Atreyu

Atreyu
Atreyu in 2004
General information
origin	Orange County , California , United States
Genre (s)	Metalcore , Alternative Metal , Post-Hardcore
founding	1998, 2014
resolution	2011
Website	atreyuofficial.com
Founding members
singing	Alex Varkatzas
guitar	Dan Jacobs
Drums	Brandon Saller
Current occupation
singing	Alex Varkatzas
guitar	Dan Jacobs
Vocals, drums	Brandon Saller
guitar	Travis Miguel (since 2001)
Bass , vocals	Marc McKnight (since 2004)
former members
bass	Brian O'Donnell (1998-2001)
bass	Chris Thomson (2001-2004)

Atreyu is an American metalcore band from Orange County , California , formed in 1998 . Her name refers to one of the main characters in the novel The Neverending Story .

Band history

The singer Alex Varkatzas, the drummer Brandon Saller and the guitarist Dan Jacobs formed the band in Orange County , California under the name "Retribution". With Visions the band released the first demo in 1998 under the band name "Atreyu". Three years later Chris Thomson replaced the previous bassist Brian O'Donnell and Travis Miguel also joined the band during this period. In 2001 they released the EP Fractures In Facade Of Your Porcelain Beauty , on which drummer Brandon Saller also sang for the first time.

In 2002 Atreyu signed a contract with Victory Records , which released the debut album Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses in June 2002 . First American-wide tours followed and there were also the first appearances in Europe. The songs Ain't Love Grand and Lip Gloss And Black were selected as single releases from this album . In 2004 Atreyu played at Ozzfest , released a limited edition of 25,000 copies of Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses with DVD in February 2004 and finally released the second album in June, which was named The Curse . Bassist Chris Thomson decided to leave the band in friendship before recording The Curse , as he wanted to take care of his family more and also continue his training as a teacher. Chris was replaced on short notice by a longtime friend of the band, Marc McKnight. Also in 2004, the YA BABY! String Quartet a String Quartet Tribute to Atreyu .

In 2005 the Thick as Thieves Tour followed , which was also the band's first world tour and also took them to countries like Australia and Japan. After his own tour, Atreyu played on the Warped Tour in June 2005 . On March 23, 2006, the album A Death-Grip on Yesterday was released , even before that, the track Her Portrait in Black was released exclusively on the soundtrack for Underworld: Evolution . Bassist Marc McKnight sang for the first time on A Death-Grip on Yesterday . A few months later, the band separated from their long-time label Victory Records and switched to Hollywood Records . To say goodbye to Victory Records, their last video, The Theft, will be released under Victory Records in October 2006 . There was also a best of release.

On August 28, 2007 the band released their album Lead Sails Paper Anchor , with the first single, which has the same name as the planned following US tour Becoming the Bull .

On October 23, 2009 their new studio album Congregation of the Damned was released.

From 2011 to July 2014 the band took a break. On July 1, 2014, the band announced on their Facebook page that they would be making music together again.

On May 11, 2013, the band asked their fans to share a post on Facebook if they wanted to hear a new Atreyu song. In a subsequent post they stated that they would like to make this song available for free and that it would be a song in the style of the album "The Curse".

Discography

Albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
2002	Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses Victory Records	-	-	First published: June 4, 2002
2004	The Curse Victory Records	-	US32 (7 weeks) US	First published: June 29, 2004
2006	A Death-Grip on Yesterday Victory Records	UK92 (1 week) UK	US9 (11 weeks) US	First published: March 28, 2006
2007	Best of… Victory Records	-	US103 (3 weeks) US	First published: January 23, 2007
	Lead Sails Paper Anchor Hollywood Records	UK61 (1 week) UK	US8th gold (27 weeks)US	First published: August 28, 2007 Sales: + 500,000
2009	Congregation of the Damned Hollywood Records	-	US18 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 27, 2009
2015	Long Live Spinefarm Records	UK96 (1 week) UK	US26 (1 week) US	First published: September 18, 2015
2018	In Our Wake Spinefarm Records	-	US72 (1 week) US	First published: October 12, 2018

EPs and demos

• 1998: Visions
• 2001: Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty
• 2006: Atreyu and Dead to Fall split
• 2010: Covers of the Damned EP

Singles

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

• 2002: Ain't Love Grand
• 2002: Lip Gloss and Black

The Curse

• 2004: Right Side of the Bed
• 2005: The Crimson
• 2005: Bleeding Mascara

A Death-Grip on Yesterday

• 2006: Ex's and Oh’s
• 2006: The Theft
• 2006: Shameful (Promo)

Lead Sails Paper Anchor

• 2007: Becoming the Bull
• 2007: Doomsday
• 2008: Slow Burn
• 2008: Falling down

Congregation of the Damned

• 2009: Storm to Pass
• 2010: Lonely

Soundtrack contributions

• 2004: Right Side of the Bed (Burnout 3 Takedown "Video Game PS2")
• 2005: You Give Love a Bad Name ( Mr. and Mrs. Smith soundtrack)
• 2006: Her Portrait in Black ( Underworld: Evolution soundtrack)
• 2010: Ravenous (Guitar Hero 6: Warriors of Rock)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
All in all	gold1	-

swell

1. ↑ Atreyu . Facebook. 07/24/14. Retrieved on July 24th, 2014.
2. ↑ Atreyu - REPOST- If you want ATREYU to write a new song ... . Facebook. May 11, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
3. ↑ Atreyu - I'm thinking, if we did do one new song ... Atreyu . Facebook. May 12, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Atreyu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Atreyu at Allmusic (English)
• Chart sources: UK / US