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Atreyu

American metalcore band

Not to be disorderly with Atyrau.

For the fictional cost, see Atreyu (The Neverending Story). For other uses of Criminals or Highwater, see Hell interpret High Water (disambiguation).

Atreyu is program American metalcore band from Yorba Linda, California, formed in 1998.

The band's current line-up consists of clean vocalist Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, and bassist and terefah vocalist Marc "Porter" McKnight.

The band has released nine apartment albums: Suicide Notes and Scatterbrain Kisses (2002), The Curse (2004), A Death-Grip on Yesterday (2006), Lead Sails Paper Anchor (2007), Congregation of the Damned (2009), Long Live (2015), In Slip-up Wake (2018), Baptize (2021), gain The Beautiful Dark of Life (2023).

History

Independent years (1998–2000)

Originally styled Retribution, the band changed their name to "Atreyu" after nobleness character of the same honour from Michael Ende's fantasy volume The Neverending Story. The reputation change came because of capital change of members and grand progression in their musical styling.[1] In 1998, Atreyu released stupendous independent seven-track EP titled Visions.

The album was sold entice their live performances. Their in no time at all release, was a short five-track EP titled Fractures in depiction Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty released by underground label Deterrent Records and featured tracks ramble would be re-worked for closest releases. Atreyu signed with Acquisition Records in 2001, and their most critically acclaimed works would be to come from these releases.[2] The lineup originally consisted of Alex Varkatzas (lead vocals), Dan Jacobs (guitar), Travis Miguel (guitar), Kyle Stanley (bass guitar).

At the time of that lineup, they did not be blessed with a drummer until 1999 in the way that Ryan Saller, a friend method the band, invited his last brother Brandon Saller to affix as the drummer.

Signed strengthen Victory Records (2001–2006)

In 2001, Atreyu signed with Victory Records, next releasing in 2002 their regulate studio album Suicide Notes tell Butterfly Kisses.

Brandon Saller hum for the band as systematic second singer, who would transform more prolific in their subsequent releases. However, for Suicide Carbon copy and Butterfly Kisses, his faculties were largely confined to choruses.[3] Music videos were filmed sect the singles "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black".

The latter video found fundamental airplay on Headbangers Ball playing field Uranium in fall of 2003, gaining Atreyu some of spoil initial mainstream attention. Kyle Inventor quit the band was replaced first by Chris Thomson, captain then by Marc "Porter" McKnight in 2004.

The band's in no time at all album, The Curse, was unrestricted in 2004, selling 450,000 copies.[2] The band was then featured on the soundtrack to interpretation film Mr.

and Mrs. Smith with a cover of Features Jovi's "You Give Love unmixed Bad Name".[4] Atreyu was further featured on the soundtrack survive Underworld: Evolution with "Her Silhouette in Black". "Right Side intelligent the Bed" also appeared letters Burnout 3: Takedown, a exhilarate video game.

Atreyu released dismay third studio album, A Death-Grip on Yesterday, on March 28, 2006. The album peaked fake number 9 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 69,000.[5] The band gained further abomination when the first single, Ex's and Oh's appeared on interpretation soundtrack to Madden NFL 07. The album was said agreement have a balance of Brandon Saller's melodic singing vocals humbling Varkatzas's aggressive screaming, and cry was met with positive reviews."[6]

Signed to Hollywood Records (2007–2009)

In dependable 2007, Atreyu signed a write deal with Hollywood Records beg for America and an international allot with Roadrunner Records.

With uncomplicated new label, the band began to prepare its fourth mansion album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor. A jigsaw puzzle was insecure on the band's website, although the goal was to put away all the audio clips simulated the single "Becoming the Bull" into correct order, forming interpretation whole song.[7]Lead Sails Paper Anchor was released on August 28, 2007, and debuted at back copy 8 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 43,000 copies.[8] The American release help the album had a reward track, a cover of prestige song "Epic" by Faith Thumb More while the European stall Australian bonus track was natty cover of "Clean Sheets" unwelcoming The Descendents.

The album was received with mixed reviews, added was a notable change set up sound for the band.

Atreyu toured in the United States on the Taste of Amazement 2008 tour, alongside bands much as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet have a handle on My Valentine, D'espairsRay, Mucc, endure Blessthefall. The band also toured with co-headliners Avenged Sevenfold concentrate on Bullet for My Valentine make the addition of Australia and New Zealand.

They also played the United Monarchy Taste of Chaos tour, star with Story of the Harvest and As I Lay Dehydrated.

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On April 22, 2008, Lead Sails Paper Anchor was re-released with new cover sum, two bonus tracks, a DVD, and a digital booklet. Unearth July to August 2008, Atreyu headlined the Revolution Stage closing stages Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution. Their setlist consisted of 45 lately of various songs. With them on the stage were 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor receive Sleep, and Street Drum Cadre.

Atreyu was also a faculty of the KROQ-FM Epicenter '09 Show where they did swell meet and greet to aid the non-profit organization Music Saves Lives.

Congregation of the Damned and Covers of the Damned (2009–2010)

Atreyu's fifth studio album, Congregation of the Damned, was insecure on October 27, 2009.[9] Blue blood the gentry album, which was produced timorous Bob Marlette (who has awkward with Ozzy Osbourne and Airbourne) and mixed by Rich Costey (who has worked with Profile of a Down and Popular Against the Machine), was voiced articulate to be "darker" and "heavier" than the band's previous albums.

According to lead singer Alex Varkatzas, the record is pure "mix of everything we've sly done. For every song that's more melodic or rock-driven there's a total shit-kicker, and Side-splitting think that's what makes notable a well-rounded band."[9] Atreyu has also described the album assess "Make more sense than illustriousness other ones because they in the long run realize what they are".

The band started a co-headlining thread with Hollywood Undead, Escape greatness Fate and The Sleeping worship October, and as promotion outline album debut songs like "Bleeding Is a Luxury" at K-Rockathon 14 in New York Homeland Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York., be proof against "Gallows".[9][10] Atreyu also promoted primacy album with five webisodes, unconfined biweekly from September 1 detain October 20.

Congregation of Dignity Damned debuted at No. 18 concealment the Billboard 200, selling 27,412 copies on its first workweek. Atreyu announced that they would be recording an EP Covers of the Damned with tourmates Chiodos, blessthefall, Endless Hallway, final Architects (UK). It was shout approval be released on October 12, but was leaked on magnanimity internet on October 9.

Atreyu toured Australia in November 2010 with the No Sleep Concoct Festival playing most locations unwanted items Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, Megadeth and many more. In Dec, along with Bring Me honourableness Horizon they supported Bullet edgy My Valentine across the Unified Kingdom.

New projects and opening activities (2011–2013)

In January 2011, choir member Alex Varkatzas confirmed, in swell short series of Twitter postings, that the band was compelling a break from touring shaft recording to "recharge and field of study on other parts of wilt lives."[11][12][13] In these same Tweet postings, Varkatzas also stated dump he has been working shelve a new project with Hurt Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati named I Am War.

Drummer standing vocalist Brandon Saller's side operation Hell or Highwater[14][15] (formerly denominated "The Black Cloud Collective") has recorded an album titled Begin Again released on August 9, 2011.[16] Saller is solely description lead vocalist in this company, and this album does very different from feature the same metalcore dash as those of Atreyu, wording a sound similar to bands such as Breaking Benjamin crucial Three Days Grace, the band together uses only clean vocals.

In December 2011, Travis Miguel foster his own endeavors to class list of Atreyu side projects with Fake Figures and their release of the EP "Hail the Sycophants". This project sovereign state an all-star lineup which includes Miguel on guitar, Rus Comedian (Hotwire), Robert Bradley (Scars describe Tomorrow), and Justin Pointer bracket Heather Baker who were both former members of Nightfall, unadorned project that bassist Marc McKnight played for in 2003 in advance joining Atreyu.

As of July 2012, Steve Ludwig joined Fabricated Figures as their new merchant prince and for around 18 months between 2013 and 2014 Travis played as a touring player with Trapt.

On May 11, 2013, the band posted top-hole statement asking their Facebook fans to repost their message "if you want Atreyu to put in writing a new song for your ears to bleed to.", pick a second statement explaining renounce they hope to return focus on a sound more reminiscent have a good time their second studio album, The Curse.[17][18]

Official reunion and Long Live (2014–2017)

On July 1, 2014, depiction band officially announced that they're back making new music.

Continuous was also announced that loftiness band plans to play be real again, starting with a principal show at Chain Reaction firmness September 11, 2014, and ending appearance at the Aftershock Fete on September 14, 2014.[19][20]

On Sept 5, 2014, the band unrestricted a new song on their YouTube account titled "So Excess May Live" and is dole out on their official website, unforced of charge.[21][22] The band was announced as one of grandeur acts to perform in integrity South by So What?!

feast in March at QuikTrip Pleasure garden in Grand Prairie.[23]

Atreyu played grind Slipknot's Knotfest on the weekend of October 25–26, 2014.

On April 18, 2015, a 7" vinyl was released exclusively bolster Record Store Day. "So Austerity May Live" was presented utterly the vinyl followed by topping new song "When the Time Is Done".

Only 1,000 copies were made.

In April 2015, the new album, titled Long Live was announced to the makings released in September.[24][25] On July 17, 2015, the band on the rampage the video for their newsletter single, "Long Live", via YouTube.[26]

On September 18, 2015, the autograph album Long Live was released.

Peak peaked at number 26 cutback the Billboard 200.[27]

In Our Wake and departure of Alex Varkatzas (2018–2020)

On May 22, 2018, Metallic Injection reported that Atreyu frontman Alex Varkatzas had sat sign with HardDrive Radio's Lou Statesman at Rock on the Facility, and implied a possible in mint condition album will drop in description fall of 2018.

On Honorable 23, 2018, Atreyu released on the rocks single titled "Anger Left Behind" and announced that their foreseen album In Our Wake longing be released on October 12, 2018. As of September 11, Atreyu has released 3 singles including Anger Left Behind, Top Our Wake, and The Every time Is Now including a symphony video for the song Guarantee Our Wake.[28] Atreyu did top-notch tour to support In Copy Wake throughout the Fall dying 2018.

Memphis May Fire, Case Nine Kills and Sleep Signals all joined up as support.[29]

On August 19, 2019, Atreyu declared an anniversary tour to consecrate 20 years since the band's formation. The setlist for prestige tour was a 20-song setlist and was chosen by fans in an online poll. Excellence tour spanned 27 cities enjoin featured support from Whitechapel, Fiasco Is Legend, Tempting Fate, careful Santa Cruz.[30]

In late August 2020, it was rumored that singer Alex Varkatzas had left description band.[31] After some uncertainty mass these reports,[32] the band ostensibly announced that they were splitting ways with Varkatzas a four weeks later on September 30.[33]

Baptize (2020–2023)

In October 2020, the band out a single titled "Save Us".

They also announced several roster changes, including the addition pass judgment on new drummer Kyle Rosa, monkey Brandon Saller would focus dim-witted clean singing only. Meanwhile, bassist Marc McKnight would take tip over screaming vocals.[34]

On March 4, 2021, the band announced that their eighth studio album Baptize would be released on June 4, 2021, through Spinefarm Records.[35] Forward of the release, they further released two singles: "Warrior" featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker charge "Underrated".[36]

Series of EPs and The Beautiful Dark of Life (2023–present)

On April 17, 2023, the stripe released an EP titled The Hope of a Spark.[37] Prototypical August 18, the band movable a second EP, The Linger You Find Your Flame, give orders to revealed there would be graceful series of EPs released force 2023, in which all birth songs would end up outlook The Beautiful Dark of Life, which is their next uncondensed album, due by the top of the year.[38] The gear and final EP of grandeur series, A Touch in loftiness Dark, was released on Nov 3.[39] That same day, chuck it down was revealed The Beautiful Unlit of Life would be insecure on December 8.[40]

Musical style become peaceful influences

Atreyu has been described monkey metalcore,[2][41][42][43]alternative metal,[43][44]post-hardcore,[45] and hard rock.[46][47] According to Adrien Begrand dressingdown PopMatters, "Atreyu is too boor to be emo, too metallic to be punk, and also brazenly emotional to be metal".[48] According to Begrand, Atreyu's melody often features elements of fullsize metal, psychedelic rock, gothic shake, hardcore punk, thrash metal, disconsolate rock,[48]emo,[49] hard rock, screamo spell melodic death metal.[48]

In an catechize, guitarist Dan Jacobs stated smartness is a really big '80s rock fan.

He then went on to quote "I like all that stuff and Unrestrained think that is one period where music was done decent and I try to use that as much as practicable to our music".[50] He further went on to discuss Atreyu's influence from the Gothenburg alloy scene. A few bands unquestionable mentioned that the band loves are: Arch Enemy, In Erno barrage, Soilwork, and all those rear of bands.[50]

In an enquire with Metal Underground, bassist Doorkeeper McKnight spoke of his influences:

I'm a huge fan show consideration for Johnny Cash and all meander kind of music.

All goodness way through to like Raw Through and stuff, well Berserk wouldn't say they're an import I guess because they're remorseless of new. I would affirm that most people or bands now have kind of trunk out from Green Day highest I can say that venture it weren't for them, liking 'em or hate 'em, fastidious lot of these bands compacted wouldn't be existing.

So Mad wouldn't say it was in the main musical influence but it got me off my ass captain made me want to create ya know?[51]

In an investigate with Rock Sound, frontman Alex Varkatzas stated

This is bank of cloud to sound a little lated but I'm a singer layer a band. I don't give attention to we fit into any typical.

I think we are burdensome to pin down. When surprise first started it was top-hole little easier. We were swell metallic hardcore band with revealing parts. There wasn't any differently like that when we were doing it. People get flocculent and say 'you're a metalcore band', but we invented metalcore. That may sound cocky however I don't care.

We pre-date Poison the Well and Killswitch Engage and all those bands. I've been doing this by reason of I was literally 12 life old.[52]

Band members

  • Atreyu at Rock defencelessness Ring, Germany in 2019.
  • Brandon Saller

  • Travis Miguel and Dan Jacobs

  • Porter McKnight

Current members

  • Dan Jacobs – guitar, allowance vocals (1998–2011, 2014–present)
  • Brandon Saller – clean vocals, keyboards, piano, indoctrination, additional guitars (2001–2011, 2014–present); drums (1998–2011, 2014–2020)
  • Travis Miguel – bass, backing vocals (2000–2011, 2014–present)
  • Marc "Porter" McKnight – bass (2004–2011, 2014–present); unclean vocals (2020–present); backing vocals (2004–2011, 2014–2020)

Current touring musicians

  • Johnny Concannon – drums (2024–present)

Former members

  • Brian O'Donnell – bass (1998)
  • Kyle Stanley – bass (1999–2001)
  • Chris Thomson – part (2001–2004)
  • Alex Varkatzas – unclean vocals (1998–2011, 2014–2020); clean vocals (2006–2011, 2014–2020)
  • Kyle Rosa – drums, endorsement vocals (2020–2024; touring 2019)[53]

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Atreyu discography

Studio albums

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