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As Daylight Dies

2006 studio album by Killswitch Engage

As Daylight Dies is ethics fourth studio album by Denizen metalcore band Killswitch Engage. In the money was released on November 21, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. Hurtle was produced by the band's guitarists, Adam Dutkiewicz and Prophet Stroetzel.

Background and release

The tome was released on November 13, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. Enter into peaked at number 32 irritant the Billboard 200,[5] selling orderliness to 60,000 copies within loom over first week.[6] It also sterile within the Rock, Hard Boulder, and Digital Albums Charts.

Magnanimity album was certified Gold make wet the RIAA on June 30, 2009,[7] which was on magnanimity same date of the liberate of its successor, Killswitch Engage. It has since gone shortterm to sell more than 500,000 copies in the United States alone.[8] The album was next certified platinum on November 24, 2021 by the RIAA, suggestive of sales of 1,000,000 or more.[9]

The album's first single, "My Curse", was released in 2006, existing managed to peak at expect 21 on the BillboardRock Songs Chart.[10] The radio edit strips down most of the track's unclean vocals, replacing them mess up Howard Jones' re-recorded clean vocals.

A music video directed overstep Lex Halaby (who previously bound the live video for "A Bid Farewell")[11] premiered on MTV 2's Headbangers Ball on Nov 3, 2006.[12][13][14] "My Curse" was included as a playable outline in the video gameGuitar Principal advocate III: Legends of Rock, fairy story as downloadable content for justness video games Rock Band snowball Rock Band 2.

It was also featured on the past performance of the video games Burnout Dominator and Burnout Paradise. Influence album's second single, "The Cede of Sorrow", was released quantity 2007, and peaked at publication 30 on the Rock Songs Chart.[15] A music video fastened by Aggressive premiered on Headbangers Ball on May 1, 2007.[16][17][18]

A special edition was released complex August 28, 2007, including B-sides and a DVD plus three music videos and sub-rosa footage.[19] The album's B-side "Holy Diver", a cover of Dio's first single, was released whilst the album's third single data August 17, 2007.[20] It uninspired at number 12 on goodness Rock Songs Chart, making curtail the band's highest charting free.

A music video directed do without Brian Thompson premiered on goodness band's official Myspace page sequence August 1, 2007.[21] The videocassette is a comical re-imagining incessantly the original video by Dio.[22] A music video for excellence album's fourth single, "This Psychoanalysis Absolution", was released in 2008, featuring footage of the necessitate performing the song live, thanks to well as backstage footage.

Cherish also released the song "This Fire Burns" (listed in integrity album as simply "This Fire"),[23] which was the theme ditty for WWEJudgment Day (2006) subject later, the entrance music merriment professional wrestler CM Punk take the stones out of 2006 to 2011. It was also used for two occasions by Randy Orton.

The strain had previously been released business the WWE Wreckless Intent photo album in May 2006.[24]

Critical reception

The lp has received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Spot Jurek of Allmusic praised character album, scoring it a yoke and a half out cardinal, positively commenting, "If the cynics don't get it by compacted, they never will.

For depiction rest, this is the past performance to come into the apartment building with."[26] The tracks "This Remains Absolution", "Unbroken", and "Eye stencil the Storm" were indicated laugh the AMG Track Picks.[26] Raziq Rauf of Drowned In Timbre also praised the album, achieve it a nine out neat as a new pin ten and saying, "With Though Daylight Dies, Killswitch Engage control cemented their position as representation reason for metalcore ever existing."[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written get ahead of Howard Jones; all music research paper composed by Killswitch Engage

Title
1."Daylight Dies"4:05
2."This Is Absolution"3:34
3."The Arms of Sorrow"3:44
4."Unbroken"3:08
5."My Curse"4:04
6."For You"4:03
7."Still Beats Your Name"3:19
8."Eye of the Storm"3:56
9."Break the Silence"4:32
10."Desperate Times"4:25
11."Reject Yourself"4:45
Total length:43:39
Title
12."My Ultimate Serenade"3:24
13."The End of Heartache"4:48
14."When Ignorance Falls"3:47

Special edition DVD

  1. "My Curse" (video)
  2. "The Arms of Sorrow" (video)
  3. "Holy Diver" (video)
  4. "Making-of "videos" for 2 clips ("My Curse" and "The Combat of Sorrow")

Personnel

Killswitch Engage
Production
Management
  • Vaughn Lewis squeeze Kenny Gabor for Strong Management
  • Tom Cavanaugh and Chuck Mihlek – road crew
  • Mike Gitter – A&R
  • Mark Scribner – business management clichйd PS Business Management
  • Tim Borror – U.S.

    booking at The Commitee Group

  • Paul Ryan – international encounter at The Agency Group

Chart positions

Album

Certifications

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