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Sep 27, 2012Awakened makes for a reasonable continuation in the band's sound, but finds the group making a significant stride in their ability to mix their talents together while keeping the songwriting at dizzying heights.
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Kerrang!Oct 19, 2012What you get here are all-out, blastbeat-fuelled trashers--for every anthemic call-and-response hook and melody, there's a lurching spine-crushing breakdown to follow. [22 Sep 2012, p.51]
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Alternative PressSep 27, 2012Awakened is the best As I Lay Dying album you can point to as metal both modernized and maximized. [Oct 2012, p.84]
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Sep 27, 2012As I Lay Dying bring no surprises to the table, they just continue to hone their craft and do it better than the countless clones that have popped up in their wake.
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Sep 27, 2012Awakened lives up to the reputation the AILD have built for themselves over the last decade or so of recording, showing their ability to find just the right balance between cathartic aggression and soaring melody while maintaining a velocity that seems more and more impressive.
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