Atreyu Get Green On Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0

Atreyu fans will be celebrating Christmas in springtime with the April 22 release of Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0 in the CDVU+ format. The CDVU+ replaces the traditional CD booklet/jewel case with eco-friendly packaging (100% recyclable, 35% post-consumer) while offering an unprecedented amount of content, which is accessed through a weblink that’s triggered when fans put the disc in their computers. Atreyu is the first hard rock band to release a disc in the CDVU+ format.

The CDVU+ version of Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0 features the full album, including the new top 10 hit single “Falling Down,” a new track recorded exclusively for this release titled “The Squeeze,” and blistering covers of Faith No More’s “Epic” and The Descendents’ “Clean Sheets.” Also included are ten exclusive videos (three live performances, five individual band profile pieces and two behind-the-scenes life on the road clips and a guitar lesson from Atreyu six-stringer Dan Jacobs). The CDVU+ version also features a 50 page, fully printable, digital booklet that includes more than 50 exclusive photos and song lyrics.

The video clips offer Atreyu fans an intimate look at their favorite band, following lead vocalist Alex Varkatzas as he travels to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu; drummer/vocalist Brandon Saller talks about the new toy company he’s launching; guitarist Dan Jacobs discusses his new Rokk clothing line; guitarist Travis Miguel reveals his strange ritual involving McDonald’s cheeseburgers and bassist Marc McKnight takes the camera to his favorite comic store to discuss his favorite books, films and graphic design work. In addition, there’s a plethora of electrifying live footage and eye-popping photos.

The band, who are currently co-headlining the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour with Avenged Sevenfold (see dates below), recently shot a video for “Falling Down” with Sean Stiegemeier that’s loosely inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film, The Outsiders. “It's a different video for Atreyu because it is very narrative-driven,” says Stiegemeier. “The song has a fun and upbeat tempo and we thought replicating the greasers of that time period would suit the band quite well.” Recalling the shoot, the director says, “The energy on the set was amazing. The band’s friends and their producer, John Feldmann, came down and acted in the video. We staged fight scenes in the middle of the night and everyone had fun pretending to beat each other in the mud”. The video will premiere on www.monsterenergy.com Wednesday, March 26.

Atreyu are also the subject of a special online “Falling Down” video game created by Jason Oda (creator of "Drop Kick The Faint”). About the game, Oda says, “The Atreyu game is a mix between old school arcade game play and modern polished graphics. The inspiration for the game partially comes from the arcade game for the band Journey.” Fans can go to www.atreyugame.com to play the game.

In other news, Atreyu will see their song “Honor” featured in Never Back Down, a soon-to-be-released mixed martial arts film, and sports manufacturer Easton recently paid homage to the band by making a limited-edition Easton Atreyu hockey stick.

Atreyu are touring in support of Lead Sails Paper Anchor, which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s Top 200, making it both the highest debut and highest-charting album of the bands career. It follows 2006’s A Death-Grip On Yesterday, which entered the chart at No. 9. The album, which was produced by John Feldmann (The Used, Good Charlotte) and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Slipknot, Linkin Park), drew rave reviews from media outlets around the world, including Metal Hammer, who declared it to be “a truly landmark album.” Kerrang! gave the record 4 K’s and Blender gave it 3 = stars and called it “metal that takes you to a magical bygone era.” Revolver awarded the album 4 stars and praised it for flowing “beautifully through the speakers” and for being “a coffin-tight collection of singles.” Since the album’s release, the band shared stages alongside Korn and Evanescence on the Family Values Tour and blazed a headlining run of their own.

Comments

[NightEmbers]

I like all their stuff, yeah it sure has change but Duh, you cant keep making the same $h!T over and over again, it was just time for change and Ive learned to like it

[ALLmustPAY]

Just saw them Monday... quite the boring live show, just stood there and played 6 or 7 songs. They need to get 2 guitar players and drop one of their singers. Other than that this extra stuff on the cd sounds kinda cool

[QuiatFat]

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ALLmustPAY wrote:

Just saw them Monday... quite the boring live show, just stood there and played 6 or 7 songs. They need to get 2 guitar players and drop one of their singers. Other than that this extra stuff on the cd sounds kinda cool

...They do have two guitar players.

[ALLmustPAY]

huh mustve been so bored i didnt even notice the other one just standing off to the side prolly

[kryptonite22]

..but they only have one singer, well and the drummer no?

[dethskar0]

Yeah. Just one singer. And then the drummer does some singing. I don't know. Lead Sails Paper Anchor was complete trash compared to their other stuff. There is seriously only one song on that album that I like, and I can't even listen to it a lot.

[guitar_freak91]

Becoming THe Bull is the only SLIGHTLY good track off this album. i'm very open minded when it comes to music, but this album was absolute SHIT! 80's rock died 20 years ago. WHY would you try and bring it back? nobody likes it anymore! seriously, this sucked. the only reason they did it was to make a few extra bucks. its bullshit when they say "this is what we wanted to do the whole time, and our other record label wouldnt let us". why? because look at the album Visions! that was before they were signed. THAT was the direction they wanted to go. they never wanted to go this way! this is what you get when a band does NOT stay true to the music or its fans.

[arsonite]

I love this album compared to the other ones!

[Joey Radical]

Meh Atreyu's just another one of those boring metalcore bands...

[TheClincher]

Eh...this album was a huge disappointment imho, style changed way to much, and like was said before, they seemed to sell out.. Deathgrip was their best album, musically and lyrically, hands down.

[ilikebass]

Whoever said the new album is metalcore, it barely sounds like that at all lol. I'm not a raging metal zealot but I know metalcore when I hear it and that's not it.

I don't even know there old stuff but I checked out this album and it sounds just like it was made to be really radio-friendly... and sure enough, I heard an Atreyu song on the radio for the first time the other day.

[jonnyharris1]

regardless of anything else, good on them for trying out new ideas to try and get cds selling again, the more good ideas like this and trent reznors the better. Im just glad the labels and artists are finally trying to do something to tackle illegal downloading.

[E-dogg66]

I don't mind the new album but 1) It hardly compares to there other albums and 2) It will hardly get played at my house. I did buy it and wish I had downloaded it, oh well maybe they'll use the money to come up with a better effort next time!!!

[GreenDayUberfan]

Avenger wL wrote:

Fucking sellouts.....

They're not as raw as they used to be, but the music is still good. If you're a true fan, then you'll stick with them. I kind of liked it when I was one of the few people at my school who knew about them, but now they're getting the attention that they've deserved this whole time.

[willy_99]

i love the other albums but this one just bored me so dont really care its good for the environment

[Nekrofagist]

i jsut hear their epic cover, its ALMOST identical to FNM, except he does screaming for the verse

[Nekrofagist]

i was born in 89 so i couldnt really enjoy 80s rock, atreyu makes it like a time machine for me

[grungeisdead312]

well i have the album already, and i think it was an okay album, loved their old stuff though
and this new release should be a waste of $$

[jammyninja]

Not a fan of Atreyu but seems like they're offering a lot of content which is always nice to see. At least they're giving something a little extra to the fans (although obviously not the ones slapping on the sellout tag).

[BradKohl]

Here's the thing. They said, along time before the release, that they were wanting to go in a new direction. they said the album would dissapoint alot of old fans, but maybe draw some new ears their way. I personally think of everything before deathgrip as a totally different band. If you think the same way, it's actually a solid album.

[CrabShrapnel]

Nekrofagist wrote:

i was born in 89 so i couldnt really enjoy 80s rock, atreyu makes it like a time machine for me

so here's what you do: listen to music and progress backwards a few years every couple of weeks. By the time you get to 80's metal you'll be in total bliss when compared to 90's alt/rock. or at least that's what I did.

[SoASinger]

If the drummer didnt sing and it was the guitarist i dont think everyone will talk as much shit as they do.

As far as this CDVU+ thing goes, i already got my album, so its whatever

[scarfacesuit]

I don't understand why the singer went to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu... Why not go to Brazil for that?

[bassbizzle]

Atreyu is my favorite band, this new album i'm not gonna lie did disappoint me cause it's not really them, but i still respect what they did and people need to realize it takes talent to do what they do and they are still ****ing amazing live. one of the best bands to see along with Slipknot, Gwar, and Between the buried and me.

[falsreasoning]

its funny that there is so much negativity towards this album...im atually listening to Falling Down right now and i think it is pretty awesome...guess im the "new ears" they hoped to draw in

[Jonny616]

Their other albums were waaaaay better but i thought this one was still alright. I really hope their next album is more like the others than this one though.

[HavokStrife]

scarfacesuit wrote:

I don't understand why the singer went to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu... Why not go to Brazil for that?

Dude, word.

This album completely ruined this band. At 1.0. I don't know how the hell they went from Deathgrip on Yesterday to this pussy pop garbage.

Another reason why I hate every CD that comes out lately.

[AEnima18]

isn't this a stupidly big article for one band releasing an album in an eco-friendly package?

[Nikki_Rockette]

A hundred bucks says that the ones bitching about Atryeu changing their sound a bit are also the ones who bitch when someone doesn't change their sound... ****ing hypocrites...

[kakaixero]

[quote]Nekrofagist wrote:
bull, bull bull bull
i like atreyu but that cover was asinine
that cd was sub par at best, i understand that music changes frequently and i appreciate that...just they went form deathgrip on yesterday to...just not my taste. I saw "featuring guest vocals form buckcherry" and knew then and there it wasn't going to be as good

[HeavenlyVirus]

yet another trendy band capitalizing off of the Green movement...

[RedNovember]

kryptonite22 wrote:

..but they only have one singer, well and the drummer no?

Last I checked that counts as two. Two singers. The guy up front and the guy behind the kit. 1...2.

[RedNovember]

HavokStrife wrote:

scarfacesuit wrote:

I don't understand why the singer went to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu... Why not go to Brazil for that?


Dude, word.

This album completely ruined this band. At 1.0. I don't know how the hell they went from Deathgrip on Yesterday to this pussy pop garbage.

Another reason why I hate every CD that comes out lately.

I'm sorry dude, but Deathgrip WAS pussy pop garbage.

[RedNovember]

scarfacesuit wrote:

I don't understand why the singer went to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu... Why not go to Brazil for that?

BECAUSE BRAZILIANS FAIL AT BRAZILIAN JU-JITSU!

[RedNovember]

At this point I've given up on good ol' atreyu. The trend will probably continue just like all other great bands. They release a sellout cd and from then on release nothing but crap. I don't think a single one of you could go listen to Suicide Notes and then Lead Sails and tell me it's not absolute garbage.

[GeekStinkBreath]

GreenDayUberfan wrote:

They're not as raw as they used to be, but the music is still good. If you're a true fan, then you'll stick with them. I kind of liked it when I was one of the few people at my school who knew about them, but now they're getting the attention that they've deserved this whole time.

THIS is a perfect example of WRONG thinking.

A TRUE fan is honest in it's criticisms in a band. A TRUE fan doesn't just accept anything a band does without question.

BradKohl wrote:

Here's the thing. They said, along time before the release, that they were wanting to go in a new direction. they said the album would dissapoint alot of old fans, but maybe draw some new ears their way. I personally think of everything before deathgrip as a totally different band. If you think the same way, it's actually a solid album.

They've been slowly molding into this band since The Curse. No album has been a complete change, but the latest was the biggest departure (since it lacks screaming vocals for the most part). However, they've shown they're capable of making generic crap since The Curse, they just didn't go all out with it until this latest.

[Thania]

yeah yeah yeah they are sellouts. seriously im tired of hearing the same old shit. theyre decent. im looking forward to buying the CD, since i didnt buy it the first time

[archangels666]

RedNovember wrote:

HavokStrife wrote:
I don't know how the hell they went from Deathgrip on Yesterday to this pussy pop garbage.


I'm sorry dude, but Deathgrip WAS pussy pop garbage.

+1 to RedNovember.

I don't get how any of you old fans can call this new stuff "pussy shit."

Blow > Ex's and Oh's

Hands down. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that their old stuff sucked, but how can you honestly say that this stuff is so lame?

[Cwolf]

I know this is a forum for people to express their opinions on music weather friendly or not.But all i seem to see are children that don't even know what the term sell out means.Playing the same old stuff gets boring.Bands that scream suck ass these days with a few exceptions and these dudes are in their 30's the way you feel when you're a kid and what you feel when you're an adult are totaly different.So chill out with calling them " pussies' it takes balls to do something might potentialy alienate your " hardcore " fans and stand behind it. I'd like to see anyone of you come up with even 1 song thats equal to anything atreyu has ever done then talk all your trash.

[Nikki_Rockette]

Cwolf wrote:

I know this is a forum for people to express their opinions on music weather friendly or not.But all i seem to see are children that don't even know what the term sell out means.Playing the same old stuff gets boring.Bands that scream suck ass these days with a few exceptions and these dudes are in their 30's the way you feel when you're a kid and what you feel when you're an adult are totaly different.So chill out with calling them " pussies' it takes balls to do something might potentialy alienate your " hardcore " fans and stand behind it. I'd like to see anyone of you come up with even 1 song thats equal to anything atreyu has ever done then talk all your trash.

+1

[nhinman]

lead sails truly was absolutely terrible; they completely sacrificed their style for radio-friendly rock

deathgrip was without a doubt their best album; they stepped away from the relentless screaming of older albums and added enough catchy melody to create a well-balanced album. The new stuff... just lost it

[Magero]

Cwolf wrote:

I know this is a forum for people to express their opinions on music weather friendly or not.But all i seem to see are children that don't even know what the term sell out means.Playing the same old stuff gets boring.Bands that scream suck ass these days with a few exceptions and these dudes are in their 30's the way you feel when you're a kid and what you feel when you're an adult are totaly different.So chill out with calling them " pussies' it takes balls to do something might potentialy alienate your " hardcore " fans and stand behind it. I'd like to see anyone of you come up with even 1 song thats equal to anything atreyu has ever done then talk all your trash.

It doesn't, on the other hand, take balls to sell out in favour of radio play and money. It was such a BLATANT sell out in the space of one album is NOT a new musical direction. It's a new bank account made of solid gold.

checked.

[MetalliRage]

i just got back home from seeing these guys at taste of chaos. bullet for my valentine stole the show no doubt and i felt reallybad for these guys cause they just couldnt come close to bullet.

[olheiser01]

I wasn't obsessed with atreyu before this album, but i thought they were pretty good. when i heard this i was amazed with the variations. Theres so many awesome heavy riffs and then fun stuff. I myself can still hear a bit of old atreyu. It is true that this Cd is MORE radio friendly but the song becoming the bull has got to be the hardest song played on the radio. and alot of the others would never be played on the radio.

[olheiser01]

Also i forgot to add, why the hell are people fighting over what people are in the band. Theres two damn guitarists, a lead singer, a drummer that sings melodic stuff and a bassist. There ya go. If you didnt know that then your obviously clueless with music and Atreyu

[Nathan_393]

I'm not going to say "sell outs", because I personally think bands should do whatever they want to. If that means their sales perk, then whatever. The people that spend all their time on the Internet bitching about bands never get anything done with their own bands anyways.

That being said, I'm not a fan of Atreyu. However, I wouldn't mind hearing their cover of FNM's "Epic". That's a killer song from a killer album.

[ICreamsodAI]

I think these guys suck ass ( as far as their music goes)

but yay on the eco friendly packaging

[webbtje]

HavokStrife wrote:

scarfacesuit wrote:

I don't understand why the singer went to Thailand to learn Brazilian ju-jitsu... Why not go to Brazil for that?

Dude, word.

This album completely ruined this band. At 1.0. I don't know how the hell they went from Deathgrip on Yesterday to this pussy pop garbage.

Another reason why I hate every CD that comes out lately.

It's not exactly as if they were playing brutal death metal before that, mmkay?

[metalrobot]

i just saw atreyu last night, they were amazing. i also got to meet them at the concert which was awesome.

[ALLmustPAY]

MetalliRage :
i just got back home from seeing these guys at taste of chaos. bullet for my valentine stole the show no doubt and i felt reallybad for these guys cause they just couldnt come close to bullet.

-AGREED...+1

[twistedriffster]

cool

[Shread_6009]

guitarist Travis Miguel reveals his strange ritual involving McDonald’s cheeseburgers

that sounds hilarious, yet creepy.

anyway, atreyus new sound isn't as good as they're old albums, but doomsday and becoming the bull were good tracks. plus, they shouldn't have experimented with 80's rock. i don't wanna hear riffs from the boy bands of metal in my metalcore albums.

[TheDisturbed78]

everyone says that u cant make the same albums over and over again but that doesnt mean that they have to completely change the genre of music that theyre playing, and the only really metal albums they made were the curse and suicide notes and butterfly kisses, death grip was more emo, which disapoints m

seriously ppl, try comparing lead sails to the curse

[TheDisturbed78]

toy company ..... wtf.....brandons fat rofl

[deadlyMETAL]

Judging by the first half of the comments here, it was a good move on my part that I didn't buy Lead Sails Paper Anchor.

[jsatch87]

That being said, I'm not a fan of Atreyu. However, I wouldn't mind hearing their cover of FNM's "Epic". That's a killer song from a killer album.

dude you definately would mind, they completely butchered the song. its exactly the same except he screams the verses and it just loses all of the funky stomp of the original. its a terrible, terrible, thing.

[Blakafrika]

I love their old stuff but it got a little repetitive.

guitar_freak91 wrote:

But this album was absolute SHIT! 80's rock died 20 years ago. WHY would you try and bring it back? nobody likes it anymore! The only reason they did it was to make a few extra bucks. its bullshit when they say "this is what we wanted to do the whole time, and our other record label wouldnt let us". why? because look at the album Visions! that was before they were signed. THAT was the direction they wanted to go. they never wanted to go this way! this is what you get when a band does NOT stay true to the music or its fans.

As for no-one listens to 80's music anymore cause it's shit... Have you ever been to the sunshine coast in Queensland Australia or most of anywhere else of it? As for the sound listen to the guitar work on Rigth side of the bed or any of Dan's solos and it's nothing but 80's stuff. I know it's different but I love, both as a fan and fellow guitarist point of view, Dan is brilliant throughout the entire album. Also has anyone thought it's less heavy because Alex might want to not do damage to his voice? Playing a live set it is a whole lot better for your voice if you have a number of songs that you can sing in between the screaming. Maybe it's just me.