Shadows Are Security

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Shadows Are Security
Shadows Are Security cover
Studio album by As I Lay Dying
Released June 14, 2005
Limited Edition June 23, 2005
Special Edition October 17, 2006
Recorded Big Fish (Encinitas, CA), January, 2005
Genre Metalcore
Length 43:24
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Tim Lambesis
Phil Sgrosso
Steve Russell
Professional reviews
As I Lay Dying chronology
Frail Words Collapse
(2003)		 Shadows Are Security
(2005)		 A Long March: The First Recordings
(2006)

Shadows Are Security is the third album by the 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 linear notes from vocalist Tim Lambesis on the concept of the record and little known facts on the making of the album.

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

Although Clint Norris was the bassist when this album was recorded, he is not featured on the album on both bass and vocals. Phil Sgrosso is credited with recording bass on the album.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by As I Lay Dying

  1. "Meaning in Tragedy" – 3:12 (feat. Matt Mentley of Throwdown)
  2. "Confined" – 3:11 (feat. Matt Mentley of Throwdown and Dave Arthur of Kings To You)
  3. "Losing Sight" – 3:24
  4. "The Darkest Nights" – 3:51 (feat. Dave Arthur of Kings To You)
  5. "Empty Hearts" – 2:49
  6. "Reflection" – 3:11
  7. "Repeating Yesterday" – 4:02
  8. "Through Struggle" – 3:58 (feat. Dave Arthur of Kings To You)
  9. "The Truth of My Perception" – 3:06
  10. "Control is Dead" – 2:56 (feat. Dan Weyandt of Zao)
  11. "Morning Waits" – 3:56
  12. "Illusions" – 5:48 (feat. Jason Moody of No Innocent Victim)

[edit] Limited Edition Bonus DVD track listing:

  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"

[edit] Special Edition DVD Content

  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

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Credits

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2005 The Billboard 200 35
2005 Top Independent Albums 1
2006 Top Independent Albums 1
v • d • e
As I Lay Dying
Tim Lambesis · Jordan Mancino · Phil Sgrosso · Nick Hipa · Josh Gilbert
Evan White · Clint Norris · Noah Chase · Aaron Kennedy · Jasun Krebs
Studio albums
Compilations
Split albums
Singles