  atreyu is an american metalcore band from orange county, california formed in 1998. the band consists of vocalist alex varkatzas, lead guitarist dan jacobs, rhythm guitarist travis miguel, bassist marc mcknight and drummer/vocalist brandon saller. they have released five studio albums: suicide notes and butterfly kisses (2002), the curse (2004), a death-grip on yesterday (2006), lead sails paper anchor (2007), and congregation of the damned (2009). ==history== ===1998â2000: independent years=== originally named retribution, they changed their name to "atreyu" after the character of the same name from michael ende's fantasy book the neverending story when they found out that another band from hemet, california had already been using retribution. in 1998, atreyu released an independent seven-track ep titled visions. the album was sold at their live performances. their second release, was a short five-track ep titled fractures in the facade of your porcelain beauty released by underground label tribunal records and featured tracks that would be re-worked for later releases. atreyu signed with victory records in 2001, and their most critically acclaimed works would be to come from these releases.torreano, bradley. [ atreyu]. allmusic. accessed december 8, 2007. ===2001â06: victory records=== in 2001, atreyu signed with victory records, later releasing in 2002 their first full-length album suicide notes and butterfly kisses. the band also introduced a second singer, brandon saller, the drummer, who would become more prolific in their later releases. however, for [[suicide notes and butterfly 
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