As I Lay Dying is an American band from , California. Founded in 2000 by and having completed their first Line-up in 2001, the band consists of vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, lead guitarist Nick Hipa, rhythm guitarist Phil Sgrosso, and bassist Josh Gilbert. Signed to , As I Lay Dying has released five studio albums, one , and one .

As I Lay Dying's fourth studio album, peaked at number 8 on the , and number 1 on the Top Rock chart. The band has performed at , , , , , and . In 2007, As I Lay Dying won the "Ultimate Metal God" award from at the first annual "All That Rocks" special, was named "Artist of the Year" at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008 and was nominated for a 2008 for the song "". The band wrote and recorded their latest album, on the course of a three year process and was released in May 2010.

Shadows Are Security (2005–2006)

As I Lay Dying entered Big Fish recording studio in in January 2005 to record their third studio album. was released in June, and debuted at number 1 on the Independent Albums. It was the band's first release to enter the at number 35. and sold about 275 000 copies. Wade Kergan of Allmusic called it "one of the strongest releases of 2005," and commented that new guitarists and , make the band "stronger." Rod Smith of commented "Tim Lambesis’ finely honed roar in bittersweet instrumental matrices augmented by occasional clean vocals by bassist Clint Norris. Guitarists Phil Sgrosso and Nick Hipa whip up a melodic cyclone on 'The Darkest Nights'." Guitarist Evan White had quit the band due to personal reasons after his mother had died. All the clean vocals where sung by Dave Arthur of Kings to You, because they sounded in the studio more powerful than Clint Norris'. Guitarist recorded bass on the album, to get the recording finished in the given time.

As I Lay Dying began touring to promote the new record by making appearances at Hell on Earth, Winter Headline Tour, , and a tour with and . The band was on the second stage alongside , , , , and . At the fee of $75,000 the band could have chosen to perform on the headliners stage but refused the offer as they thought it was "not worth the money." The band raised its profile in 2006 through its support slot on the tour in the US alongside bands such as , , , and . In May 2006, Beneath the Encasing of Ashes and the songs from the were re-released as through . The album contained the original and re-recordings of the songs from the split album, and was released as the band preferred to re-release the material rather than have fans pay large sums of money to listen to early releases. The re-release peaked at number 3 on Independent Albums, and 129 on the . In the summer of 2006 As I Lay Dying closed the . Bassist left the band on good terms in November 2006 with the desire to focus on his marriage. The band auditioned ten bassists, although none proved successful. Lambesis received demo tapes from a band called This Endearing, of which bassist was a part of. Lambesis wanted to "sit on it" and wait for the band to record more material. However, This Endearing disbanded and Gilbert was then recruited as As I Lay Dying's new bassist.