As I Lay Dying: A Long March - The First Recordings CD
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| Release Date: |
May 16, 2006 |
| Record Label: |
Metal Blade |
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Strange, but what isn't in the world of indie metal? As I Lay Dying
releases, A Long March: The First Recordings via Metal Blade, which
includes their debut album, Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, and their
follow-up EP As I Lay Dying (recorded as a split with American Tragedy), only
to precede that material with re-recorded versions of the EP material.
Certainly the band had progressed considerably during that time, but by putting
the best stuff first, it leaves plenty of room for an aesthetic let-down --
which certainly happens -- but what's done is done. Beneath the Encasing of
Ashes and its follow-up were recorded for the tiny Pluto Records label in
California.. The lineup at that time was vocalist/guitarist Tim Lambesis,
drummer Jordan Mancino, and then-guitarist Evan White. Given the tiny budget
the original recordings were made on, A Long March: The First Recordings
sounds surprisingly clean, although the drum sounds are a bit muddy and sheeny
in the cymbal end. But the guitars come off suitably crunchy. The brevity of
the tunes on the debut is itself refreshing, with nearly everything falling
below three minutes and offering a sledgehammer quotient to the entire album.
Highlights are "Forced to Die," "Breath in the Eyes," and "Refined by Your
Embrace." By the time they issued EP the songs had already begun stretching to
over four minutes, though the material itself is solid: "The Beginning" and the
closer "Forever" being highlights. Yet again, the newer versions are indeed
superior. For fans who came to the band after these fine slabs went out of
print, this is your chance. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
| Song List |
| 1.
Illusions (Re-Recorded Version) |
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| 2. The Beginnings
(Re-Recorded Version) |
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| 3.
Reinvention (Re-Recorded Version) |
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| 4. The Pain of Separation
(Re-Recorded Version) |
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| 5.
Forever (Re-Recorded Version) |
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| 6. Beneath the Encasing of
Ashes |
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| 7. Torn
Within |
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| 8. Forced to
Die |
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| 9. A
Breath in the Eyes of Eternity |
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| 10. Blood Turned to
Tears |
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| 11. The
Voices that Eyes of Eternity |
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| 12. When This World
Fades |
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| 13. A
Long March |
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| 14. Surrounded |
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| 15.
Refined by Your Embrace |
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| 16. The innocence Spilled
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| 17.
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier |
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| 18. Illusions |
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| 19. The
Beginning |
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| 20.
Reinvention |
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| 21. The
Pain of Separation |
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| 22. Forever |
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