As I Lay Dying, last night at the Beaumont Club
In honor of 10 years together, As I Lay Dying dubbed its current tour “The Decade of Destruction,” and it’s apt, considering the way the metal quintet laid waste to the Beaumont last night. The band delivered a set of tightly coiled, absolutely relentless metal that reached all the way back to material from the start of its career. Just watching As I Lay Dying onstage was an exhausting task, and those in the audience who attempted to keep pace quickly found themselves at the back of the Beaumont’s reaches, guzzling water and drenched in sweat. The intensity of As I Lay Dying is enough to draw converts from the metal realm, and the technical skill with which voices and instruments are wielded keeps them around as fans. The fact that this group has been drawing crowds this large on a weeknight is testament enough to that.
