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A Long March: The First Recordings,As I Lay Dying

- A Long March: The First Recordings
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As I Lay Dying
Released 2006

Forever (The Re-recorded...)
04:44
65,278 plays

Forever (A Year Later (2002)...)
04:10
50,049 plays

The Beginning (The Re-recorded...)
03:28
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- 1
- Illusions (The Re-recorded...)
- 04:07
- 23,591 plays

- 2
- The Beginning (The Re-recorded...)
- 03:28
- 32,024 plays

- 3
- Reinvention (The Re-recorded...)
- 04:59
- 30,640 plays

- 4
- The Pain Of Separation (The Re-recorded...)
- 02:57
- 30,768 plays

- 5
- Forever (The Re-recorded...)
- 04:44
- 65,278 plays

- 6
- Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes
- 02:47
- 17,635 plays

- 7
- Torn Within
- 01:45
- 14,527 plays

- 8
- Forced To Die
- 02:42
- 15,951 plays

- 9
- A Breath In The Eyes Of Eternity
- 02:57
- 13,721 plays

- 10
- Blood Turned To Tears
- 01:36
- 15,283 plays

- 11
- The Voices That Betray Me
- 02:57
- 13,298 plays

- 12
- When This World Fades
- 02:30
- 12,867 plays

- 13
- A Long March
- 01:55
- 12,327 plays

- 14
- Surrounded
- 00:50
- 15,537 plays

- 15
- Refined By Your Embrace
- 01:43
- 11,583 plays

- 16
- The Innocence Spilled
- 03:36
- 12,521 plays

- 17
- Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier
- 04:11
- 15,596 plays

- 18
- Illusions (A Year Later (2002)...)
- 03:54
- 20,037 plays

- 19
- The Beginning (A Year Later (2002)...)
- 02:47
- 14,632 plays

- 20
- Reinvention (A Year Later (2002)...)
- 04:55
- 16,070 plays

- 21
- The Pain Of Separation (A Year Later (2002)...)
- 02:49
- 11,109 plays

- 22
- Forever (A Year Later (2002)...)
- 04:10
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album review

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