Atreyu Announce Seventh Album 'In Our Wake', Share Two New Tracks
Friday, 24 August 2018
Written by Laura Johnson
Atreyu have announced a new record.
'In Our Wake', the John Feldmann-produced follow up to 2015's 'Long Live', is due for release on October 12 through Search & Destroy/Spinefarm. Discussing it, singer Alex Varkatzas said:
"It's a deep one. We looked up to Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, and their deaths were fresh during the writing process. It made us think of what we'll leave in our wake. We have a choice to change the lives of others for the better."
Bassist Porter McKnight added:
"The album title In Our Wake comes from the idea that everyday we humans have two roads we can go down. Do you choose to inspire, uplift, and enhance each others lives? Or do you prefer to belittle, shit talk, and tear down each other down? With each choice made you leave a ripple that reflects across your community, then onto your city, to your nation, and eventually all across the globe. Who do you leave in your wake?"
Alongside the album announcement the band have shared two new songs, Anger Left Behind and the title track. Both feature the usual mix of guttural screams, melodic vocals and heavily distorted guitars, while Brandon Saller churns out breakneck beats.
McKnight said:
"With this music video, we wanted our long time director friend Sean Stiegemeier and have him come up with something completely unlike anything we've done before. We wanted to leave the viewer with a feeling of 'What the fuck did I just watch!?' and then play it again to deduce what went down.
Most of our videos have been story-based or life-based. But with this, we just wanted the subtle thread of humanity’s growth and decline. It starts with water, then earth, nature, city scapes, then slowly decaying humanity. We have a choice as a species to start giving a shit about ourselves and the world around us, and what we choose to make of this life."
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