# Awakened (album)

Awakened is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It is the final album released by the band before their hiatus in 2014. The album was released on September 25, 2012, through Metal Blade Records. The album was produced by Bill Stevenson (the drummer of Descendents) and recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado and Lambesis Studios in San Diego, California. On June 22, 2012, the album title, release date, and first single were announced. On June 25, the first single "Cauterize" was released for free download and became available online for purchase the following day. On June 27, a lyric video for "Cauterize" was released along with album artwork, also the band created an event on Facebook inviting fans to participate in a music video shoot for "A Greater Foundation". Fans were able to pre-order a copy on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour of 2012.
The band has released clips of the album via SoundCloud, prior to the release date, and on September 11 the music video for "A Greater Foundation" was released.
Although this album does not have a title track, the word "Awakened" is used in the lyrics of the song "Tear Out My Eyes".

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78% |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| About.com | |
| AllMusic | |
| Exclaim! | Positive |
| Metal Forces | 10/10 |
Overall reception towards the album has been positive.
Mark Fisher of Metal Forces gave the album an impressive 10/10.

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tim Lambesis; all music is composed by As I Lay Dying

## Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
As I Lay Dying
* Tim Lambesis – harsh vocals
* Nick Hipa – guitar, backing vocals
* Phil Sgrosso – guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards on "Wasted Words"
* Josh Gilbert – bass, sung vocals
* Jordan Mancino – drums
Additional musicians
* Joey Bradford – additional backing vocals, gang vocals
* Loniel Robinson – gang vocals
* Matt JR – gang vocals
* Lore JR – gang vocals
* Joey St. Lucas – gang vocals
* Amanda Dubord – gang vocals
* Vince Bifano – gang vocals
* Robert Pine – gang vocals
* Willow – gang vocals
* Matt Geise – gang vocals
Production
* Bill Stevenson – production, engineering, gang vocals
* Jason Livermore – production, engineering
* Andrew Berlin – engineering
* Daniel Castleman – assisting engineering
* Chris Beeble – assisting engineering
* Colin Richardson – mixing
* Carl Bown – mix engineering
* Ted Jensen – mastering
* metastazis.com – artwork, layout
* Tiffanie Uldry – artwork, layout
* Ty Watkins – photography
Studios
* The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado – drums, guitars
* Lambesis Studios, San Diego – bass, vocals
* Echelon Studios – additional vocals
* Treehouse Studios, Derbyshire, UK – mixing
* Sterling Sound – mastering

## Charts

| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 26 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 147 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 122 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 21 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 98 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 52 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 134 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 19 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) | 10 |
| US Billboard 200 | 11 |
| US Digital Albums (Billboard) | 14 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 3 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 6 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 3 |