Every now and than, a band comes along which combines the worst of several genres and manages to gain a following somehow in the process. Atreyu take the ridiculous excess black and death metal, the pomposity of progressive metal, the cheesiness of power metal, and the most cliche elements of hardcore and emo imaginable to create music thats should only sound good if you're still in high school and pissed off at girls and your parents. To me, they're essentially Simple Plan with eyeliner and tattoos. Admittedly, occasionally they can craft a catchy hook or riff, but any potential goodwill is destroyed by Alex Varkatzas. His lyrics are the worst emo standbys imaginable, and his vocals waver between annoyingly high pitched and effeminate or utterly laughable attempt at tough guy growls. Atreyu makes Linkin Park sound like The Beatles when it comes to songwriting. This may be decent when you're in middle school, but the rest of us can enjoy the intelligent hardcore bands such as Converge, Refused, or The Locust.

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, all in all, is a terrific album. Alex Varkatzas has a good scream through out the record, and Brandon Saller does a pretty good job on the clean singing vocals. A lot of people say that this album is Atreyu at their heaviest. As for me, I don't know. I think as far as "heaviness" goes, it's on par with THE CURSE. The lyrics for the album are excellent, except for the song "At Least I Know I'm A Sinner", in which Varkatzas berates Christian's and calls the Bible "a b.s. rulebook".

Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses features a lot less of Brandon Saller's vocals than on future releases from the band. His role is pretty much defined to choruses on this record. As far as production goes, it could have been better. Sometimes the guitars sound muddy and not mixed high enough in. All in all however, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is a good album.

I'm a huge Avenged Sevenfold Fan. While i was searching the net for A7X stuff, i came across this cd of Atreyu's. I've only heard 2 of their songs so far from Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses. The songs are Lip Gloss and Black and At least i know i'm a sinner. I like Atreyu a lot. So the thing is if u like Avenged Sevenfold, u'll enjoy listening to this band. I thought Atreyu was gonna be one of those bands where they have no rhytym and all they do is scream. BOY WAS I WRONG. Lip Gloss and Black is a great song. I love the intro. I'm gonna listen to more Atreyu songs. Atreyu is one of those bands who will always surprise you, no matter what u listen to. Thats wat they have in common with Avenged Sevenfold. Its visa versa also. If u are an Atreyu fan and nvr listened to Avenged Sevenfold. I luv the way Atreyu mixes punk wit metal along with screamo.U dont know what u r missing. I nvr used to like metal till these bands came. So if u're an A7X fan, do yourself a favor and get this cd and visa versa.

This. Is. Amazing. I bought it several months ago, but just now got around to reviewing it. (I'm kind of lazy on the reviewing.) Anyway, it's completely awesome. The vocals are superb, ranging from melodic and beautiful to deep, guttural growls, adding a bit of unpredictability to the album. Some of the songs do sound a bit similar the first time through; however, after listening to it a few times you can pick out the differences, and some of the songs sound extremely different from one another. The accompaniment is remarkable, and the lyrics are...wonderful. I'd have to say that my favorite tracks are At Least I Know I'm A Sinner and Lip Gloss And Black. This CD will have you alternately screaming along and with tears flowing down your cheeks. You won't be disappointed.

This Is A Great Metalcore C.D.,Yep
1 A Song For The Optimists.
REAL heavy There Is Alot More Screaming Than Singing,
(There Is Only 1 Part W/ Singing)
2 Dilated.
One of The Best Songs,REAL Heavy But Not AS Heavy (More Singing)
3 Ain't Love Grand?
More Towards The Melodical Side (More Singing Again)
4 Living Each Day Like Your Already Dead.
I Don't Really Listen to This Song Alot It's Not Bad Just not Real good
5 Deanne The Arsonist.
Most Cussing
6 Someone's Standing On My Chest.
Heavy Explicit I Don't Know
7 @ Least I Know I'm a Sinner.
A Song That Is NOT About Hating God
8 Tulips Are Better
Also A Little More Melodical
9 A Vampire's Lament
Heavyist/Mellow I Like The Part Where Alex
Changes From An As I Lay Dying- Like Vocalist,
To Singing To A Clean Guitar Ballad
10 Lip Gloss and Black
ONLY song On the WHOLE C.D. W/ A Chorus The Most mellow
It Sounds A Bit Like "Never Too Far Gone" From The EXTREMLY
Old "Visions E.P." This Has A Longer Clean Chorus
And An As I Lay Dying Verse And A Melodical Guitar Solo
Exept This Has A Beutiful Piano Outro.
Note:The Visions E.P. is Avalabile On Limewire So NOW you Can Have
EVERYTHING Atreyu Has Released