One of the pioneers of metalcore, the prolific As I Lay Dying garnered a swift following in the early-00s. Formed seven decades after its Faulkner novel namesake, the band's 2001 debut, BENEATH THE ENCASING OF ASHES, mixed Christian themes with a fusillade of throaty hardcore vocals and thrashing Slayer-esque guitars. The fertile combination earned As I Lay Dying a legion of fans and a contract with heralded Metal Blade Records. Starting with 2003's well-received FRAIL WORLDS COLLAPSE, the five-man band, fronted by Tim Lambesis, released roughly an album a year for the label throughout the aughts.

Listen to As I Lay Dying at Finetune.

• Empty Hearts
• The Darkest Nights
• Through Struggle

• Killswitch Engage
• All That Remains
• It Dies Today
• Every Time I Die
• BLEEDING THROUGH
• Atreyu
• Hatebreed
• Poison The Well
• In Flames
• Norma Jean
• My Chemical Romance
• Children Of Bodom
• Bullet For My Valentine
• Bury Your Dead
• Alexisonfire
• Him
• Unearth
• Relient K
• FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
• Sinai Beach

• teknision
• cobhcbabe
• tad2q
• Mikies_Girl
• Frost
• zeeton
• timmillah
• genyosha
• beanerinblack
• thedorkannabelle
• dj777
• jackdan
• phamvuchuong
• twistedglory8
• Crashracer18
• Zman133
• Zerstorung
• Matthias
• gHan
• Terrortweety
• Satanas
• aetommyboy
• mattmor36
• Hullion
• chevyracing8
• Digifrag
• EmoHippie
• neuraalavena
• xiphoid_process
• Tad1048
• alteregosyxx
• andyXtragic
• Ddeere2
• antiamerica
• sprix19
• warbird
• dudeitsdel
• Wolfen73
• Jakka
• doss4533
• Pyrobabe666
• DavidSteele86

• JG1 on 2008-12-04 12:33:56.027:
  As i lay dying isnt emo or screamo its metalcore duhh....
• Kiana_Escamilla on 2008-04-30 12:00:36.097:
  it is seriously?i didnt know that
• progandother on 2008-03-08 18:11:12.390:
  ...pfft...same thing really...screamo is a branch of emo...
• mcr4 on 2008-02-22 17:15:05.290:
  As I lay dying isn't emo, it's screamo.
• MetalHeadMike on 2007-03-21 11:54:22.813:
  You make the day for my emo friend. God bless you, As I lay Dying.