As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying is the band's ninth studio album and the first to carry its name, with a release date of 5 February 2027 on Napalm Records. The band said that making it self-titled felt significant because the record "feels like both a continuation and a reset", and that they had not tried to recreate any one era of their sound. It was made by the line-up that first appeared on the single "Echoes" in October 2025: Tim Lambesis (vocals and additional guitars), Chris Clancy (bass and main chorus vocals), Don Vedda (guitar and vocal harmonies), Bill Hudson (guitar) and Tim Yeung (drums). Clancy and Lambesis produced the album, except for "No Way Out", which Dusten Boles produced and on which CJ McCreery of Immortal Disfigurement appears as a guest vocalist. The artwork is by Corey Meyers, who has worked on the band's visual identity since "My Own Grave". When recording was finished in September 2026, Lambesis said the band had cut twelve songs with the aim of keeping ten, and the band put out "Polarized" and "Retribution" first to ask fans for their reactions. The label names transformation, letting go and personal growth as the lyrical themes. The songs released ahead of it were "Echoes" in October 2025, "If I Fall" in November 2025, "Polarized" and "Retribution" together in September 2026, and "The Cost To Stay" in November 2026. Lambesis has said he wrote the first version of "If I Fall" before the new line-up came together. He described "Polarized" as melodic, mid-tempo and heavier on singing, and "Retribution" as fast and dark with no singing at all, with most of the album lying between the two; the pair also exists as a vinyl single. The ten tracks open with "Satellites" and close with "After The Storm". Besides the CD, the album comes on black vinyl, on Cristallo Black Splatter vinyl with a booklet, and as a White Label Edition LP exclusive to Napalm Records.