Atreyu is an American rock band from Yorba Linda, California, formed in 1998. It consists of lead 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).
Members:
Dan Jacobs - guitar, backing vocals (1998-2011, 2014-present)
Brandon Saller - clean vocals, keyboards, piano, programming, additional guitars (2001-2011, 2014-present); drums (1998-2011, 2014-2020), unclean vocals (2019, 2020-present)
Travis Miguel - guitar, backing vocals (2000-2011, 2014-present)
Marc "Porter" McKnight - bass, backing vocals (2004-2011, 2014-present); unclean vocals (2019, 2020-present)
Kyle Rosa - drums, backing vocals (2020-present; touring 2019)
Former members:
Alex Varkatzas - lead vocals (2006-2011, 2014-2020; inactive 2019); unclean vocals (1998-2006)
Brian O'Donnell - bass (1998)
Kyle Stanley - bass (1999-2001)
Chris Thomson - bass (2001-2004)
Name Origin:
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. I
From: Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Genre(s):
Metalcore,
alternative metal,
post-hardcore,
hard rock
Active From: 1998-2011, 2014-present