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 Abusing the Cookie Monster... Aug 12, 2009
Well...what can you say? I bought this CD on accident back in 04. I'm an older dude and this was the first CD I ever owned with harsh vocals. This really isn't the group you'd want to break in with on the harsh vocal thing. Although I had heard the term cookie monster vocals this is the only group that really seemed to cough the mofo up and it sounded like they were doing all sorts of horrible things to him too. I didn't know whether to laugh at it or be pissed because I wasted the money.
I listened to it a couple of times and noticed the music minus the harsh vocals was enjoyable...nothing brand new but the clean vocalist sounded a bit like Ozzy, the drums and bass reminded me of old Deep Purple to a degree, and the guitars were pretty decent.
Over the years this CD has stayed in my rotation. Although the vocals and some of the lyrics can make you cringe this CD does rock. The songs are mainly uptempo and just sort of haul you along with them.
It has some major flaws but it rocks hard enough.
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 boooooooooooooooooooo!!! dr'don here to hlep. Apr 15, 2009
Let me break it done for yous all this is by far the the most Boring garbage that i everd hard the riffs sucks and the Lead Vocals sucks this band has no talent at al thay just make the hardcore metalcore scene look like a jock.Let me help you pure kids get some caliban some Forever Is Forgotten or some eighteen visions and some Converge at lest thay have talent .This band should quit if thay no whats good for them dont wast the monay on this garbage.Plese do your selfs a faver and dont buy this or ther other cds. Because there all the same.For get this band.
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Theres really no excuse for this one Dec 28, 2008
Every now and than, a band comes along which combines the worst of several genres and manages to gain a following somehow in the process. Atreyu take the ridiculous excess black and death metal, the pomposity of progressive metal, the cheesiness of power metal, and the most cliche elements of hardcore and emo imaginable to create music thats should only sound good if you're still in high school and pissed off at girls and your parents. To me, they're essentially Simple Plan with eyeliner and tattoos. Admittedly, occasionally they can craft a catchy hook or riff, but any potential goodwill is destroyed by Alex Varkatzas. His lyrics are the worst emo standbys imaginable, and his vocals waver between annoyingly high pitched and effeminate or utterly laughable attempt at tough guy growls. Atreyu makes Linkin Park sound like The Beatles when it comes to songwriting. This may be decent when you're in middle school, but the rest of us can enjoy the intelligent hardcore bands such as Converge, Refused, or The Locust.
Atreyu's Debut Album for Victory Jul 21, 2008
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, all in all, is a terrific album. Alex Varkatzas has a good scream through out the record, and Brandon Saller does a pretty good job on the clean singing vocals. A lot of people say that this album is Atreyu at their heaviest. As for me, I don't know. I think as far as "heaviness" goes, it's on par with THE CURSE. The lyrics for the album are excellent, except for the song "At Least I Know I'm A Sinner", in which Varkatzas berates Christian's and calls the Bible "a b.s. rulebook".
Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses features a lot less of Brandon Saller's vocals than on future releases from the band. His role is pretty much defined to choruses on this record. As far as production goes, it could have been better. Sometimes the guitars sound muddy and not mixed high enough in. All in all however, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is a good album.
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Synyster Gates is God! Apr 02, 2007
I'm a huge Avenged Sevenfold Fan. While i was searching the net for A7X stuff, i came across this cd of Atreyu's. I've only heard 2 of their songs so far from Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses. The songs are Lip Gloss and Black and At least i know i'm a sinner. I like Atreyu a lot. So the thing is if u like Avenged Sevenfold, u'll enjoy listening to this band. I thought Atreyu was gonna be one of those bands where they have no rhytym and all they do is scream. BOY WAS I WRONG. Lip Gloss and Black is a great song. I love the intro. I'm gonna listen to more Atreyu songs. Atreyu is one of those bands who will always surprise you, no matter what u listen to. Thats wat they have in common with Avenged Sevenfold. Its visa versa also. If u are an Atreyu fan and nvr listened to Avenged Sevenfold. I luv the way Atreyu mixes punk wit metal along with screamo.U dont know what u r missing. I nvr used to like metal till these bands came. So if u're an A7X fan, do yourself a favor and get this cd and visa versa.
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