[Cover photo credit to Micala Austin]
Atreyu have released the final phase of their EP trilogy with new album, The Beautiful Dark of Life, which includes three new songs, via Spinefarm. The concept of the collection is an emotional journey through three distinct phases.
The band capture the essence of despair on The Hope Of A Spark, the pursuit of hope on The Moment You Find Your Flame and triumphant self-discovery and purpose on A Torch In The Dark.
The album sets out to be both “soul-baring” and “empathetic” and songs speak openly about “anxiety, depression, self-belief, love, and identity”. The three new songs on the album include, “Dancing With My Demons,” “Insomnia” and the title track.
Frontman Brandon Saller shares:
The Beautiful Dark Of Life’ is the journey we are all on. It is the journey we have taken the audience on through the three EPs: the highs, lows, and lessons of life. And much like living through them, you don’t gain a full understanding of what it all means without the whole picture. This album is that picture.
Bassist/vocalist Porter McKnight adds:
We wanted each EP to have its own space to exist, for every song to find its audience and connect with people in its own right. But then when those songs are later collected together in the shape of the album, it will be an ‘A-ha!’ moment where we hope people will rediscover them in a new light, and find something in them all over again.
Saller concludes:
I was walking with my young daughter one day when we went under a bridge. She pointed at something and said, ‘Daddy, what’s that?’ I told her, ‘That’s a shadow, honey.’ And she turned to me and said, ‘Shadows are the beautiful dark of life’.
With a 20-year career and eight albums behind them, Atreyu is focused on the present and the future and continuing to shape the Rock and Metal scene.
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12/13 – Stockholm, SE @ Klubben
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