AS I LAY DYING DVD Lands #2 Top Music Video Charts

Los Angeles, CA – April 23, 2009 – Metal Blade Records is proud to announce AS I LAY DYING's continued chart success with the band's brand new and first ever DVD release, This is Who We Are, which entered the Billboard Top Music Videos Chart at the #2 position in the US and #3 position in Canada where the DVD has already shipped platinum. The San Diego based Grammy Nominated metalers AS I LAY DYING have appeared on TASTE OF CHAOS, OZZFEST, headlined the 2006 SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Tour, CORNERSTONE, BAMBOOZLE 2006, and just about every significant hard music festival around the globe. With This Is Who We Are, AS I LAY DYING steps into new territory by releasing the band's first ever DVD consisting of a 3disc DVD set that's packaging is made up entirely of recycled materials and was produced and directed by Denise Korycki (Cannibal Corpse Centuries of Torment DVD). This Is Who We Are provides viewers with live performances and a complete AS I LAY DYING audio/visual history with footage spanning the band's entire career from their humble beginnings to their current and ongoing success.

Here is what AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis has to say about reaching the #2 and #3 spots on the Billboard Top Music Videos Charts; “I'm completely honored to have our DVD reach so many people in only its first week out. Needless to say, it's a great achievement for our band, but it also goes to show that metal music has been opening new doors. Regardless of what mainstream media pushes, there are enough diehard fans out there to make something like this happen.”

Disc #1 – Main Documentary – approx. two hours
This 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 performances (w/ the current lineup)
Over an hour and a half of live performances captured at As I Lay Dying's Southern California shows in November 2008 including the Jumping Turtle, The Grove, and Seacoast Community Church, international festivals including Wacken and With Full Force, and US festival Cornerstone.

Disc #3 – music videos and bonus features including more touring stories, profiles on personalities & more

Make sure to catch AS I LAY DYING, the band that Alternative Press calls “one of the best pure-metal bands America has to offer,” live when they hit your town with Lamb of God and Children of Bodom.