Shadows Are Security
Studio album by
As I Lay Dying
ReleasedJune 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)
RecordedJanuary 2005
StudioBig Fish, Encinitas, California
GenreMetalcore, melodic metalcore[1]
Length43:23
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerTim Lambesis, Phil Sgrosso, Steve Russell
As I Lay Dying chronology
Frail Words Collapse
(2003)		 Shadows Are Security
(2005)		 A Long March: The First Recordings
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blabbermouth.net6.5/10[3]
Cross Rhythms[4]
Exclaim!Slightly unfavorable[1]
MusicOMH[5]
Imperiumi[6]

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 Tim Lambesis, the band's vocalist, and Phil Sgrosso, one of the band's guitarists, along with Steve Russell. A Limited Edition was released on June 23, 2005 with a bonus DVD of a show filmed at the Substage Club in Karlsruhe, Germany on November 28, 2004. The CD was released again as a Special Edition on October 17, 2006 with a DVD on the making of the album and included videos of "Confined", "Through Struggle", and "The Darkest Nights". It also featured additional liner notes from vocalist Tim Lambesis on the concept of the record and little known facts on the making of the album.

The album peaked at #35 on the US Billboard 200 and sold as of 2007, about 275,000 copies. It has also produced three singles in "Confined", "Through Struggle" and "The Darkest Nights". Music videos were shot for all three of them.

Although the album doesn't feature a title track, the album gets its name from a lyric of their song, "Control Is Dead".

Track listing

All tracks are written by As I Lay Dying

No.TitleLength
1."Meaning in Tragedy"3:13
2."Confined"3:12
3."Losing Sight"3:24
4."The Darkest Nights"3:52
5."Empty Hearts"2:49
6."Reflection"3:12
7."Repeating Yesterday"4:02
8."Through Struggle"3:59
9."The Truth of My Perception"3:06
10."Control Is Dead"2:56
11."Morning Waits"3:56
12."Illusions"5:48
Total length:43:23
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Falling Upon Deaf Ears" 
2."94 Hours" 
3."A Thousand Steps" 
4."Elegy" (written by Kyle Fehr) 
5."Reflection" 
6."Distance Is Darkness" 
7."Collision" 
Special edition DVD content
No.TitleLength
1."Behind The Shadows: The Making of Shadows Are Security" 
2."Confined" (music video) 
3."Through Struggle" (music video) 
4."The Darkest Nights" (music video) 
5."Behind the Scenes featurettes on all three videos" 

Notes

Personnel

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

As I Lay Dying[7]

Additional musicians

  • Dave Arthur – backing clean vocals
  • Daniel Weyandt – guest vocals on "Control is Dead".

Production

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 35
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 1

References

  1. 1 2 Deneau, Max (August 1, 2005). "As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Shadows Are Security - As I Lay Dying". Allmusic.
  3. ↑ "CD Reviews". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
  4. ↑ "As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security". Cross Rhythms.
  5. ↑ "As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security". MusicOMH.
  6. ↑ Miika Ruokokoski (September 7, 2005). "Levyarviot: As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ (2012), Bosso, Joe: https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-as-i-lay-dyings-nick-hipa-talks-new-album-awakened-561421, Retrieved September 19, 2021
  8. ↑ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
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