This Is Who We Are (As I Lay Dying album)

This Is Who We Are
Video by
As I Lay Dying
ReleasedApril 14, 2009
GenreMetalcore
Length300 minutes (approx)
LabelMetal Blade
DirectorDenise Korycki
ProducerDenise Korycki (Wild Wind Productions)
As I Lay Dying chronology
An Ocean Between Us
(2007) 		This Is Who We Are
(2009) 		The Powerless Rise
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Exclaim!Unfavorable link
HM Magazine3.5/5 link
Metal HammerFavorable link (in German)

This Is Who We Are is the first DVD by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It was released on April 14, 2009, through Metal Blade Records. The video album sold 4,200 copies in the US during its first week of sales allowing it to debut at number 2 on the Top Music Videos chart.[1][2] On May 18, 2009, the DVD was certified Gold in the US.[3] It was also certified Platinum in Canada by the CRIA.[4]

Track listing

Disc 1: Documentary

Complete band history includes in-depth artist interviews and commentary, interviews with friends and family, as well as observations and road stories from colleagues and bands that have worked with and befriended As I Lay Dying since the band's inception.

Disc 2: Live

Videos of live songs recorded from various locations during As I Lay Dying's 2008 tours.

  1. "Falling Upon Deaf Ears" (Seacoast Community Church)
  2. "Forever" (Seacoast Community Church)
  3. "Meaning In Tragedy" (The Jumping Turtle)
  4. "The Darkest Nights" (The Jumping Turtle)
  5. "Separation" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  6. "Nothing Left" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  7. "An Ocean Between Us" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  8. "Within Destruction" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  9. "Forsaken" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  10. "Distance Is Darkness" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  11. "I Never Wanted" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  12. "The Sound of Truth" (The Grove of Anaheim)
  13. "94 Hours" (Cornerstone)
  14. "Through Struggle" (Wacken Open Air)
  15. "Reflection" (With Full Force Festival)
  16. "Confined" (Wacken Open Air)

Disc 3: Music videos and bonus features

Music videos, additional live songs, touring stories, profiles on personalities & more.

Music videos

  1. "Nothing Left" (directed by Brian Thompson)
  2. "The Sound of Truth" (directed by Brian Thompson)
  3. "Within Destruction" (directed by Jerry Clubb)
  4. "Confined" (directed by Christopher Sims)
  5. "Through Struggle" (directed by Lex Halaby)
  6. "The Darkest Nights" (directed by Darren Doane)
  7. "Forever" (directed by Derek Dale)
  8. "94 Hours" (directed by Derek Dale)

Extra live performances

  1. "Elegy" (Seacoast Community Church)
  2. "Empty Hearts" (The Jumping Turtle)

Personnel

  • Tim Lambesis - lead vocals
  • Jordan Mancino - drums
  • Nick Hipa - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Phillip Sgrosso - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Josh Gilbert - bass, clean vocals
  • Clint Norris - formerly bass, clean vocals
  • Produced and directed by Denise Korycki
  • Brian J. Ames
  • Vince Edwards
  • Dan Fitzgerald
  • Kelli Malella
  • Heather Parsons
  • Brian Slagel - owner of Metal Blade Records
  • Mike Faley
  • Tracy Vera
  • Kenny Gabor - Manager
  • Vaughn Lewis - Manager
  • Dave Miller
  • Lia Starace
  • Jim Starace
  • Brian Cobbel - owner of Pluto Records
  • Tommy Garcia - former guitarist/bassist
  • Brandon Hays - former bassist/guitarist
  • Kevin Puig - tour manager
AILD Crew
  • Joey Bradford
  • Andrew "Dayday" Perez
  • Kyle Rosa
  • Brandon Ward
  • Joe Aguilar
  • Brandon Peterson
  • Jason Mancino

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "AS I LAY DYING: 'This is Who We Are' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed - Apr. 23, 2009" Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved on April 28, 2009.
  2. ^ "Top Music Video - This Is Who We Are"[dead link‍] Billboard.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2009.
  3. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  4. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Cria.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  5. ^ "American video certifications – As I Lay Dying – This is Who We Are". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 29, 2021.