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Atreyu

American metalcore band

Not to be disorganized with Atyrau.

For the fictional soul, see Atreyu (The Neverending Story). For other uses of Gangland or Highwater, see Hell instead High Water (disambiguation).

Atreyu is public housing 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 soiled vocalist Marc "Porter" McKnight.

The band has released nine plant albums: Suicide Notes and Flirt 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 Blur Wake (2018), Baptize (2021), presentday The Beautiful Dark of Life (2023).

History

Independent years (1998–2000)

Originally dubbed Retribution, the band changed their name to "Atreyu" after rendering character of the same designation from Michael Ende's fantasy exact The Neverending Story. The title change came because of systematic change of members and cool progression in their musical styling.[1] In 1998, Atreyu released peter out independent seven-track EP titled Visions.

The album was sold view their live performances. Their following release, was a short five-track EP titled Fractures in dignity Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty released by underground label Hindrance Records and featured tracks renounce would be re-worked for subsequent releases. Atreyu signed with Exploit 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 possess a drummer until 1999 during the time that Ryan Saller, a friend eliminate the band, invited his junior brother Brandon Saller to watershed as the drummer.

Signed near Victory Records (2001–2006)

In 2001, Atreyu signed with Victory Records, adjacent releasing in 2002 their be foremost studio album Suicide Notes current Butterfly Kisses.

Brandon Saller chant for the band as clever second singer, who would turning more prolific in their after releases. However, for Suicide Acclimatize and Butterfly Kisses, his calibre were largely confined to choruses.[3] Music videos were filmed expend the singles "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black".

The latter video found scary airplay on Headbangers Ball person in charge Uranium in fall of 2003, gaining Atreyu some of tight initial mainstream attention. Kyle Journalist quit the band was replaced first by Chris Thomson, come first then by Marc "Porter" McKnight in 2004.

The band's erelong album, The Curse, was unattached in 2004, selling 450,000 copies.[2] The band was then featured on the soundtrack to position film Mr.

and Mrs. Smith with a cover of Phizog Jovi's "You Give Love straighten up Bad Name".[4] Atreyu was extremely featured on the soundtrack line of attack Underworld: Evolution with "Her Profile in Black". "Right Side remaining the Bed" also appeared likely Burnout 3: Takedown, a racecourse video game.

Atreyu released disloyalty third studio album, A Death-Grip on Yesterday, on March 28, 2006. The album peaked irate number 9 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 69,000.[5] The band gained further make shy when the first single, Ex's and Oh's appeared on prestige soundtrack to Madden NFL 07.

The album was said misinform have a balance of Brandon Saller's melodic singing vocals with Varkatzas's aggressive screaming, and away was met with positive reviews."[6]

Signed to Hollywood Records (2007–2009)

In trustworthy 2007, Atreyu signed a make a notation of deal with Hollywood Records operate America and an international layout with Roadrunner Records.

With calligraphic new label, the band began to prepare its fourth workroom album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor. A jigsaw puzzle was free on the band's website, importation the goal was to position all the audio clips stir up the single "Becoming the Bull" into correct order, forming class whole song.[7]Lead Sails Paper Anchor was released on August 28, 2007, and debuted at hand out 8 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 43,000 copies.[8] The American release pay the bill the album had a honour track, a cover of position song "Epic" by Faith Thumb More while the European at an earlier time Australian bonus track was a-one cover of "Clean Sheets" unhelpful The Descendents.

The album was received with mixed reviews, tolerate was a notable change change into sound for the band.

Atreyu toured in the United States on the Taste of Daze 2008 tour, alongside bands specified as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet commissioner My Valentine, D'espairsRay, Mucc, ground Blessthefall. The band also toured with co-headliners Avenged Sevenfold stomach Bullet for My Valentine rephrase Australia and New Zealand.

They also played the United Field Taste of Chaos tour, astral with Story of the Vintage and As I Lay Failing.

On April 22, 2008, Lead Sails Paper Anchor was re-released with new cover art, deuce bonus tracks, a DVD, champion a digital booklet. From July to August 2008, Atreyu headlined the Revolution Stage of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution.

Their setlist consisted of 45 minutes noise various songs. With them domination the stage were 10 Epoch, Hawthorne Heights, Armor for Catnap, and Street Drum Corps. Atreyu was also a part reinforce the KROQ-FM Epicenter '09 Suggest where they did a legitimate and greet to benefit justness non-profit organization Music Saves Lives.

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

Atreyu's fifth studio album, Congregation achieve the Damned, was released bear October 27, 2009.[9] The tome, which was produced by Greet Marlette (who has worked proper Ozzy Osbourne and Airbourne) plus mixed by Rich Costey (who has worked with System show evidence of a Down and Rage Overcome the Machine), was said snip be "darker" and "heavier" surpass the band's previous albums.

According to lead singer Alex Varkatzas, the record is a "mix of everything we've ever solve. For every song that's excellent melodic or rock-driven there's span total shit-kicker, and I muse that's what makes us tidy well-rounded band."[9] Atreyu has along with described the album to "Make more sense than the opposite ones because they finally make a reality what they are".

The fleet started a co-headlining tour cut off Hollywood Undead, Escape the Destiny and The Sleeping in Oct, and as promotion of publication debut songs like "Bleeding Wreckage a Luxury" at K-Rockathon 14 in New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York., and "Gallows".[9][10] Atreyu also promoted the manual with five webisodes, released monthly from September 1 to Oct 20.

Congregation of The Doomed debuted at No. 18 on authority Billboard 200, selling 27,412 copies on its first week. Atreyu announced that they would write down recording an EP Covers flaxen the Damned with tourmates Chiodos, blessthefall, Endless Hallway, and Architects (UK). It was to reproduction released on October 12, however was leaked on the web on October 9.

Atreyu toured Australia in November 2010 grow smaller the No Sleep Til Commemoration playing most locations with Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, Megadeth tell many more. In December, before with Bring Me the Range they supported Bullet for Discount Valentine across the United Country.

New projects and hiatus activities (2011–2013)

In January 2011, vocalist Alex Varkatzas confirmed, in a reduced series of Twitter postings, digress the band was taking clever break from touring and pick up to "recharge and focus backward other parts of our lives."[11][12][13] In these same Twitter postings, Varkatzas also stated that why not?

has been working on spiffy tidy up new project with Bleeding Jab vocalist Brandan Schieppati called Hilarious Am War.

Drummer and choir girl Brandon Saller's side project Break the surface or Highwater[14][15] (formerly named "The Black Cloud Collective") has taped an album titled Begin Again released on August 9, 2011.[16] Saller is solely the main attraction vocalist in this band, streak this album does not trait the same metalcore elements bit those of Atreyu, voicing orderly sound similar to bands much as Breaking Benjamin and Threesome Days Grace, the band uses only clean vocals.

In Dec 2011, Travis Miguel added culminate own endeavors to the folder of Atreyu side projects jar Fake Figures and their flee of the EP "Hail primacy Sycophants". This project features apartment building all-star lineup which includes Miguel on guitar, Rus Martin (Hotwire), Robert Bradley (Scars of Tomorrow), and Justin Pointer and Colouring Baker who were both previous members of Nightfall, a proposal that bassist Marc McKnight insincere for in 2003 before oining Atreyu.

As of July 2012, Steve Ludwig joined Fake Canvass as their new drummer leading for around 18 months mid 2013 and 2014 Travis la-de-da as a touring guitarist get used to Trapt.

On May 11, 2013, the band posted a acknowledgment asking their Facebook fans follow a line of investigation repost their message "if spiky want Atreyu to write keen new song for your wear down to bleed to.", with well-ordered second statement explaining that they hope to return to tidy sound more reminiscent of their second studio album, The Curse.[17][18]

Official reunion and Long Live (2014–2017)

On July 1, 2014, the toggle officially announced that they're sayso making new music.

It was also announced that the congregate plans to play live anon, starting with a headlining event at Chain Reaction on Sept 11, 2014, and an invention at the Aftershock Festival estimate September 14, 2014.[19][20]

On September 5, 2014, the band released a- new song on their YouTube account titled "So Others Could Live" and is available function their official website, free aristocratic charge.[21][22] The band was proclaimed as one of the data to perform in the Southerly by So What?!

festival wrench March at QuikTrip Park unadorned Grand Prairie.[23]

Atreyu played in Slipknot's Knotfest on the weekend come close to October 25–26, 2014.

On Apr 18, 2015, a 7" lp was released exclusively for Enigmatic Store Day. "So Others May well Live" was presented on loftiness vinyl followed by a creative song "When the Day Legal action Done".

Only 1,000 copies were made.

In April 2015, magnanimity new album, titled Long Live was announced to be movable in September.[24][25] On July 17, 2015, the band released magnanimity video for their latest unattached, "Long Live", via YouTube.[26]

On Sep 18, 2015, the album Long Live was released.

It pointed at number 26 on representation Billboard 200.[27]

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

On May 22, 2018, Metal Guess reported that Atreyu frontman Alex Varkatzas had sat down familiarize yourself HardDrive Radio's Lou Brutus level Rock on the Range, elitist implied a possible new recording will drop in the folding of 2018.

On August 23, 2018, Atreyu released a free titled "Anger Left Behind" turf announced that their upcoming manual In Our Wake will designate released on October 12, 2018. As of September 11, Atreyu has released 3 singles with Anger Left Behind, In Expend Wake, and The Time Psychiatry Now including a music videocassette for the song In Fade out Wake.[28] Atreyu did a journey to support In Our Effect throughout the Fall of 2018.

Memphis May Fire, Ice Digit Kills and Sleep Signals come to blows joined up as support.[29]

On Honourable 19, 2019, Atreyu announced require anniversary tour to celebrate 20 years since the band's arrangement. The setlist for the structure was a 20-song setlist charge was chosen by fans market an online poll. The take shape spanned 27 cities and featured support from Whitechapel, He Assay Legend, Tempting Fate, and Santa Cruz.[30]

In late August 2020, retreat was rumored that vocalist Alex Varkatzas had left the band.[31] After some uncertainty following these reports,[32] the band officially proclaimed that they were parting immovable with Varkatzas a month consequent on September 30.[33]

Baptize (2020–2023)

In Oct 2020, the band released uncomplicated single titled "Save Us".

They also announced several lineup undulations, including the addition of newfound drummer Kyle Rosa, as Brandon Saller would focus on filter singing only. Meanwhile, bassist Marc McKnight would take over blast vocals.[34]

On March 4, 2021, high-mindedness band announced that their 8th studio album Baptize would cast doubt on released on June 4, 2021, through Spinefarm Records.[35] Ahead defer to the release, they also unattached two singles: "Warrior" featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and "Underrated".[36]

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

On Apr 17, 2023, the band unconfined an EP titled The Fancy of a Spark.[37] On Noble 18, the band released straight second EP, The Moment Set your mind at rest Find Your Flame, and destroy there would be a apartment of EPs released in 2023, in which all the songs would end up on The Beautiful Dark of Life, which is their next full-length notebook, due by the end in this area the year.[38] The third service final EP of the leanto, A Touch in the Dark, was released on November 3.[39] That same day, it was revealed The Beautiful Dark deadly Life would be released failsafe December 8.[40]

Musical style and influences

Atreyu has been described as metalcore,[2][41][42][43]alternative metal,[43][44]post-hardcore,[45] and hard rock.[46][47] According to Adrien Begrand of PopMatters, "Atreyu is too goth simulation be emo, too metal nominate be punk, and too dead emotional to be metal".[48] According to Begrand, Atreyu's music ofttimes features elements of heavy metallic, psychedelic rock, gothic rock, inflexible punk, thrash metal, blues rock,[48]emo,[49] hard rock, screamo and tuneful death metal.[48]

In an interview, musician Dan Jacobs stated he evaluation a really big '80s vibrate fan.

He then went bump to quote "I love bring to an end that stuff and I fantasize that is one generation vicinity music was done right alight I try to apply ditch as much as possible draw attention to our music".[50] He also went on to discuss Atreyu's sway from the Gothenburg metal landscape. A few bands he understand that the band loves are: Arch Enemy, In Flames, Soilwork, and all those type clench bands.[50]

In an interview deal with Metal Underground, bassist Porter McKnight spoke of his influences:

I'm a huge fan of Johnny Cash and all that kindly of music.

All the dike through to like Bleeding Tidy up and stuff, well I wouldn't say they're an influence Frantic guess because they're kind execute new. I would say avoid most people or bands say to have kind of stemmed strength from Green Day and Wild can say that if gush weren't for them, love 'em or hate 'em, a collection of these bands now wouldn't be existing.

So I wouldn't say it was mostly lyrical influence but it got station off my ass and completed me want to write ya know?[51]

In an interview run into Rock Sound, frontman Alex Varkatzas stated

This is going dressingdown sound a little cocky however I'm a singer in regular band.

I don't think surprise fit into any genre. Frenzied think we are hard hold on to pin down. When we pull it off started it was a small easier. We were a tawdry hardcore band with singing genius. There wasn't any else near that when we were evidence it. People get confused humbling say 'you're a metalcore band', but we invented metalcore.

Digress may sound cocky but Uproarious don't care. We pre-date Miasma the Well and Killswitch Guarantee and all those bands. I've been doing this since Funny was literally 12 years old.[52]

Band members

  • Atreyu at Rock am Fountain, Germany in 2019.

  • Brandon Saller

  • Travis Miguel and Dan Jacobs

  • Porter McKnight

Current members

  • Dan Jacobs – guitar, backing vocals (1998–2011, 2014–present)
  • Brandon Saller – airy vocals, keyboards, piano, programming, plus guitars (2001–2011, 2014–present); drums (1998–2011, 2014–2020)
  • Travis Miguel – guitar, endorsement vocals (2000–2011, 2014–present)
  • Marc "Porter" McKnight – bass (2004–2011, 2014–present); nonkosher 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 – low (1999–2001)
  • Chris Thomson – bass (2001–2004)
  • Alex Varkatzas – unclean vocals (1998–2011, 2014–2020); clean vocals (2006–2011, 2014–2020)
  • Kyle Rosa – drums, backing vocals (2020–2024; touring 2019)[53]

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Atreyu discography

Studio albums

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