As I Lay Dying debut for "Electric Eye"

A Decade of Destruction Tour Kicks Off Nov 30th in Long Island, NY and Winds Down With a Hometown San Diego Show Dec 16th

Openers Include Of Mice and Men, The Ghost Inside, iwrestledabearonce and Sylosis

Decas EP Out Now on Metal Blade Records

Grammy®-nominated metal group AS I LAY DYING is premiering a new music video for their take on the Judas Priest classic “Electric Eye” on www.Ulitmate-Guitar.com. The song appears on the recently released EP, Decas, which marks the band’s 10 year anniversary.

The clip was shot with director Paul Brown (My Chemical Romance, Staind, Stone Sour) at El Mirage Lake, a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California.

"After a long day of sunburns and drought out in the desert I’m glad to be done fighting scorpions for the filming of Electric Eye. We came out victorious, but we probably couldn’t have done it without the classic metal inspiration of Halford and Priest’s legendary guitar melodies,” explains front man Tim Lambesis.

View the video HERE.

The Decas EP also features three brand new songs, 3 additional covers that pay homage to just a few of the bands that have influenced AS I LAY DYING, and remixes by INNERPARTYSYSTEM (Katy Perry, Ladyhawke, Thursday, Good Charlotte and many others), Benjamin Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Kelly “Carnage” Cairns (Austrian Death Machine, War of Ages), and Big Chocolate (Asking Alexandria, iwrestledabearonce, Suicide Silence).

AS I LAY DYING will kick off their headline run on the A Decade of Destruction Tour on November 30th with special guests Of Mice and Men, The Ghost Inside, iwrestledabearonce, and Sylosis (see dates below.)

The band has partnered with Alternative Press on the Drum Tech For A Day contest where one lucky winner a day will get in the show for free to watch AILD’s set from the stage, as well as the following prizes: Zildjian Swag, DW Swag, Arkaik Clothing Swag, A signed PDP Snare Drum, AILD Swag, Sig Series Pro Mark Sticks from drummer Jordan Mancino.

One Grand Prize winner in Southern California will get all the above + Evans Drum Heads, a DW Factory Tour w/ Jordan and 2 Pair of Anarchy Eye wear Sunglasses.

Head over to altpress.com for your chance to win.

Decas EP tracklisting:

1.   Paralyzed

2.   From Shapeless to Breakable

3.   Moving Forward

4.   War Ensemble (Slayer cover)

5.   Hellion (Judas Priest Cover)

6.   Electric Eye (Judas Priest Cover)

7.   Coffee Mug (Descendents cover)

8.   Beneath the Encasing of Ashes (Re-Recorded Medley)

9.   The Blinding of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix)

10. Wrath Upon Ourselves (Benjamin Weinman Remix)

11.  Confined (Kelly “Carnage” Cairns Remix)

12. Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix)

Alternative Press Resents: Decade of Destruction Tour featuring AS I LAY DYING & special guests Of Mice and Men, The Ghost Inside, iwrestledabearonce, and Sylosis

11/30   Huntington, NY             The Paramount Theater

12/01   Philadelphia, PA                        Trocadero Theatre

12/02   Sayreville, NJ                Starland Ballroom

12/03   Worcester, MA              Palladium

12/04   Washington, DC                        9:30 Club

12/05   Nashville, TN                Rocketown

12/06   Chicago, IL                   House of Blues

12/07   Minneapolis, MN           First Avenue

12/08   Kansas City, MO           Beaumont

12/09   Dallas, TX                     The Door

12/10   San Antonio, TX                        The White Rabbit

12/11   Lubbock, TX                  Lonestar Center

12/13   Albuquerque, NM          Sunshine Theater

12/14   Scottsdale, AZ              Venue Of Scottsdale

12/15   San Luis Obispo, CA      SLO Brew **

12/16   San Diego, CA               SOMA

12/17   Las Vegas, NV               House of Blues

**Of Mice & Men and Iwrestledabearonce are not on this date

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Interview: Jordan Mancino from As I Lay Dying

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Jordan Mancino - Drums

What do you feel has contributed to your long career as a band? Bands like Haste The Day have recently broken up, a band that had been at it for awhile.

At the end of the day, the music and the passion behind that music is what keeps bands around and relevant to music fans old and young.  However, there are many other factors that keep bands alive such as the creative and business decisions made throughout your career.  Timing has a lot to do with it as well. It’s hard to really pin point every little detail that’s attributed to our longevity, but we’ve always tried to stay true to who we are as it relates to our music and the way we do business and I think fans can sense that.

Did you ever think your life would turn out this way? What did your parents say about your first bands?

I definitely didn’t!  My parents were always extremely supportive of my music and the bands I was playing in, although I don’t think they totally understood what I was doing until we did tours like Ozzfest.  I remember telling my mom and dad that we were going on the road with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden for the summer , bands that they knew and listened to growing up, and at that point it seem to settle in that I was doing was more than just a hobby.

What’s your favorite song to play live?

That’s a tough one… I would say Condemned off The Powerless Rise.  The song is fast but still has groove, which is fun for me as drummer.

Speaking of playing live; you’re set to embark on the Decade of Destruction tour. Will any of the shows be filmed for a DVD or music video similar to This Is Who We Are?

No, nothing as extensive as This Is Who We Are, but we are going to filming footage for online video updates and stuff like that.

 In my opinion, “Upside Down Kingdom” and “The Only Constant Is Change” are two of The Powerless Rise’ strongest tracks. Can you give us the background of both of these tracks?

- That’s awesome!  Yeah I really like both of those tracks.  As far as background goes, both of those songs came about as all of our songs do, that is with a general riff structure and arrangement.  UDK was more of a straight forward riff extravaganza and TOCIC was more about layering and atmosphere.  We actually did around 5-10 different drum track for TOCIC, which was a lot fun for me being able to experiment with percussion, etc.

Digging a little bit further, what song(s) were particularly hardest for you to write and why?

-Well, the toughest songs to record are the ones that we spend a lot of time changing or writing in the studio. It’s nice when I have the time to practice and work on a song a month or a few weeks prior to jumping in the studio, but there were songs like Paralyzed that I had never gotten a chance to practice or get familiar with before I started to record the drums for it.  The funny thing is, it’s actually my favorite song from that particular session, maybe because of the spontaneity that was captured being that I was so unfamiliar with it.

What’s coming up for AILD in the near future?

After the DOD tour, we plan to take some time off the road and being writing for a full length, hopefully released by late in the summer of 2012.

Are you playing the Vans Warped Tour or Mayhem Fest next year? If not, do you have any headlining tours planned for early 2012 and if so, can you tell us who you’re playing with?

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but we plan to be active during the summer.

Speaking of touring: in your opinion, which is the best/worst run venues from a production and band point of view?

Haha, are you trying to get me in trouble?!  Actually, my favorite venue is The Grove in Anaheim, CA.  Very clean, professional, moderately sized venue.  Plus, there’s a Starbucks a stone throw a way, which makes me happy.  I’m a coffee junky.  The worst venue… I “can’t remember” the name of the venue, but it’s in Oregon.  I don’t even think it’s around anymore, but it was just a whole in the wall store front that had bands come play.  I just remember the beverages provided for the touring party was a paint bucket full of unsweetened iced tea.  NO water or anything like that.  Just a bucket of iced tea that could only be retrieved by dunking your hand in with your cup.  Haha.  There were a l lot of other gross things about the place, but I’ll just leave it as that.

What made you guys decide to go the dubstep remix route and only do 3 new songs for Decas?

Haha, well we the remixes are there to be enjoyed, but that’s not a new direction for the band or anything like that.  Decas is a compilation, not an original full length.  We put the remixes on there for our fans that requested it.

Last question: what’s one book and one band you’d recommend to anyone that listens to AILD?

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis is a great book.  One of my favorite records and a record I would recommend everyone take a listen to is Testament - The Gathering.  Amazing record!