Shadows Are Security

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Shadows Are Security
Studio album by As I Lay Dying
Released	June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)
Recorded	December 2004-January 2005
Studio	Big Fish, Encinitas, California
Genre	Melodic metalcore
Length	43:23
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Tim Lambesis, Phil Sgrosso, Steve Russell
As I Lay Dying chronology
Frail Words Collapse (2003) Shadows Are Security (2005) A Long March: The First Recordings (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Blabbermouth.net	6.5/10
Cross Rhythms
Exclaim!	Slightly unfavorable
MusicOMH
Imperiumi

Shadows Are Security is the third studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on June 14, 2005 through Metal Blade Records, and was produced by lead vocalist Tim Lambesis, guitarist Phil Sgrosso and Steve Russell. The album's title is derived from a lyric in the song Control Is Dead.

The album peaked at #35 on the US Billboard 200 in July 2005.

Reception

Allmusic rated the album at 3 1/2 stars and Wade Kergan of Allmusic commented on the incorporation of different popular music styles, writing "these are things that shouldn't work on a metal record, but As I Lay Dying have proven here that they can." Kergan also commented on the apparent Scandinavian metal, thrash, nu metal and emo influences present on the album, joking that it "would lead metal purists to call for an old-fashioned record burning".

Track listing

All tracks are written by As I Lay Dying

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Meaning in Tragedy"	3:13
2.	"Confined"	3:12
3.	"Losing Sight"	3:24
4.	"The Darkest Nights"	3:52
5.	"Empty Hearts"	2:49
6.	"Reflection"	3:12
7.	"Repeating Yesterday"	4:02
8.	"Through Struggle"	3:59
9.	"The Truth of My Perception"	3:06
10.	"Control Is Dead"	2:56
11.	"Morning Waits"	3:56
12.	"Illusions"	5:48
Total length:		43:23

Limited edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Falling Upon Deaf Ears"
2.	"94 Hours"
3.	"A Thousand Steps"
4.	"Elegy" (written by Kyle Fehr)
5.	"Reflection"
6.	"Distance Is Darkness"
7.	"Collision"

Special edition DVD content

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Behind The Shadows: The Making of Shadows Are Security"
2.	"Confined" (music video)
3.	"Through Struggle" (music video)
4.	"The Darkest Nights" (music video)
5.	"Behind the Scenes featurettes on all three videos"

Notes

• "Illusions" is a re-recording of a song from the As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy split album.

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

As I Lay Dying

• Tim Lambesis – unclean vocals, production
• Nick Hipa – guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Sgrosso – guitar, backing vocals, bass, production
• Clint Norris – bass, clean vocals (credited, but did not perform)
• Jordan Mancino – drums

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	35
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	1