A Death-Grip on Yesterday

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A Death-Grip on Yesterday
Studio album by Atreyu
Released	March 28, 2006
Recorded	Pulse Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Post-hardcore, metalcore
Length	33:00
Label	Victory
Producer	Josh Abraham, Atreyu
Professional reviews
AbsolutePunk.net (85%) link Allmusic link Blistering.com Average link Deadtide.com Negative link Emotional Punk 7.5/10 link HCS.net link IGN 6.2/10 link Kerrang! PopMatters 5/10 link Punknews.org link RebelPunk link Rockbeast Favorable link
Atreyu chronology
The Curse (2004) A Death-Grip on Yesterday (2006) The Best of... (2007)

A Death-Grip on Yesterday is the third studio album from the American metalcore quintet Atreyu. It was released on March 28, 2006 through Victory Records.

It was leaked onto P2P and BitTorrent sites on February 24, over a month before its official release. A week after its release, it had sold more than 69,000 copies and started out at #9 on the Billboard 200.^[1] It has gone on to sell more than 340,000 copies.

The album was released with a Victory Records DVD featuring the making of the album and promotional videos by Victory Records artists.

An instrumental version of the album, as well as The Curse, was released on iTunes on January 9, 2007.

Also, in August, Atreyu unexpectedly released a live music video for the song "Untitled Finale".

Track listing

1. "Creature" – 2:59
2. "Shameful" – 3:30
3. "Our Sick Story (Thus Far)" – 3:32
4. "The Theft" – 3:58
5. "We Stand Up" – 3:07
6. "Ex's and Oh's" – 3:32
7. "Your Private War" – 3:34
8. "My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back)" – 3:26
9. "Untitled Finale" – 5:19

• All music and lyrics written by Atreyu.

B-Sides

1. "Her Portrait in Black" - 4:01 (used for the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack)

Song appearances

• The censored version of the song "Ex's and Oh's" is featured in EA Sports' Madden NFL 07 video game.
• The song "Ex's and Oh's" is also part of a downloadable track pack for Guitar Hero 2 on the Xbox 360.
• "Shameful" was played during the TNA 2006 recap at the end of the December 28, 2006 edition of TNA iMPACT!. It was also used in the TNA Sacrifice replay video.
• The song "My Fork in the Road" was used on The Hills Have Eyes 2 OST.
• The song "My Fork in the Road" was used for a recap video of 2007 edition of TNA Lockdown.
• A sample of "My Fork in the Road" was also used to recap the results of a vehicle modification on the MTV2 Show Pimp My Ride.

Credits

Band line-up

• Dan Jacobs - Lead and Rhythm Guitars
• Travis Miguel - Rhythm and Lead Guitars
• Brandon Saller - Drums, Vocals, Percussion
• Marc McKnight - Bass, Background Vocals
• Alex Varkatzas - Lead Vocals, Lyrics

Additional credits

• Jeff Gros - Photography
• Brian Warwick - Mixing Assistant
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Josh Abraham - Producer
• Ryan Williams - Engineering, Mixing
• Scott Adair - Management
• Atreyu - Producer
• Don Clark - Artwork, Layout Design
• Tim Smith - Management

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References