As I Lay Dying - A Long March: The First Recordings

Strange, but what isn't in the world of indie metalNULL As I Lay Dying releases, A Long March: The First Recordings via Metal Blade, which includes their debut album, Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes, and their follow-up EP As I Lay Dying (recorded as a split with American Tragedy), only to precede that material with re-recorded versions of the EP material. Certainly the band had progressed considerably during that time, but by putting the best stuff first, it leaves plenty of room for an aesthetic let-down -- which certainly happens -- but what's done is done. Read More