"Whispering Silence"	4:30
6.	"Overcome"	4:36
7.	"No Lungs to Breathe"	4:04
8.	"Defender"	4:04
9.	"Washed Away" (instrumental)	1:00
10.	"My Only Home"	4:05
11.	"Tear Out My Eyes"	4:37
Total length:		42:46

iTunes/Limited Edition [7]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Unwound" (B-Side demo)	3:58
13.	"A Greater Foundation" (extended demo version)	3:58
Total length:		50:42

Japanese Edition[8]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Nothing Left" (Live Bonus Track)
13.	"Sound of Truth" (Live Bonus Track)

Limited Edition DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Making of Awakened"
2.	"I Never Wanted" (music video)
3.	"Parallels" (music video)
4.	"Anodyne Sea" (music video)
5.	"Behind the scenes of "Anodyne Sea" video shoot"
6.	"Electric Eye" (Judas Priest cover, music video)
7.	"Paralyzed" (lyric video)
8.	"Cauterize" (lyric video)

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

As I Lay Dying

• Tim Lambesis – lead vocals
• Nick Hipa – guitars
• Phil Sgrosso – guitars, acoustic guitar, synthesizer on "Wasted Words"
• Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals
• Jordan Mancino – drums, gang vocals

Additional

• Joey Bradford – additional backing vocals, gang vocals
• Loniel Robinson – gang vocals
• Matt JR – gang vocals
• Lore JR – gang vocals
• Joey St. Lucas – gang vocals
• Amanda Dubord – gang vocals
• Vince Bifano – gang vocals
• Robert Pine – gang vocals
• Willow – gang vocals
• Matt Geise – gang vocals

Production

• Bill Stevenson – production, engineering, gang vocals
• Jason Livermore – production, engineering
• Andrew Berlin – engineering
• Daniel Castleman – assisting engineering
• Chris Beeble – assisting engineering
• Colin Richardson – mixing
• Carl Bown – mix engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• metastazis.com – artwork, layout
• Tiffanie Uldry – artwork, layout
• Ty Watkins – photography

Studios

• The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado – drums, guitars
• Lambesis Studios, San Diego – bass, vocals
• Echelon Studios – additional vocals
• Treehouse Studios, Derbyshire, UK – mixing
• Sterling Sound – mastering

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	147
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	122
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]	12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	21
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14]	98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	52
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	134
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17]	19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[18]	10
US Billboard 200[19]	11
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[20]	14
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21]	3
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[22]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23]	6
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[24]	3

References

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4. Lyons, Todd. "As I Lay Dying - Awakened Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
5. Zorgdrager, Bradley (September 24, 2012). "As I Lay Dying - Awakened • Metal Reviews • exclaim.ca". exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
6. Fisher, Mark. "AS I LAY DYING - Awakened (2012)". www.metalforcesmagazine.com. Metal Forces Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
7. "Details Revealed For Deluxe Edition Of As I Lay Dying's New Album "Awakened"". theprp.com. August 10, 2012.
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23. "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
24. "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.