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5/11/10


As I Lay Dying's new album The Powerless Rise comes out today (May 11th, 2010) and is the fourth release from this metalcore act.  Their last album was Grammy-nominated An Ocean Between Us and debuted on Billboards Top 200 Albums at #8 with 39,500 copies sold.  Can The Powerless Rise climb higher on the chart and reach the Top 5?

Last week, fellow metal artists Bullet For My Valentine hit #3 on the Billboard Top 200 with their release of Fever which sold 71,000 copies.  This should be a good sign for AILD as both bands share the same fanbase and have strong worldwide audiences.  AILDs last three albums have sold over a million copies combined.

My short review of The Powerless Rise is that it is less hardcore and more metal.  The album is less melodic as well.  It's hard to rank a new album that you've listened to only a few times but the musicianship on the album is better than ever.  Any AILD fan will have no worries buying this new album.

AILD is going on tour with Underoath and this is a tour to see.  You have two of the best live bands on the same bill.  You can watch a live, intense performance of AILD at the Wacken Festival performing Confide below.




The question remains - can this album make it in the Top 5 next week?  We need to look at other releases this week and they include Meatloaf, The Dead Winter and the American Idol Season 9 CD.  The album also has to go against 16yo Canadian sensation Justin Bieber who's latest album has been sitting in the Top 5 and Lady Antebellum who hasn't left the Top 5 in 14 weeks.

What do you think?  Leave your comments!

Purchase The Powerless Rise on Amazon here

Buy it on iTunes here ---> As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise




7 comments:

Tim said...

I predict a definite Top 10.

Bieber, Lady Antebellum, Dead Winter and Meatloaf will probably make the Top 5 and that leaves only one spot available.

It's gonna be close!

May 11, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Erica said...

#3 last week was "Fever" by Bullet For My Valentine not Killswitch Engage.

May 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Tim said...

Erica, I can't tell you how many times I've done that to those two bands. I always do that. lol Thanks!

May 11, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Anonymous said...

No way it makes the Top 5!

May 11, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Anonymous said...

dude, you just mentioned AILD and Justin Beiber in the same article!! lol

May 12, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Tim said...

LOL Yeah I did. I'm sure that won't happen again haha

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