Recorded in three months, "As Daylight Dies" was released on November 21, 2006 and peaked at number 32 on the "Billboard" 200 chart with 60,000 sales in its first week. "As Daylight Dies" proved to be one of their biggest albums yet. It also entered the Australian Albums Chart at number 29. Mixed by Dutkiewicz, the album received mostly positive reviews—Thom Jurek of Allmusic called it "a Top Five metal candidate for 2006 for sure". "Decibel Magazine" contributor Nick Terry said "To call "As Daylight Dies" addictive would be an understatement. That it outdoes its already impressive enough predecessor could almost go without saying". Cosmo Lee of "Stylus Magazine" commented "the album is astonishingly badly sequenced", though he praised the album as being "less emotionally heavy-handed, and a lot more fun". As of November 27, 2007, "As Daylight Dies" has sold more than 500,000 units in the US.