AS I LAY DYING have released The Cost To Stay from their self-titled album, due February 5, 2027, through Napalm Records. The tour includes a February 21 show at Electric City in Buffalo with Immortal Disfigurement. The new lineup features Tim Lambesis, Chris Clancy, Don Vedda, Bill Hudson and Tim Yeung.
Official Press Release
METALCORE ICONS AS I LAY DYING RELEASE CRUSHING NEW SINGLE ”THE COST TO STAY”
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SELF-TITLED STUDIO ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 5, 2027
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[Photo Credit: Tom Flynn]
AS I LAY DYING enter a new chapter with their self-titled album As I Lay Dying.
Following the announcement of their forthcoming self-titled new album via Napalm Records, out February 5th 2027, Grammy-nominated metalcore pioneers AS I LAY DYING return with their latest single, “The Cost To Stay”. For 25 years, the band has helped shape the global metalcore scene through eight acclaimed studio albums, uncompromising heaviness, and unmistakable melodic songwriting. This striking new chapter continues that legacy by turning emotional restraint into crushing metalcore intensity. Driving riffs, pounding drums, and soaring melodic tension frame a powerful song about self-erasure, invisible chains, and the cost of sacrificing who you are to preserve a false peace. As the track builds from suffocating calm to explosive release, its raw urgency and anthemic chorus deliver the exact blend of uncompromising sound and emotional impact that defines AS I LAY DYING.
Tim Lambesis on the new single:
“’The Cost To Stay’ is about realizing that sometimes the life you’re trying so hard to hold together is the very thing you need to leave behind. For a long time, I confused endurance with strength, compromising until I was losing pieces of myself just to avoid conflict.
Eventually, I had to recognize my own part in that cycle and accept that real change meant being willing to start over, even knowing there would be consequences.
From the outside, that can look like everything falling apart. But sometimes walking away is the first step toward building something healthier. That willingness to change, rather than keep repeating the past, is a big part of the perspective behind this new AS I LAY DYING album.”
Watch the official music videos for “The Cost To Stay” HERE
AS I LAY DYING on the new album:
“Making this the first self-titled AS I LAY DYING album felt significant because the record feels like both a continuation and a reset. We weren’t trying to recreate one era of the band or force the songs into a narrow definition of what AILD should sound like. We wanted to bring together everything we naturally gravitate toward: melody, aggression, speed, heaviness, emotion, atmosphere, and big riffs, while making sure every song still felt unmistakably like AS I LAY DYING.”
The album represents a natural evolution of the band’s sound, bringing together melody, aggression, speed, heaviness and atmosphere without being tied to one particular era of AS I LAY DYING. As I Lay Dying was shaped through a highly collaborative songwriting and production process. Since forming around the turn of the millennium, AS I LAY DYING have played a defining role in modern metalcore, selling more than one million albums worldwide, earning Top 10 chart positions including on the Official German Album Charts and the US Billboard 200, and influencing generations of bands with their combination of crushing heaviness, melodic songwriting and technical precision.
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Tracklist:
1. Satellites
2. Echoes
3. Relentless
4. The Cost To Stay
5. Polarized
6. Retribution
7. A Heart Meant To Break
8. No Way Out
9. If I Fall
10. After The Storm
As I Lay Dying combines the band’s signature heaviness with melodic and modern elements while moving through a wide range of dynamics across the album. Lyrically, the record explores transformation, letting go and personal growth. “If I Fall” combines raw intensity with vulnerability, confronting abandonment, judgment and the strength to rise again, while “Echoes” creates a darker, emotionally charged atmosphere centered around breaking free from destructive bonds. The album was produced by Chris Clancy and Tim Lambesis, with “No Way Out” produced by Dusten Boles, connecting the band’s past and future while expanding their sound.
AS I LAY DYING – Tim Lambesis (Vocals, Additional Guitars), Chris Clancy (Bass, Main Chorus Vocals), Don Vedda (Guitar, Vocal Harmonies), Bill Hudson (Guitar) and Tim Yeung (Drums) – deliver an album that captures a broad range of the band’s sound. Guest vocalist CJ McCreery of Immortal Disfigurement appears on “No Way Out”. The artwork was created by Corey Meyers, who has worked on the band’s visual identity since “My Own Grave”.
As I Lay Dying will be available in the following formats:
– Deluxe 1-LP Gatefold Splattered Cristallo / Black Vinyl + LP-sized Booklet – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-LP Gatefold White Label Edition + LP-sized Booklet + numbered Certificate of Authenticity – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-LP Gatefold Gold Vinyl – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-LP Gatefold Marbled White Gold Black Vinyl – AS I LAY DYING Shop exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-LP Gatefold Black Vinyl
– 1-LP Gatefold White Vinyl
– 1-LP 12-Inch Solid Verde Vinyl Single “Polarized/Retribution” + Etching on Side B – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-LP 12-Inch Solid Viola Vinyl Single “Polarized/Retribution” + Etching on Side B – AS I LAY DYING Shop exclusive, strictly limited
– 1-CD Digisleeve
– Digital Album
[Deluxe 1-LP Gatefold Splattered Cristallo / Black Vinyl + LP-sized Booklet – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive, strictly limited]
AS I LAY DYING – Shadows Are Security: Final North American Dates
AS I LAY DYING will return to North America in November and December 2026 with special guest The Curse Within for the final dates of their Shadows Are Security run. In February and March 2027, the band will embark on an extensive North American tour with special guest Immortal Disfigurement, bringing music from the new album directly to fans across the United States.
AS I LAY DYING with The Curse Within
18.11.26 US – Santa Cruz, CA / Catalyst
19.11.26 US – Berkeley, CA / Cornerstone
20.11.26 US – Roseville, CA / Goldfield Trading Post
21.11.26 US – Los Angeles, CA / The Whisky
22.11.26 US – Phoenix, AZ / Crescent Ballroom
24.11.26 US – Tucson, AZ / 191 Toole
25.11.26 US – Albuquerque, NM / Sunshine Theater
27.11.26 US – Corpus Christi, TX / House of Rock
28.11.26 US – Dallas, TX / Trees
29.11.26 US – Austin, TX / Come and Take It Live
01.12.26 US – Denver, CO / The Federal
02.12.26 US – Colorado Springs, CO / Black Sheep
AS I LAY DYING with Immortal Disfigurement
04.02.27 US – Indianapolis, IN / Deluxe
05.02.27 US – Grand Rapids, MI / Elevation
06.02.27 US – Joliet, IL / The Forge
07.02.27 US – Milwaukee, WI / The Rave
09.02.27 US – Ringle, WI / Q & Z Expo Center
10.02.27 US – Belvidere, IL / Apollo Theater
11.02.27 US – Detroit, MI / TSDMAAC
12.02.27 US – Columbus, OH / The King Of Clubs
13.02.27 US – Waynesboro, VA / The Foundry
16.02.27 US – Leesburg, VA / Tally Ho
17.02.27 US – Reading, PA / Reverb
18.02.27 US – Baltimore, MD / Baltimore Soundstage
19.02.27 US – Sayreville, NJ / Starland Ballroom
20.02.27 US – New Haven, CT / Toad’s Place
21.02.27 US – Buffalo, NY / Electric City
23.02.27 US – Warrendale, PA / Jergels
24.02.27 US – Cincinnati, OH / Bogarts
25.02.27 US – Cleveland, OH / Globe Iron
26.02.27 US – Cadillac, MI / Venue Event Center
27.02.27 US – McHenry, IL / The Vixen
01.03.27 US – Oklahoma City, OK / Tower Theater
02.03.27 US – Lubbock, TX / Jake’s
04.03.27 US – Las Vegas, NV / Backstage Bar & Billiards
05.03.27 US – Los Angeles, CA / The Whisky
06.03.27 US – Riverside, CA / Riverside Municipal Auditorium
07.03.27 US – San Diego, CA / Observatory North
AS I LAY DYING are:
Tim Lambesis – Vocals
Chris Clancy – Bass and Vocals
Don Vedda – Guitar and Vocals
Bill Hudson – Guitar
Tim Yeung – Drums
AS I LAY DYING online:
Austin Griswold
Secret Service Publicity
Los Angeles, CA