Shaped by Fire explained

Shaped by Fire
Type:studio
Artist:As I Lay Dying
Cover:AILDShapedByFirecover.jpg
Released:September 20, 2019
Studio:Signature Sound, Los Angeles
Genre:Metalcore
Length:44:05
Label:Nuclear Blast
Producer:As I Lay Dying
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Shaped by Fire is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It was released on September 20, 2019, through Nuclear Blast. The album was produced by the band themselves and is the follow-up to the group's sixth album, Awakened (2012). It is the first album in seven years after the band went on hiatus in 2014 when Tim Lambesis was incarcerated and sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting the murder of his estranged wife. It is also the last album to feature lead guitarist Nick Hipa, who left the band in 2020, and drummer Jordan Mancino and bassist/clean vocalist Josh Gilbert, both of whom left the band in 2022. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.[1]

On October 25, 2024, Shaped by Fire got pulled off all streaming sources Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, and Tidal, among others. The band subsequently stated that it would only be temporary, as the rights to the album have reverted to them.[2] The album was restored in those sites a week after its removal.

Background and promotion

After Lambesis was released from prison on probation in December 2016 for attempting to hire a contract killer to murder his ex-wife, he began reaching out to the other members of the band looking to apologize in person starting with Mancino and Gilbert.[3] [4] [5] After that he attempted to reconnect with Sgrosso and Hipa and eventually all four of them forgave him.[4] [3] [6] [7]

On June 8, 2018, the band released the music video for "My Own Grave". On April 12, 2019, the band released a music video for "Redefined", including a guest appearance by August Burns Red frontman Jake Luhrs.[8] Two days later, the band announced the "Shaped by Fire" tour of Europe with support from Chelsea Grin, Unearth and Fit for a King running from September 2019 and concluding in October.[9] [10] On July 15, the band announced the North American dates of the "Shaped by Fire" Tour with direct support from After the Burial and Emmure to begin on November 15 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and conclude on December 14 with a hometown show at the Soma San Diego.[11] Details of the album, Shaped by Fire, were leaked through Nuclear Blast's European website with a projected release date.[12] [13] On August 9, the band officially announced their album, Shaped by Fire, would be released through Nuclear Blast Records, along with releasing the album's title track.[14] On September 13, the band released "Blinded" as the album's fourth single along with an accompanying music video.[15]

In March 2020, as a way of supporting their crew during the COVID-19 pandemic, they released an additional song, "Destruction or Strength",[16] a B-side from this album's sessions. Two months later, in May, a music video for the song "Torn Between" was released.

Personnel

Credits retrieved from AllMusic.[17] As I Lay Dying

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 . . . March 7, 2021 . December 3, 2019.
  2. Web site: UPDATED:AS I LAY DYING album 'Shaped By Fire' pulled from streaming services, band release statement . 2024-10-26 . lambgoat.com . en.
  3. Web site: Discussion. asilaydying. June 16, 2018. June 17, 2018. YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818145913/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsX3EZVyGkM. August 18, 2018. live.
  4. Web site: AS I LAY DYING Members Explain Controversial Comeback in Emotional 30-Minute Video. June 17, 2018. June 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002808/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/as-i-lay-dying-members-explain-controversial-comeback-in-emotional-30-minute-video/. June 18, 2018. live.
  5. Web site: As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Released From Prison. February 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170213175518/http://loudwire.com/is-tim-lambesis-out-of-prison-according-to-dokkens-george-lynch-hes-out/. February 13, 2017. live.
  6. Web site: As I Lay Dying Members Release Video Discussion on Their Decision To Return. June 16, 2018. June 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180618003004/https://www.theprp.com/2018/06/16/news/as-i-lay-dying-members-release-video-discussion-on-their-decision-to-return/. June 18, 2018. live.
  7. Web site: As I Lay Dying's Tim Lambesis Offers Apology to Family. Loudwire. June 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002620/http://loudwire.com/tim-lambesis-apology/. June 18, 2018. live.
  8. Web site: As I Lay Dying Release New Song 'Redefined' Featuring August Burns Red Singer. April 12, 2019. April 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412141917/https://loudwire.com/as-i-lay-dying-redefined-song-august-burns-red/. April 12, 2019. live.
  9. Web site: As I Lay Dying Official. Facebook.
  10. Web site: AS I LAY DYING Announces Shaped By Fire Tour & Releases Another Banger Redefined!. April 14, 2019.
  11. Web site: AS I LAY DYING Announces 'Shaped By Fire' Fall 2019 U.S. Tour With AFTER THE BURIAL, EMMURE. July 15, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
  12. Web site: AS I LAY DYING To Release 'Shaped By Fire' Album In September. July 16, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
  13. Web site: Details of New As I Lay Dying Album Surface Via Nuclear Blast Site, Get Taken Down. ultimate-guitar.com.
  14. Web site: As I Lay Dying Sign To Nuclear Blast, Announce New Album "Shaped By Fire". New Transcendence. BearlySinister. August 8, 2019. August 9, 2019.
  15. Web site: As I Lay Dying Debut New Song 'Blinded' With Music Video. September 13, 2019. Loudwire. September 13, 2019.
  16. Web site: AS I LAY DYING Releases 'Destruction Or Strength' Song To Benefit Crew Members And Local Charity. March 27, 2020. BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
  17. Web site: As I Lay Dying Shaped by Fire. AllMusic. October 2, 2019.
  18. Web site: Top 100 Albumes – Semana 39: del 20.9.2019 al 26.9.2019. Productores de Música de España. Spanish. October 2, 2019.

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