ATREYU
The Beautiful Dark Of Life
California’s metalcore mainstays chase too many balls
Atreyu refuse to let their momentum stall
SPINEFARM
‘MAY WE ALL get a little lost sometimes,’
Brandon Saller screams on the reflective anthem
Come Down,
and it’s a sentiment that seems threaded throughout metalcore quintet Atreyu’s ninth studio album.
The Beautiful Dark Of Life
both compiles this year’s trio of EPs –
The Hope Of ASpark, The Moment You Find Your Flame
and
ATorch In The Dark
–and serves as the culminating chapter with three new tracks. But while Atreyu’s introspective musing masquerades as a confident melding of metal and post-hardcore, here it feels more like a wavering search for identity.