As Daylight Dies

The album was released on November 13, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200,{{cite magazine|title=As Daylight Dies- Killswitch Engage|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=killswitch engage|chart=all}}|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 18, 2012}} selling up to 60,000 copies within its first week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56552/jay-z-reclaims-his-kingdom-with-no-1-debut |title =Jay-Z Reclaims His 'Kingdom' With No. 1 Debut |magazine=Billboard|author=Katie Hasty|date=November 29, 2006 |access-date=October 21, 2010}} It also peaked within the Rock, Hard Rock, and Digital Albums Charts. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 30, 2009,{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=as%20daylight%20dies&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=As Daylight Dies RIAA certification |publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=October 21, 2010}} which was on the same date of the release of its successor, Killswitch Engage. It has since gone on to sell more than 500,000 copies in the United States alone.{{cite web|last=Winwood|first=Ian|title=Killswitch Engage:Shining a light on metal's reluctant superstars|url=http://www.killswitchengage.com/images/uploads/KSE_Kerrang_July.pdf|publisher=Kerrang}} The album was later certified platinum on November 24, 2021 by the RIAA, indicating sales of 1,000,000 or more.{{cite web|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/killswitch-engages-as-daylight-dies-album-certified-platinum-in-u-s/|title=Killswitch Engage's 'As Daylight Dies' Album Certified Platinum in U.S.|date=November 24, 2021|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}

The album's first single, "My Curse", was released in 2006, and managed to peak at number 21 on the Billboard Rock Songs Chart.{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=killswitch engage|chart=all}} The radio edit strips down most of the track's unclean vocals, replacing them with Howard Jones' re-recorded clean vocals. A music video directed by Lex Halaby (who previously directed the live video for "A Bid Farewell"){{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2d72JPznVM&ob=av3e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206175505/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=N2d72JPznVM |archive-date=2010-12-06 |url-status=dead|title=Killswitch Engage - A Bid Farewell |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=January 14, 2012}} premiered on MTV 2's Headbangers Ball on November 3, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/killswitch-engage/116654/my-curse.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612193007/http://www.mtv.com/videos/killswitch-engage/116654/my-curse.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2009 |title=My Curse {{!}} Killswitch Engage {{!}} Music Video |website=MTV |publisher= |date= |access-date=September 30, 2012}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPW9AbRMwFU&ob=av2e |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/iPW9AbRMwFU |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Killswitch Engage - My Curse |publisher=YouTube |date=November 6, 2006 |access-date=January 14, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/killswitch-engage/116654/my-curse.jhtml |title="My Curse" by Killswitch Engage | Music Video | VH1.com |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022171558/http://www.vh1.com/video/killswitch-engage/116654/my-curse.jhtml |archive-date=October 22, 2012 }} "My Curse" was included as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band and Rock Band 2. It was also featured on the soundtrack of the video games Burnout Dominator and Burnout Paradise. The album's second single, "The Arms of Sorrow", was released in 2007, and peaked at number 30 on the Rock Songs Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/as-daylight-dies-r930742/charts-awards/billboard-single|title=Killswitch Engage > As Daylight Dies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=June 5, 2011}} A music video directed by Aggressive premiered on Headbangers Ball on May 1, 2007.{{cite web |url=http://headbangersblog.mtv-q.mtvi.com/2007/05/01/killswitch-engages-the-arms-of-sorrow-to-debut-on-headbangers/ |title=Killswitch Engage's 'The Arms of Sorrow' to Debut on Headbangers |publisher=Headbangersblog.mtv-q.mtvi.com |date= |access-date=January 14, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.refused.tv/directors/aggressive.php |title=Aggressive |publisher=Refused TV |access-date=August 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102524/http://www.refused.tv/directors/aggressive.php |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EluzTj88tWU&ob=av2e |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/EluzTj88tWU |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Killswitch Engage - The Arms of Sorrow |publisher=YouTube |date= October 26, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

A special edition was released on August 28, 2007, including four B-sides and a DVD containing three music videos and behind-the-scenes footage.Roadrunner Records, [http://roadrun.com/news/story.aspx?newsitemID=17478 NEW KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ECARD - 7.23.2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153932/http://roadrun.com/news/story.aspx?newsitemID=17478 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, Roadrun.com, July 24, 2007 The album's B-side "Holy Diver", a Dio cover, was released as the album's third single on August 17, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/holy-diver-single/273562337 |title=iTunes - Music - Holy Diver - Single by Killswitch Engage |publisher=iTunes |date=August 17, 2007 |access-date=January 14, 2012}} It peaked at number 12 on the Rock Songs Chart, making it the band's highest charting single. A music video directed by Brian Thompson premiered on the band's official Myspace page on August 1, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/GET-TEASED-KILLSWITCH-ENGAGES-HOLY-DIVER-17602.aspx |title=Get Teased: Killswitch Engage'S "Holy Diver" |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |access-date=January 14, 2012}} The video is a comical re-imagining of the original video by Dio.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/killswitch-engage/167602/holy-diver.jhtml#artist=1225523|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210112157/http://www.mtv.com/videos/killswitch-engage/167602/holy-diver.jhtml#artist=1225523|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 10, 2008|title=Holy Diver | Killswitch Engage | Music Video | MTV|date=August 6, 2007|publisher=MTV Networks|access-date=August 5, 2008}} A music video for the album's fourth single, "This Is Absolution", was released in 2008, featuring footage of the band performing the song live, as well as backstage footage. It also released the song "This Fire Burns" (listed in the album as simply "This Fire"),{{cite web |title=As Daylight Dies (Special Edition) by Killswitch Engage |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/as-daylight-dies-special-edition/262090253 |website=iTunes |access-date=August 14, 2019 |language=en-us}} which was the theme song for WWE Judgment Day 2006 and later, the entrance music for professional wrestler CM Punk from 2006 to 2011. It was also used for two occasions by Randy Orton. The song had previously been released on the WWE Wreckless Intent album in May 2006.{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQGFMJSIXqI&ob=av2n |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810021525/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQGFMJSIXqI&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 |archive-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead|title=Killswitch Engage - This is Absolution |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=January 14, 2012}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/killswitchasday.htm|title=Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies|publisher=About.com|first=Chad|last=Bowar|access-date=April 21, 2012|archive-date=January 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117081003/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/killswitchasday.htm|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4301 |title=Blender Magazine review |magazine=Blender magazine |access-date=October 21, 2010}}

| rev4 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev4score = 5/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri|first2=David|author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2011 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=9781-926592-20-6 |page=263}}

| rev5 = Drowned in Sound

| rev5Score = 9/10

| rev6 = Melodic

| rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|first=Kaj|last=Roth|date=December 5, 2006|title=Melodic Net Review: Killswitch Engage — As Daylight Dies|url=http://www.melodic.net/album/killswitch-engage-as-daylight-dies-02|access-date=May 13, 2024|website=Melodic}}

| rev7 = MusicOMH

| rev7Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/killswitch-engage-2_1106.htm|title=Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies|publisher=MusicOMH|first=Tom|last=Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502223413/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/killswitch-engage-2_1106.htm|access-date=April 21, 2012|archive-date=May 2, 2007}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |date=December 2006 |title=Reviews: New CDs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhpEiwR_cZAC&pg=PA102 |magazine=Spin |volume=22 |issue=12 |page=102 |publisher=SPIN Media, LLC}}

| rev9 = Sputnikmusic

| rev9Score = 3.5/5{{cite web|url=http://sputnikmusic.com/review/10590/Killswitch-Engage-As-Daylight-Dies/|title=Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies|website=Sputnikmusic|first=Mike|last=Stagno|date=January 2, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2012}}

| rev10 = Stylus Magazine

| rev10score = B{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/killswitch-engage/as-daylight-dies.htm |title=Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies |magazine=Stylus Magazine |first=Cosmo |last=Lee |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180820/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/killswitch-engage/as-daylight-dies.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2012 }}

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The album has received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Thom Jurek of AllMusic praised the album, scoring it a four-and-a-half out of five and commenting, "If the cynics don't get it by now, they never will. For the rest, this is the album to come into the tent with."{{cite web|last=Jurek |first=Thom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/as-daylight-dies-r930742/review |title=As Daylight Dies - Killswitch Engage |website=AllMusic |date=November 21, 2006 |access-date=January 14, 2012}} The tracks "This Is Absolution", "Unbroken", and "Eye of the Storm" were indicated as the AMG Track Picks. Raziq Rauf of Drowned in Sound also praised the album, scoring it a nine out of ten and saying, "With As Daylight Dies, Killswitch Engage have cemented their position as the reason for metalcore ever existing."{{cite web |last=Rauf |first=Raziq |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8793/reviews/1336815- |title=Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |publisher=Drowned In Sound |date=November 23, 2006 |access-date=January 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708080153/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8793/reviews/1336815- |url-status=dead }}

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Howard Jones

| all_music = Killswitch Engage

| total_length = 43:39

| title1 = Daylight Dies

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = This Is Absolution

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = The Arms of Sorrow

| length3 = 3:44

| title4 = Unbroken

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = My Curse

| length5 = 4:04

| title6 = For You

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = Still Beats Your Name

| length7 = 3:19

| title8 = Eye of the Storm

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = Break the Silence

| length9 = 4:32

| title10 = Desperate Times

| length10 = 4:25

| title11 = Reject Yourself

| length11 = 4:45

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{{Track listing

| headline = Best Buy exclusive live bonus tracks (taken from (Set This) World Ablaze)

| title12 = My Last Serenade

| length12 = 3:24

| title13 = The End of Heartache

| length13 = 4:48

| title14 = When Darkness Falls

| length14 = 3:47

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Special edition bonus tracks

| title12 = Be One

| length12 = 3:31

| title13 = Let the Bridges Burn

| length13 = 4:29

| title14 = This Fire

| length14 = 3:09

| note14 = Originally for the WWE Wreckless Intent album

| title15 = Holy Diver

| length15 = 4:10

| note15 = Dio cover; originally for Kerrang!'s High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock compilation

}}

1. "My Curse" (video)
2. "The Arms of Sorrow" (video)
3. "Holy Diver" (video)
4. Making-of videos for "My Curse" and "The Arms of Sorrow"

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;Killswitch Engage

• Howard Jones – lead vocals
• Adam Dutkiewicz – lead guitar, co-lead vocals, keyboards
• Joel Stroetzel – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mike D'Antonio – bass
• Justin Foley – drums

;Production

• Adam Dutkiewicz – production, engineering, mixing
• Ian Neill – assistant engineer at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
• Mike D'Antonio – digital design, artwork photography, layout design
• Daragh McDonagh – group photography

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;Management

• Vaughn Lewis and Kenny Gabor for Strong Management
• Tom Cavanaugh and Chuck Mihlek – road crew
• Mike Gitter – A&R
• Mark Scribner – business management at PS Business Management
• Tim Borror – U.S. booking at The Agency Group
• Paul Ryan – international booking at The Agency Group

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