Decas

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Decas | type = compilation | artist = As I Lay Dying | cover = As I Lay Dying - Decas.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2011|11|04}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 38:20 | label = Metal Blade | producer = {{hlist|Adam Dutkiewicz|Tim Lambesis|Innerpartysystem|Ben Weinman|Kelly "Carnage" Cairns|Big Chocolate|Iron Krill}} | prev_title = The Powerless Rise | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Awakened | next_year = 2012 }} {{Music ratings  | MC = 59%<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|title=Decas – As I Lay Dying|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/decas|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>  |rev1 = About.com |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Kapper|first=Andrew|title=As I Lay Dying – Decas|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/asilaydying/fr/As-I-Lay-Dying-Decas-Review.htm|work=About.com|publisher=The New York Times Company|access-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306174007/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/asilaydying/fr/As-I-Lay-Dying-Decas-Review.htm|archive-date=6 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev2 = AllMusic |rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web| last = Heaney| first = Gregory| title = ''Decas'' – Overview| work = Allmusic| publisher = Rovi Corporation| url = http://allmusic.com/album/decas-r2306540| access-date = November 18, 2011}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Alternative Press'' |rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=metacritic /> |rev4 = ''Big Cheese'' |rev4score = 3/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Hagen|first=Paul|title=As I Lay Dying – Decas|url=http://www.bigcheesemagazine.com/albums/article/as-i-lay-dying-decas|work=Big Cheese|access-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102223612/http://www.bigcheesemagazine.com/albums/article/as-i-lay-dying-decas|archive-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |rev5 = Blabbermouth.net |rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Alisoglu |first=Scott |title=AS I LAY DYING Decas (Metal Blade) |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=2354 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722143636/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=2354 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |work=Blabbermouth.net |publisher=Roadrunner Records |access-date=11 May 2012 }}</ref> |rev6 = ''The Christian Post'' |rev6score = Favorable<ref>{{cite web|last=Hensch|first=Mark|title=New As I Lay Dying Album Unafraid of Departing From the Divine|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-as-i-lay-dying-album-unafraid-of-departing-from-the-divine-60858/|work=The Christian Post|publisher=William Anderson|access-date=11 May 2012|date=7 November 2011}}</ref> |rev7 = ''Exclaim!'' |rev7score = Slightly unfavorable<ref>{{cite web|last=Walschots|first=Natalie Zina|title=As I Lay Dying – Decas|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/as_i_lay_dying-decas|work=Exclaim!|publisher=Ian Danzig|access-date=11 May 2012|date=8 November 2011}}</ref> |rev8 = ''Kerrang!'' |rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=metacritic /> |rev9 = PopMatters |rev9score = {{rating|4|10}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Prokofiev|first=Dane|title=As I Lay Dying: Decas|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/150670-as-i-lay-dying-decas|publisher=PopMatters|access-date=11 May 2012|date=10 November 2011}}</ref> |rev10 = ''Revolver'' |rev10score = 3/5<ref>{{cite web|last=McKenna|first=David|title=Review: As I Lay Dying – Decas|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/albumreviews/as-i-lay-dying-decas.html|work=Revolver|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=11 May 2012|date=24 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509111328/http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/albumreviews/as-i-lay-dying-decas.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> }}

'''''Decas''''' is the second compilation album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It features three newly recorded songs, four cover songs, four remixes and one re-recording. The album was released through Metal Blade Records on November 4, 2011, in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; on November 7 in the UK and the rest of Europe; and on November 8 in the US.<ref name="altpress">{{cite web| author = AP Staff| title = Exclusive: As I Lay Dying announce ''Decas'' album details, ''A Decade Of Destruction'' tour| work = Alternative Press| date = September 12, 2011| url = http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/exclusive_as_i_lay_dying_announce_decas_album_details_a_decade_of_destructi| access-date = September 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="gsn">{{cite web| last = Harris| first = Chris| title = Update: As I Lay Dying To Tour With Sylosis, Release Decas LP| work = Gun Shy Assassin| date = September 12, 2011| url = http://gunshyassassin.com/news/as-i-lay-dying-to-tour-with-sylosis/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111030035627/http://gunshyassassin.com/news/as-i-lay-dying-to-tour-with-sylosis/| url-status = usurped| archive-date = October 30, 2011| access-date = September 12, 2011}}</ref>

The release of ''Decas'' is meant to commemorate As I Lay Dying's tenth anniversary of being a band, and was also described by the group as a gift to their fans for their support over the years.<ref name="altpress"/> Coinciding with the release of ''Decas'', As I Lay Dying embarked on the "A Decade of Destruction" tour running from November through December 2011 with openers Of Mice & Men, The Ghost Inside, Iwrestledabearonce and Sylosis.<ref name="altpress"/><ref name="gsn"/>

"Paralyzed" was first released as a YouTube lyric video on September 13, 2011. Also, on November 7, the day before the album's US release, "Paralyzed" was released on iTunes as a free download. The track was originally intended to be the iTunes pre-order bonus for As I Lay Dying's previous album, ''The Powerless Rise''. "War Ensemble" was previously released in a Limited Edition Free Download of the Video Game, Homefront soundtrack. "Electric Eye" was first available to stream via Noisecreep on October 3, 2011.

== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_lyrics = Tim Lambesis, except where noted | all_music = As I Lay Dying, except where noted<ref name="allmusic"/>

| title1 = Paralyzed | length1 = 3:04

| title2 = From Shapeless to Breakable | length2 = 2:44

| title3 = Moving Forward | length3 = 3:42

| title8 = Beneath the Encasing | note8 = re-recorded medley | length8 = 3:57

| title9 = The Blinding of False Light | note9 = Innerpartysystem remix | length9 = 4:18

| title10 = Wrath Upon Ourselves | note10 = Ben Weinman remix | length10 = 2:25

| title11 = Confined | note11 = Kelly "Carnage" Cairns remix | length11 = 3:51

| title12 = Elegy | note12 = Big Chocolate remix | length12 = 4:20 |total_length = 38:20 }}

{{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store bonus track

| title13 = Upside Down Kingdom | note13 = Iron Krill remix | length13 = 3:02 }}

== Personnel == '''As I Lay Dying'''<ref>(2012), Bosso, Joe: https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-as-i-lay-dyings-nick-hipa-talks-new-album-awakened-561421, Retrieved September 19, 2021</ref> * Tim Lambesis – lead vocals * Nick Hipa – lead guitar, backing vocals * Phil Sgrosso – rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals * Jordan Mancino – drums

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Category:As I Lay Dying (band) compilation albums Category:2011 compilation albums Category:Metal Blade Records compilation albums