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Atreyu (band) Members
Atreyu is an 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, bassist and unclean vocalist Marc "Porter" McKnight and drummer Kyle Rosa. The band has released nine studio albums: ''Suicide Notes and Butterfly 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 Our Wake'' (2018), ''Baptize'' (2021), and ''The Beautiful Dark of Life'' (2023). History Independent years (1998–2000) Originally named Retribution, the band changed their name to "Atreyu" after the character of the same name from Michael Ende's fantasy book ''The Neverending Story''. The name change came because of a change of members and a progression in their musical styling. In 1998, Atreyu released an independent seven-track EP titled '' Visions''. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Saller
Brandon Kyle Saller (born June 24, 1983) is an American musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the vocalist, keyboardist and former drummer of the metalcore band Atreyu, of which he is also a founding member. He is the band's primary songwriter, along with guitarist Dan Jacobs, as well as its clean vocalist. Following Atreyu's hiatus in 2011, Saller focused on his side project Hell or Highwater, where he is the lead vocalist. In 2011, the group released their debut album, ''Begin Again'', in 2011. The band released an Extended play, EP, ''The Other Side'', in August 2013. Saller returned to Atreyu in 2014 and has remained a full-time member of the group since. He became the lead vocalist of the band after original singer Alex Varkatzas announced his departure. Atreyu At 13, Saller was invited by his older brother Ryan to join a band started by some of his friends, Dan Jacobs and Alex Varkatzas. The three of them formed a street punk band called Retrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Of The Damned
''Congregation of the Damned'' is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released through Hollywood Records and Roadrunner Records on October 27, 2009. The album debuted at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 26,000 copies in its first week of release. The album has sold 121,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015. Composition Influences, style and themes For ''Congregation of the Damned'', Atreyu expressed an interest in returning to their "heavy hardcore" roots, following 2007's '' Lead Sails Paper Anchor'', while also wanting to "move forward." Comparing the new album to ''Lead Sails'', drummer Brandon Saller stated that "there were parts of 'Atreyu' missing and that we needed back, so we've brought them back." He also went on to claim that the band had been "reflecting on how far we've come and where from. It's stepping forward to new territory but taking with us the best of where we've been." Similarly, lead singer Alex Varkatzas c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lip Gloss And Black
Lip Gloss and Black is the second single from American metalcore band Atreyu's debut album, ''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses'' released in 2002. The song features the lyrics "Live, Love, Burn, Die" which has become one of Atreyu's signature phrases and one of Alex Varkatzas's most noted lyrics. The song itself was one of the first Atreyu songs to gain them mainstream attention, with the video being played extensively on MTV2 and Uranium. Music video The music video features footage of bondage between two loved ones, intercut with footage of the band performing at the Showcase Theatre in Corona, California. While previous bass player Chris Thompson performs in the video, future and current Atreyu bass player, Mark McKnight, is seen in the crowd during the performance. Track listing Personnel ;Atreyu * Alex Varkatzas – lead vocals * Dan Jacobs – lead guitar * Travis Miguel – rhythm guitar * Chris Thomson – bass * Brandon Saller Brandon Kyle Saller (born June 24, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't Love Grand (song)
"Ain't Love Grand" is the first single from American metalcore band Atreyu's debut album, ''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses'', released in 2002. Concept - Alex Varkatzas Alex Varkatzas (born January 17, 1982) is an American musician, best known as the former lead vocalist of metalcore band Atreyu from its inception in 1998 until his departure from the band in 2020. In 2011, during the band's hiatus, Varkatzas also ... Music video The music video features the band performing in red room, with footage of party intercut. At the party, a man becomes intoxicated and eventually blacks out. He later comes to watch medics inspect his unconscious body, while screaming at his body to get up. Members of the band also are seen as background characters at the party. References 2002 songs 2002 debut singles Atreyu (band) songs Victory Records singles {{2000s-metal-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer neck (music), neck and scale length (string instruments), scale length. The electric bass guitar most commonly has four strings, though five- and six-stringed models are also built. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has replaced the double bass in popular music due to its lighter weight, smaller size, most models' inclusion of Fret, frets for easier Intonation_(music), intonation, and electromagnetic pickups for amplification. Another reason the bass guitar replaced the double bass is because the double bass is "acoustically imperfect" like the viola. For a double bass to be acoustically perfect, its body size would have to be twice as that of a cello rendering it unplayable, so the double bass is made smaller to make it playable. The elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lead Vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ensemble as the dominant sound. In vocal group performances, notably in soul music, soul and gospel music, and early rock and roll, the lead singer takes the main vocal melody, with a Choir, chorus or harmony vocals provided by other band members as backing vocalists. Lead vocalists typically incorporate some movement or gestures into their performance, and some may participate in dance routines during the show, particularly in pop music. Some lead vocalists also play an instrument during the show, either in an accompaniment role (such as strumming a guitar part), or playing a lead instrument/instrumental solo role when they are not singing (as in the case of lead singer-guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix). The lead singer also typically guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fractures In The Facade Of Your Porcelain Beauty
''Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty'' is the second EP by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was originally released on November 20, 2001, and released again on January 29, 2002, under the independent label Tribunal Records. The EP has early versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead", "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips Are Better", which were re-worked and included on the band's next release, ''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses''. The EP was released before the band's huge success following their first album and original pressings are increasingly hard to find. The vocalist, Alex Varkatzas, has a deeper approach to his screams on this album compared to ''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses''. The album is the first Atreyu release with Travis Miguel on rhythm guitar, as opposed to the '' Visions'' EP which only had the founding guitarist, Dan Jacobs. Track listing Personnel ;Band line-up * Alex Varkatzas - unclean vocals * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visions (Atreyu EP)
''Visions'' is the debut EP by American metalcore band Atreyu. It is a seven-track EP and was released during 1999 although the exact release date is unknown, as no confirmation on the EP's release date has been made. It is suspected that the EP was sold at the band's local shows and, as a result, is currently very difficult to find. It was released through Die Trying Records, a Yorba Linda, California independent label. As heard on this EP, much of their earlier sound is influenced by hardcore punk music. Unlike every other Atreyu album, Brandon Saller does not sing on the album in addition to playing drums. Track listing Personnel ;Atreyu *Alex Varkatzas - vocals, lyrics, album artwork and layout *Dan Jacobs - guitars *Brandon Saller - drums *Brian O'Donnell - bass (on tracks 1, 5, 6 and 7) *Kyle Stanley - bass (on tracks 2, 3 and 4) ;Additional personnel *Daniel Lewis - backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Neverending Story
''The Neverending Story'' () is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. It was later adapted into a film series and a television series. Plot The book centres on a boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux, an overweight and imaginative child who is neglected by his father after the death of Bastian's mother. While escaping from some bullies, Bastian bursts into the antiquarian book store of Carl Conrad Coreander, where he finds his interest held by a book called ''The Neverending Story''. Unable to resist, he steals the book and hides in his school's attic, where he begins to read. The story Bastian reads is set in the magical land of Fantastica, a place of wonder ruled by the benevolent and mysterious Childlike Empress. A great delegation has come to the Empress to seek her help against a formless entity called "The Nothing". The delegates are shocked when the Empress's physician, a centau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ende
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy '' The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television adaptation); other well-known works include '' Momo'' and '' Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver''. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 35 million copies. Early life Ende was born 12 November 1929 in Garmisch, Bavaria, the only child of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende and Luise Bartholomä Ende, a physiotherapist. In 1935, when Michael was six, the Ende family moved to the "artists' quarter of Schwabing" in Munich (Haase). Growing up in this rich artistic and literary environment influenced Ende's later writing. In 1936, his father's work was declared " degenerate art" and banned by the Nazi Party, so Edgar Ende was forced to draw and paint in secret. Second World War World War II heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atreju
There are many characters in the 1979 novel ''The Neverending Story'' by Michael Ende and its film and television adaptations. Bastian Balthazar Bux Bastian Balthazar Bux is described as a lonely boy, about 10 or 12 years old, who is raised by his father and still mourning the sudden death of his mother (she died of an unspecified illness). He is considered a dreamer, who is shunned by other children due to his immense imagination. During a visit to an antique bookstore, he steals a curious-looking book titled ''The Neverending Story'', and upon reading it finds himself drawn into the story. Halfway through the book, Bastian becomes a character in ''The Neverending Story'', in a world called Fantastica (also called "Fantasia" in the films). As the story progresses, Bastian slowly loses his memories of the real world as his wishes carry him throughout Fantastica and change him into a different person. Deluded by the witch Xayide, Bastian moves to the Ivory Tower and tries to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Dark Of Life
''The Beautiful Dark of Life'' is the ninth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released on December 8, 2023, through Spinefarm Records. The album contains all tracks from three four-track EPs released earlier in the year along with three new tracks; "Dancing with My Demons", "Insomnia", and the title track. The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics. It is also the last album to feature Kyle Rosa on drums. Background and promotion On April 17, 2023, Atreyu released an EP titled ''The Hope of a Spark''. Two singles and music videos were released in advance for the EP; "Drowning" on January 30 and "Watch Me Burn" on March 17. On August 18, the band released a second EP, ''The Moment You Find Your Flame'', and revealed there would be a series of EPs released in 2023, in which all the songs would end up on ''The Beautiful Dark of Life'', which was scheduled to be released by the end of the year. A single from the EP, "Gone" was released on Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
