As I Lay Dying Snags 'Best Hard Rock' Award

As I Lay Dying Snags "Best Hard Rock" Award From The San Diego Music Awards

posted Aug 10, 2011 at 3:42 PM by xFiruath. (14 Comments)

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As I Lay Dying has once again been recognized by the band's hometown of San Diego, as the group has taken home the "best hard rock" award at the 2011 San Diego Music Awards.

The awards show will took place on August 8th at Humphreys By The Bay in San Diego, CA. As I Lay Dying has also been honored at the awards in the past, taking home the "artist of the year" award on three separate occasions in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

All of the genre categories were voted on by the public, while the album categories were voted on by the San Diego Music Academy. The full list of winners and nominees can be seen at this location.

You can also check out a webisode of the band's recent festival appearances by navigating over here.

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14 Comments on "As I Lay Dying Snags 'Best Hard Rock' Award"

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1. RTB writes:

here we go again...
memo to san diego, AILD.......
IS A METAL BAND!
WTF IS THIS!?
why is it so facking taboo to use the term "metal"?
or the term metal is facking misused
like nu metal bands, that aint metal, thats hard rock
that metal show? pfft, 80% of those guests are hard rock
im a fan of the band, so i congratulate them but it boils my blood when people mis label the term "metal"
facking knickers are in a knot now, fack

# Aug 10, 2011 @ 3:55 PM ET | IP Logged

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2. KREDD writes:

"metal" scares the masses. i played with a guitarist once who said he was metal but wrote 'breaking benjamin' riffs. i kindly stopped playing with him.

# Aug 10, 2011 @ 4:19 PM ET | IP Logged

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3. Terminator writes:

AILD is metal? News to me...

# Aug 10, 2011 @ 4:19 PM ET | IP Logged

4. J C Cakes writes:

Aild is just a generic metalcore band. They aren't metal, and they are hardly hard. It's like Paramore taking home best punk and rock awards. They aren't either. They're a pop band. The masses will never learn.

# Aug 10, 2011 @ 5:15 PM ET | IP Logged

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5. RTB writes:

This band gets sh!t for there christian backround, so must of the roadapples thrown at them on the net are usually from facking haters, devil worshipers or athiests, but bullsh!t aside, u cant tell me this band doesnt deserve a metal brand name, thats bullsh!t

# Aug 10, 2011 @ 6:08 PM ET | IP Logged

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6. n0thinghead writes:

they ARE metal. whether u like it or not. stupid elitist cvnts >;.>; i gotcha back rtb, besides, i love them too. they are metalcore, but not the generic kind.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 8:34 AM ET | IP Logged

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7. Terminator writes:

haha well an elitist would think they're taste is better than everyone elses thus making them better than everyone else and I don't think that by any means. I'm an extreme genre purist true. But what else is new, it's not like I said they sucked for being metalcore. So chillax.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 8:53 AM ET | IP Logged

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8. TheIronMan writes:

l love AILD. Best metalcore band around.

They're not hard rock.

Mainstream are stupid.

What else is new?

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 9:21 AM ET | IP Logged

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9. Hellspawn writes:

Metalcore = Metal, its in the fvcking name. Nu Metal is also metal. Just because metal is the best genre of music doesn't mean its populated exclusivly by things you like.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 11:51 AM ET | IP Logged

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10. Cynic writes:

All I'm going to say is genre's should be used to describe a band in the best and most accurate way without being long winded. Whether the band is good or not has nothing to do with it.

Last time I heard them metalcore was a more accurate description of AILD's sound better than metal, so that's what I'll stick to.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 5:23 PM ET | IP Logged

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11. n0thinghead writes:

hellspawn FTW!!

termie: i'm pretty chillax'd dude. last day of the summer semester for me, so freedom is finally ringing! lol what's up btw? it's been about a yr or so since i last saw u here.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 10:37 PM ET | IP Logged

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12. ScumofSociety writes:

I agree with n0thinghead on this one. AILD really does stand out from all the generic metalcore out there, and it kinda sucks that a band like them is grouped together with acts like Attack Attack and TDWP.

# Aug 11, 2011 @ 11:06 PM ET | IP Logged

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13. R10 writes:

Yes,As I Lay Dying is metalcore. They are metal! And i like.thier music. I dont believe they like the Christian tag they get,believe thats come about through the media. Both times ive seen them,they put on kickass live shows. They seem to get better with every release. Just my opinion.

# Aug 12, 2011 @ 4:45 AM ET | IP Logged

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14. n0thinghead writes:

^^^ completely agreed R10. when i saw them live, for the first time finally, this yr, they caused an earthquake.

# Aug 12, 2011 @ 8:54 AM ET | IP Logged

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