Atreyu Announce Ninth Studio Album 'The Beautiful Dark Of Life' For December
Monday, 13 November 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Micala Austin
Atreyu have announced their ninth studio album.
'The Beautiful Dark Of Life' is a 15-track double LP that serves as the culmination of the California metalcore band's three 2023 EPs; spring's 'The Hope Of A Spark', summer's 'The Moment You Find Your Flame' and autumn's 'A Torch In The Dark'. Frontman Brandon Saller commented:
"'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 Porter McKnight added: "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."
The follow-up to 2021's 'Baptize' LP is due to arrive on December 8 via Spinefarm. As a preview, head below to stream the new track Forevermore, a love song that offers a moving, lighter sound compared to the rest of the band's discography.
Saller said of the record's title: "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'."
McKnight continued: "These songs are the culmination of our entire artistic endeavours. It’s everything we’ve learned as humans, everything we've ingested as musicians and everything we've experienced in this lifetime. It is Atreyu unleashed."
The band will continue the UK and Ireland leg of their We Want Your Skulls World Tour with a show in Belfast tonight (November 13). Later in November, they'll head across Europe, with dates running through to mid-December.
They'll also return to Australia in February for the first time since 2020, with gigs lined up in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
1. Drowning
2. Insomnia
3. Capital F
4. God/Devil
5. Watch Me Burn
6. Good Enough
7. Dancing with My Demons
8. Gone
9. I Don’t Wanna Die
10. Immortal
11. (i)
12. Death or Glory
13. Forevermore
14. Come Down
15. The Beautiful Dark of Life
Atreyu Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon November 13 2023 - BELFAST Limelight
Wed November 15 2023 - LONDON Garage
Thu November 16 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Sat November 18 2023 - WOLVERHAMPTON KK's Steel Mill
Sun November 19 2023 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 2
Mon November 20 2023 - BRISTOL SWX
Wed November 22 2023 - LONDON Electric Ballrooom
Thu November 23 2023 - BRIGHTON Chalk
Sat November 25 2023 - BERLIN Hole 44 (Germany)
Sun November 26 2023 - PRAGUE Rock Cafe (Czech Republic)
Mon November 27 2023 - VIENNA Szene (Austria)
Tue November 28 2023 - MUNICH Backstage Halle (Germany)
Wed November 29 2023 - ZURICH Dynamo (Switzerland)
Fri December 01 2023 - MADRID Mon Live (Spain)
Sat December 02 2023 - BARCELONA Apolo 2 (Spain)
Mon December 04 2023 - PARIS Backstage By The Mill (France)
Tue December 05 2023 - MUNSTER Skaters Palace (Germany)
Wed December 06 2023 - ANTWERP Zappa (Belgium)
Thu December 07 2023 - UTRECHT Tivoli (Netherlands)
Sat December 09 2023 - COLOGNE Kantine (Germany)
Sun December 10 2023 - HAMBURG Knust (Germany)
Mon December 11 2023 - COPENHAGEN Pumpehuset (Denmark)
Tue December 12 2023 - OSLO John Dee (Norway)
Wed December 13 2023 - STOCKHOLM Klubben (Sweden)
Sat February 17 2024 - PERTH Amplifier Bar
Sun February 18 2024 - ADELAIDE Lion Arts Factory
Wed February 21 2024 - MELBOURNE Max Watts
Thu February 22 2024 - SYDNEY Manning Bar
Fri February 23 2024 - BRISBANE Brightside
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