Why Alex Varkatzas "left" Atreyu, that metalcore comment, Dead Icarus, WWWY Festival 

Alex is such a rad and authentic guy. You can tell he does music for the love of it and for the art of it… not the commerce of it.

i love you Alex you are Atreyu and always will be brother!! Its not the same without you.

A deathgrip on yesterday is my favorite metalcore album of all time

Listening to Atreyu as an adult hit me different… I thought I liked them as a teenager, but as soon as you understand the music, it’s a different experience. Best wishes Alex, always!

I’ll NEVER forget the first time seeing Atreyu live. They were honestly my whole identity in high school. Dead Icarus is giving me sooo much life and I’m so damn happy to see Alex thriving!

Atreyu, 18 Visions, and Avenged Sevenfold got me into the core scene in the very early 2000s. It’s a shame about what happened with Atreyu.

VERY glad I got the opportunity to see Atreyu live with Alex as the frontman twice. Really wish I could have seen them live at the height of their success, but their music really gave me something to relate to when I was going through a rough time. Wish him the best of luck with his endeavors.

I absolutely loved almost all Alex, Atreyu records. Many songs represent major moments in my life that I resonated with. Not only is Atreyu not what it was but honestly I think Brandon's ego is out of control as well as his alcoholism. I just can't resonate with the new material. I am really liking dead Icarus so far and I wish Alex nothing but the absolute best.

The Curse is one of the few CDs I still listen to from back in the day. Still rocks.

His Dead Icarus stuff is excellent .. the three songs I’ve heard are unreal. Can’t wait for this full album 🤘😎🤘🍻

Atreyu meant so much to me for so many years. I hung out backstage when I was like 20. Alex barely said a word to me and Brandon was the kindest sweetest man. Regardless of my personal interaction, he is such a talented musician and Atreyu’s music is not even close to how they used to be. Hurts my heart honestly.

Thank you Alex for getting out of the sell out sound. I have grown a hate for so many bands I once loved because they sold out and lost their sound. You do you man!

Great interview! Glad to see Alex excited for new music to drop. We enjoy listening! Rock on!

Maaaaaan, Alex is such a cool fuckin dude man. He's a great interview, good strong head on his shoulders, he's authentic but not entirely too transparent. I wish him all the best and if he keeps putting it out, I'm tapping in!

Love Alex. Needed this explanation

Alex is so humble

Dead icarus is what I needed in my life. It fits where I’m at. And it’s inspirational to have that style in my life.

I was fortunate enough to get a tattoo from Alex several years ago. We talked dad life, working our, and just general conversation. He’s an incredibly kind and genuine dude.

I saw Atreyu in Glasgow last month and, although it was a good show, it just wasn't the same as previous gigs. I'm glad Atreyu has chosen their new sound and even gladder(?) that Alex has a new project. Only half way through but enjoying the interview!

im so glad someone besides internet trolls actually pointed out the VERY clear division points with the last few Atreyu records, This Dead Icarus project is so much more of what i wanted and what i loved about atreyu, and its not the same thats not what im saying, but you can very clearly see and tell who was writing songs for a while, go listen to Icarus and read the lyrics and listen to the structure, i know hes trying to be down the middle, but he really was the heart of that band.

I still like Atreyu and I like Feldmann, but I totally get what he means. Feldmann really likes making those simple songs, some of them are barely even 3 minutes. 🙃 Some of the stuff he's been making recently with Atreyu and Escape The Fate are catchy but leave me wanting more.

Alex is the fuckin man! I'll never forget i crowd surfed to the front and Alex let us scream into the mic 🎤 at self help fest! One of my coolest memories😎

Needed to see this, was listening to some old atreyu the other day and was like "What the hell happened to this band?" Will def be checking out Dead Icarus

Alex V Solid Interview, Solid Dude! Cheers To The Future Of One Of My Favorite Frontman In Music! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

Great interview! Glad we got some insight on this. I remember Alex saying in past interviews he did wanna try singing on Lead Sails Paper Anchor and wanted to get away from it after. It sucks to see Alex and Atreyu have resentment for Congregation Of The Damned seeing as how they never/still don’t play songs from it. Solid record in my opinion. Also Moral Eclipse is so good. The song that made me a bigger fan of Metalcore.

Thanks for the interview! It is what I was looking for. For sure Atreyu isn't the same without Alex, but they are still a good band. Their sound is a bit different and softer now. I like it, but I miss Alex' voice in the songs. Dead Icarus is awesome and finally Alex is back. Well, I listen to both, even it makes me a bit sad that they are two different bands now.

Lacey Sturm would be a bad ass female voice to hear alongside Alex. Either clean or them having a total scream out would be sick. 🤘 Also a song With Matt A7X would be fucking monstrous.

Super down to earth, nice guy.

Every work place has employees who come and go, they evolve too depending on how the next manager will be. That’s what happens to band, it’s sad when a good employee leaves because he’s unhappy, but that’s life, people grow up emotionnally and they become the person they want to be. People saying Atreyu shouldn’t exist without Alex are the ones who don’t want to grow up and keep the same stuff over and over again. Atreyu was good from Suicide Notes until their newer stuff and to me, it’s always going to be Atreyu even though I really miss Alex’s vocals because Porter can’t even come close to Alex in a vocal perspective, but it’s still Atreyu because all of the other band members are still there. I haven’t listened to Dead Icarus yet but I’m sure it’s going to be good or maybe not. We don’t have to love everything our favorite singers do. They make choices for themselves and people should respect that. The world of music will always be a toxic place because of the few toxic fans who are a little too hardcore for me, but that’s my opinion. Either way, when you don’t love something, you don’t actually have to go on the social medias and start spreading shit just because you’re unhappy about the new records of any band. There are ways to say you don’t like something without going into the personal side of things. We’ve all made right and wrong decisions in our lives and it’s not going to be different for these singers and guitarists and drummers and bassists and every other instrument players. Let them be and just keep listening to the old stuff if the new stuff doesn’t suit you.

LETS GO!!

Didn't have a good idea of his character before this but it's safe to say I really like this guy. We are years apart but I think we would be friends.

Sweet show dude. Just found your channel

My first Atreyu experience. Warped tour 05. Standing in line to get in I saw people with Atreyu shirts. Atreyu was a heavy weird band as far as I knew. I was there for emo bands. Like hawthorne and stuff. Then Atreyu took the stage and we were close by and INSTANTLY were hooked. Made my way to the front of the crowd and soaked it all in! Was hooked. Thanks Alex!

Suicide notes and butterfly kisses is my favorite album! Alex voice and all the guitar transitions are badass, but now Atreyu sounds like an average band so heartbreaking.

Alex and I have the same mug! 🥰

Alex seems like such a nice guy

I don't see anything wrong with Atreyu's change in style if those guys prefer it and don't see anything wrong with Alex preferring the old style. Sometimes people drift apart over time. Frankly the only thing I wish had happened is that they just agreed to disagree and separate rather than any jabs in the media. I'm a fan of bands, but I don't know members as people and never will, thus I don't get personally invested in their lives or the drama. I keep it about the music. If I don't like the music, I don't listen. The public drama, whether leaked or intentionally divulged, only stirs shit up in the fanbase and that's just dumb. I like both eras of Atreyu and I know I'm not the only one that thinks that way and that's fine. But with the drama, fans start feeling like they gotta pick a side and it just isn't their beef.

🤯

iam number 6 , love u alex, u are atreyu !

Alex is half of atreyu. Atreyu will never be the same without alex, alex will never be the same without atreyu. With that being said, we’re the only losers here, music as a whole lost with this separation :/ .

Atreyu without Alex just isnt Atreyu anymore. The music is ok, but Alex's voice was a huge identity in that band. Obviously Brandon has a great voice but they need Alex's voice to balance the sound. Marc's screaming just doesnt do it for me as a lead screaming voice.

I grew up as a teen in the 2000’s, like that was my time, I lived it and I fucking loved Atreyu and Alex in particular. Actually, he was really the only member of Atreyu that I thought was sick as fuck haha. Brandon’s vocals on the earlier albums was decent but Alex was always the best part of Atreyu by far as far as vocals go, but his stage presence and shit like that was awesome too. Alex was Atreyu IMO. I wish Alex appreciated Lead Sails more. I didn’t really like anything Atreyu did after Lead Sails at all for reasons Alex talked about basically but Lead Sails was still good even though it was a change in sound. Alex said it’s like being cheated on, but idk, Lead Sails still had some good shit. But yeah of course The Curse and Deathgrip and shit will always be the best stuff. Her Portrait In Black from the Underworld soundtrack is actually my favorite Atreyu song.

Alex my mate.

Alex was completely Atreyu, without him it’s not the same and never will be. I retired my high school Atreyu The Curse shirt that came with the preorder, time for Dead Icarus merch

Dead Icarus is fantastic. The new unclean vocals guy for atreyu makes me wanna rip my ears out. Team Alex! 💯

The sheer disrespect to play The Curse without Alex 😡 that band is going to make a heavy, flawless record absolutely cringe. awesome podcast though

Alex truly was Atreyu and they're worthless without him

“Don’t worry we don’t spend the entire interview talking about Atreyu” dammit I wish you would’ve.

Honestly it's really hard in their live shows to hear the older stuff without Alex as lead vocals,

World’s best screamer 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Atreyu EP is still one of the best 5 songs that they ever made

The sheer disrespect that the band that i grew up with to betray alex and honestly that sucks

I wish there was time stamps.

Atreyu supposed to play in Malaysia in 2019 then covid hit and everything cancelled, I was broken. Then Alex "left"... I was like what is happening?? Stoke with Dead Icarus man, Atreyu recently is a bit off..

Lead sails my favorite lol. Sorry not sorry it's the best combo of scream and sing. A lot of the hard core folks won't agree but that's just music. Music is so about dynamics without breaks and changes in intensity it gets very stale very quick. Having a few tracks that kick your face in is cool but a whole record with nothing but screaming is just not my scene.

Listen, I still love old Atreyu. The first 3 albums are untouchable. Then slowly, things went downhill until their sound was so far off from where they started, I didn't even bother checking their new albums out anymore. Once Alex left, that was the end. I finally listened to their new ones without Alex the other day and theyre AWFUL! Just so boring and cookie cutter. I'm so glad Alex is returning to form. He WAS Atreyu. Alex went, and I went with him.

He looks like johny lawrence

bro was snorting and boofing, honestly i've never seen anyone have it recorded on camera usually they just speak about it on meetings and keep it anonymous

Not been anywhere near the same since he left.

New Atreyu is ⚾️🥎🏀🏐. Music used to be compassionate. Atreyu rip 😩

No Alex....no Atreyu

F*ck around and find out, the oldest teacher in existence 😂

In regards to the metalcore comment just look at the "purist" gatekeeping metalcore fans. They're fkn unbearable and shun anyones opinion who isn't aligned with theirs lol. Doesn't shock me at all people blew up over it.

I'd rather send you money. I hate my friends.

John Feldmann ruins everything he touches

Atreyu were my favorite band when I was a kid and my gateway into a ton of music, not gonna lie though last time I listened to them was when lead sails came out when I was 13. Wasn’t the same band anymore. And had they just waited it out the mainstream deathcore boom would have came and they’d be riding that wave with BMTH, Suicide Silence and all the others. While they were trying to tone it down they should have been getting heavier