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Oakbridge Academy Puts Atreyu Art In Spotlight

At the Oakbridge Academy of Art a student named Christopher Olpp has used Atreyu as his inspiration. TribLIVE News has posted a news story which features "Her Portrait In White" (left) and mentions it's sister "Her Portrait In Black" (not show).

"No matter what your day is like, you can always put it down on paper or show it in photography," says Christopher Olpp of Oakmont. "It's a wonderful freeing feeling."

He has two digital photographs in the show, one of them, "Her Portrait in White" is a tribute to the metal band Atreyu and their song, "Her Portrait in Black."

Just thought that was a cool article to bring to light! The link to the article can be found here.

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Alex Getting Married Today

Alex is getting married today. Congrats to him and his lucky bride! Hopefully pictures will come soon.

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Swords For My Men!

It seems that Alex Varkatzas has given his groomsmen some, dare I say, awesome gifts. See Marc's Twitter post below!
Ashley Saller (Brandon's lovely wife) also twittered yesterday to let us know she was off to Alex's wedding rehersal.I believe Alex's wedding is today. I cannot confirm this yet but I will update you as news pours in. So, ahead of time, congrats to the new (or soon to be new) couple!

Correction: Alex's wedding is Sunday, October 4th.

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KNAC.Com Talks Atreyu & COTD

KNAC.com posted an article talking about the "summer music scene" where they mentioned Atreyu's upcoming Congregation of the Damned as well as an interview with Dan. Below is an excerpt from the article (emphasis my own).

"I spent a little while interviewing members of Atreyu who would be hitting the main stage third, after Hollywood Undead who I completely missed. The boys from my town of Huntington Beach, Ca. have recording a new CD, entitles “Congregation of The Damned” (out Oct. 27th), and I recently witnessed an AMAZING set by them a few months back at the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio.

Guitarist Dan Jacobs told me that the band will be touring in support of their latest CD this fall with the previously mentioned, Hollywood Undead. He also said that their upcoming record would be a change in direction to some of the old-school metalcore sound of Atreyu’s earlier work. “Very KNAC.COM friendly, I’m guessing”? I asked. To which he exclaimed “We have some surprises for you”.

As for their set, it was an all too brief half hour. It DID however, kick ass. Lead singer Alex Varkatzas is a dynamo on stage. Lots of energy as you would expect and great musicianship. Guitarists Jacobs and Travis Miguel shined in songs like “Right Side Of The Bed” and “Ex’s And Oh’s”. They even played a new song “Bleeding Is A Luxury” from their new CD..."

Less than a month away people!!! The link to this article can be found here.

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Projekt Revolution Images

After a few days of downpour news it was inevitable that there would be a dryspell. ::sadface:: So, I decided to upload some pictures that were shared with me from Loretta and The Vampire You Know of Atreyu at Projekt Revolution last year. The photo album can be found here. Thanks for the pictures, girls!

Hope you enjoy!

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Atreyu's In Arizona Today

Atreyu is in Phoenix to play KUPD’s Summer Scorcher. If anyone attends and would like to share their story as well as any pictures or videos from the event. Please e-mail me at atreyufans@gmail.com

Below you can read what Brandon and Atreyu have Twitter about today!

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Cleveland Examiner Talks Atreyu's COTD

The Cleveland Examiner posted a story about Atreyu today. A good half of it provides some insight into Congregation of the Damned.

"...For instance through the 13 songs offered, Atreyu covers a variety of ground, that includes heavy raw emotion found all over this album - “Stop! Before It’s Too Late and We’ve Destroyed it All,” being an enraged raw driven tune, whereas a more anthemic metal tune "Carried Away," carries the music down a much matured route/ Taking the music down a note just a tad while the more brutal side-effects of cinematic rock ballad "You Were the King Now You're Unconscious," takes Atreyu's music ability to a higher standard. At this same time, they're making various nods to the music, they grew up on, still in love with it all going down the lines of sounding a lot like Black Flag, down to Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Motley Crue. While there is no shortage of euphoric sing-along melodies, the songs are more ferocious than anything since 2004’s “The Curse."

Atreyu’s follow-up to their previous release, this album clearly being nothing more, and nothing less than its title claims it to be….the “Congregation of the Damned.”

The full article can be found here.

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"Storm" and "Stop" Lyrics Posted

I have posted the lyrics to "Stop! Before It's Too Late..." and "Storm to Pass" up today. They can be viewed by clicking on lyrics (see the left of this page).

They are not official lyrics. When official lyrics are released I will post them.

"Storm To Pass" Video Wraps

Brandon has updated his Twitter to let us know that Atreyu has finished shooting the video to their first single off Congregation of the Damned called "Storm to Pass."


See the previous posts for further information on this video. He has also shared a couple pictures from the set. See below, click to make larger.

The video will be released the week of October 12th.

A Beautiful Comment From A Beautiful Person

First things first, I'm an idiot. Haha. With the new site just launched this week and me trying to spread the word and the love I haven't been paying amazing attention to detail. I've been posting a lot. Adding new features and talking to loads of fans who have been so positive and so psyched about Congregation of the Damned.

So... I got a very nice comment from someone just moments ago. After replying and having a short four message correspondence, I came to a realization. I was talking to Brandon Saller's wife.

I nearly died of shock.

Below is the correspondence (click to make it bigger).


I don't know how stupid I was not to notice that she had signed as Ashley Saller. This is amazingly encouraging and is really touching that she looked at my page and took the time to comment.

If you've never seen her before, she is extremely beautiful, and with all the talk of Alex's wedding coming up I decided to feature some pictures from Brandon's 2007 wedding.

Let me say, I'm a guy, so I don't really care for wedding stuff, but this shit is amazing. This is the type of wedding I'd love to have.

(Click the images to make them bigger)

Clearly Brandon is one lucky guy (and Ashley is one lucky gal!). I'm sure I'm not the only Atreyu fan who wishes them both many many years of happiness.

Thanks again Ashley!

Atreyu Online Game + "Gallows" Info

On October 13th Atreyu will premiere a new online game on their website that will give a sneak peak to their new song "Gallows."

Blabbermouth.com had the following to say...

An upcoming video game on the band's web site will premiere on October 13 and will give fans a sneak preview of the track Gallows. In the game, which was influenced by George Romero's classic movie "Night of the Living Dead", players battle a variety of zombies — some of whom resemble powerful political figures — in an attempt to stay alive. The third in a series of ATREYU games was designed by Jason Oda, who has also a designed hit game for FALL OUT BOY and conceived the classic "Dropkick the Faint".

I'll update as soon as the game goes live.

Further Info On "Storm To Pass" Video

Once again, when it rains, it pours. Blabbermouth.net has released some info about Atreyu's first music video for Storm to Pass off of Congregation of the Damned. Below are some of the hightlights.

• First they let us know that it is being shot today and tomorrow (as previously posted here).
• The video is being directed by Sean Stiegemeier (who has worked with Atreyu before)
• It will contain shots of the band rocking out in multiple angles showing storms beginning to form around them
• The director had this to say, "when you dive deeper into the song, you realize Alex is using the storms as a metaphor for the problems you create for yourself. So there are all these people creating these storms that Atreyu are forced to play in."
• Alex (as well as two other people) will play the role of clashing gods as tension and turbulence grows
• The gods will create a windstorm, then a lightning storm that sets the area ablaze and finally a rainstorm that extinguishes the fire.

The music video will premiere the week of October 12th!