Eh...this was a decent review for an awful band.

Digging: Spawn of Possession - Cabinet

Album Rating: 1.5

Maybe you should do more research on the genre of metalcore... seeing as Atreyu isn't metalcore. The Curse was also weaker than Suicide Notes.... I thought that this record was pretty bad... especially if you compare it to metalcore.

This is their worst album. I heard it on someones iPod at school, and some of it made me want to laugh. Not even the person I heard it from liked it even though they like all their other albums.

Album Rating: 1.5

I heard some stuff, it is no where near as good as you claim.

I thought this album was ok, definately a grower.

Fix your spelling etc. Nice first effort though, welcome to the site

Digging: Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine

Ex's And Oh's is the blandest song ever. It's like the Big Mac of Atreyu songs.
I have trouble listening to this because of the sheer stupidity they project. Bunch of posers.
And The Theft is a crime against musicality.
Decent review though, good stuff.

What's so bland about Ex's and Oh's? I also can't see how this is stupid, but ok.

It just seems very forgettable to me. I listen to it and go 'yeah, that's not a bad song', and then thirty seconds later I've forgotten it. Personal opinion though.
And as for the stupid thing, ever since I saw them live I've had trouble taking them seriously. I like their music, but when I saw them, they came across as so fake I couldn't believe it. It has to do with stuff like the faux-gothic lyrics to The Crimson...I dunno, it just feels like they're going through the gothic motions sometimes. Again, probably just me, I'm a weird guy.
Although I will say that My Fork In The Road off this album is a really good song, and so is Our Sick Story.

jesus christ atreyu is an awsome band and everyone says they are posers and shit ok someone explain to me what makes them posers please im confused this band is full of nothing but raw talent and emotion and if you disagree fine i dont care but stilll what makes them untalented and posers


great review great album just like all the others

Well, it just seems to me that their whole image smacks of 'Right, we'll combine lyrics about vampires and mascara with lyrics about girls and stuff...the kids will dig that'.
For example, a band that does the whole gothic thing right and with sincerity, I would say, is AFI- it doesn't feel like a marketing tool with them.
Mind you, these days, any half-heavy song that features the word 'kiss' anywhere in it's lyrics shits me right off.
Maybe I've outgrown this stuff.
Please feel free to try and change my mind, I'm open to persuasion here.

well wats wrong with someone saying kiss in a song just curiouse

Nothing, it's just that I was listening to The Crimson the other day, and I realised that I now like my metal to be about things other than love and kisses or the lack thereof.
It just a personal thing that bugs me lately, I'm not saying anything about the quality of the songs.

oh i gotcha you mean like traditional metal about evil and

stuff like that?

Not quite, I'll give you another example:
After The Crimson, I listened to Beast And The Harlot, by A7X.
Now, I don't really know exactly what it's about, but there was no kissing, or vampires wondering if their chicks will still love them even though they're vampires...
Basically, the chorus of BatH pumped me up, while the chorus of The Crimson made me feel vaguely silly.
They're talented guys, Atreyu, but I dunno...lately I just want to kick some ass and slay some dragons lol

hahahaha i get wat you mean i feel that way sometimes but i still just cant get enough of atreyu i love them i like emo lyrics and i dont care if people think im a wussy because of it lol its just ya i knoow how you feel but if you want some dragon slaying and ass kicking listen to some black metal ill rcomend some bands ummmm cradle of filthj is an amazing band with awsome lyrics very well written imo burzum and dark throne all good bands and if you want ass kicking and dragon slaying check them out and oh ya cannibal corpse

Dude, you forgot the king of dragon-slaying and all thing trad-metal-
Dio.
All hail Ronnie.
And I like emo lyrics too, it's just that hearing them in, like, every new heavy 'gothic' band is starting to get to me.
Anyway, thanks for not flaming. Posting in Atreyu threads is a dangerous thing thees days lol

dio hmmm havent heard much of him lol

flaming wtf is that lol and why is it dangerouse to post on atreyu like most of the time im now confused lol

Flaming is when you just abuse someone. People just get touchy, that's all. Same thing goes for threads on Trivium, A7X, St. Anger, and anything to do with the definition of emo. It's like a warzone aout there lol
Dark times on sputnik, heh heh