As I Lay Dying and Bill Stevenson

By Brandon J. on April-16-2012 | Filed under News | Tags : As I Lay Dying, Bill Stevenson, Blasting Room Studios, Metal | Share

As I Lay Dying will be entering the studio with famed punk rock producer, Bill Stevenson, next month. Bill Stevenson played drums for Black Flag and Descendants, and has produced albums for such acts as Rise Against, Nofx, No Use for a Name, Anti Flag, Casualties, Useless ID, The Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, The Swellers, and more. It’ll be interesting to see what “sound” this new AILD release has. I enjoy pretty much all the stuff that comes out of Blasting Room Studios.

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26 Responses to 'As I Lay Dying and Bill Stevenson'

Brandon says:
April 16, 2012 at 11:12 am | Back to top
This has me intrigued. I love the sound quality of most stuff coming from that studio/producer so I am hoping this will be an excellent release.
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- Phil metalhed says:
  April 16, 2012 at 7:46 pm | Back to top
  Word.
Logan Flaming says:
April 16, 2012 at 11:21 am | Back to top
I don’t come from much of a old-school punk background so this is the first time I’ve heard of him. Judging from the list of bands he produced I think he’s a pretty cool choice to produce a metal record. I’m interested to hear what this will sound like…
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- Smacky X says:
  April 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm | Back to top
  Yes. Very curious about this!
Iaya97 says:
April 16, 2012 at 11:33 am | Back to top
This could be very unique and good I think.
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Kevin Fitz says:
April 16, 2012 at 12:46 pm | Back to top
This should prove interesting :)
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taras91 says:
April 16, 2012 at 4:22 pm | Back to top
so stoked.
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Creasy Bear says:
April 16, 2012 at 6:06 pm | Back to top
skeptical @ best for now…hope it’s not punk
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- TheArchangel says:
  April 16, 2012 at 6:20 pm | Back to top
  Ew!! I don’t even want to imagine how horrible a punky As I Lay Dying could sound….
- Stephen says:
  April 16, 2012 at 6:28 pm | Back to top
  The girly man is one of the best in metal. No way will this disappoint.
- Logan Flaming says:
  April 16, 2012 at 6:43 pm | Back to top
  Have you see the girly man lately? He be buff…
- TheArchangel says:
  April 16, 2012 at 6:46 pm | Back to top
  “The girly man with the long hair and the colourful tattoos, right? HeeHAHAHA! Exactly!!” XD
- Brandon says:
  April 16, 2012 at 9:03 pm | Back to top
  Listen to the guitar tones on all those albums Bill has produced at Blasting Room and tell me that they aren’t good. I see this as a good thing.
- JoshIVM says:
  April 17, 2012 at 5:39 am | Back to top
  Count me as skeptical as well. Adam D fits their sound better it would seem.
Stevo says:
April 16, 2012 at 7:39 pm | Back to top
Creasy Bear, I’m with you on this one. I wasn’t a fan of the last 2 albums though. The Powerless Rise was a little underwhelming and let me down. Also, I HATE cover songs, so Decas was a bigger let down, and the newer songs they did just sounded like songs off The Powerless Rise. Nothing new (to me). I’ve listened to prolly 90% of all their songs, and The Powerless Rise prolly comes in 2nd to lowest for me…
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Stevo says:
April 16, 2012 at 7:40 pm | Back to top
Please tell me what you’d like to hear in this new album.
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- Logan Flaming says:
  April 16, 2012 at 7:49 pm | Back to top
  More Thrash!!!! Guitar Solos!!!!
Chris says:
April 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm | Back to top
As I Lay Dying has always had powerful, pummeling songs but there were too many desperate, whiny songs for me to buy the albums.
If this is a rawer, but still aggressive and fast-paced album, I may enjoy it.
Stevenson also produced Comeback Kid (yuck) and Side Walk Slam.
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- Smacky X says:
  April 17, 2012 at 1:07 am | Back to top
  “Desperate” and “Whiny” are two words that I would never associate with AILD. You are entitled to your opinion though. What comes across as desperate and whiny?
- JoshIVM says:
  April 17, 2012 at 5:33 am | Back to top
  The clean vocals I’m guessing
- Chris says:
  April 17, 2012 at 9:02 am | Back to top
  Yes. If your favorite clean vocals are the stuff of Kix and Huntingtons, etc., you will find the clean vocals of As I Lay Dying to be too dark and sad.
  I’m just saying, most music doesn’t make me want to roll down my windows and sing a long. Not many artists are having that much fun. It’s not just As I Lay Dying.
- Smacky X says:
  April 17, 2012 at 9:29 am | Back to top
  Ok- Got it.
- Justin (Emergenscenery) says:
  April 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | Back to top
  NOFX, Rise Against, and Comeback Kid have been longtime favs. AILD has been going for long enough now that I don’t think too much will stray them from their usual sound.
Taylor C. says:
April 17, 2012 at 5:20 am | Back to top
I don’t care if they make a jazz album. The last thing I want is another release in the vein of Ocean and Powerless.
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- fusse says:
  April 17, 2012 at 5:58 am | Back to top
  Jazz album! Yes please! Let the rumors start :D (not that I like jazz but this would be stellar :D)
- Logan Flaming says:
  April 17, 2012 at 9:30 am | Back to top
  @ Taylor C – Agreed!