Shadows Are Security
album by As I Lay Dying
Shadows Are Security is the third studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on June 14, 2005, through Metal Blade Records, and was produced by lead vocalist Tim Lambesis, guitarist Phil Sgrosso and Steve Russell. It is the band's first album to feature new members Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso, who would appear on all of the band's following releases until their hiatus in 2014. It is also the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200, debuting (and peaking) at #35 July 2, 2005, and spending 9 weeks on the chart.
The album's title is derived from a lyric in the song Control Is Dead.[1]
Musically, the album contains melodic death metal riffs.
Background
In early January 2005, As I Lay Dying entered the studio to record a follow-up to their 2003 full-length Frail Words Collapse. Tracking would take place at Big Fish Studio in Encinitas, California, where the group recorded their last album. Mixing would occur in England with Andy Sneap. A release date was not provided, but the album was expected to be released later in the year.
The band toured extensively in the lead-up to, and following, the album's release: touring North America with Throwdown and All That Remains early 2005, performing on the "Hot Topic Second Stage" at Ozzfest 2005, heading to Europe as part of the "Hell On Earth European tour" alongside Evergreen Terrace, Heaven Shall Burn, Agents Of Man, Neaera, and End Of Days, and joining Slipknot and Unearth for "The Final Volume" tour.
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