ATREYU's landmark album 'A Death-Grip On Yesterday' reissued on vinyl for 20th anniversary
17-09-2026
Craft Recordings has announced the return of ATREYU‘s metalcore classic game-changing album “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” twenty years after its release.
A major turning point in their decades-spanning career, “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” boldly expanded the Southern California-bred band’s sound with bigger hooks and arena-ready grandeur. The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 — marking their first Top 10 LP — and delivered enduring hits like the chart-climbing smash “Ex’s And Oh’s”.
Arriving on October 30 and available for pre-order now, “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” will be available on black vinyl as well as limited edition exclusive colorways: Fire Smoke vinyl (via Craft Recordings) and Blazing Yellow vinyl (via Revolver).
In tandem with the announcement, ATREYU has resurfaced an essential fan favorite from the same era: the savagely haunting “Her Portrait In Black”, now available on digital platforms. Spawned from the sessions for “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” (but not included on the album), “Her Portrait In Black” appeared on the soundtrack to the 2006 action-horror film “Underworld: Evolution”.
Stream “Her Portrait In Black” below.
Released in March 2006, “A Death-Grip On Yesterday” showcased that newfound range on standouts like “The Theft” and “Ex’s And Oh’s” — a wildly infectious and hard-charging track that peaked at No. 24 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and extended its reach deep into pop culture, appearing in “Madden NFL 07” and “Guitar Hero II” and later heard on MTV‘s reality-TV juggernaut “Jersey Shore”. Meanwhile, songs like the album-opening “Creature” and the brutally cathartic “Our Sick Story (Thus Far)” drew closer to the band’s musical DNA, ultimately revealing just how much ground ATREYU could cover without losing the ferocity of their early days.
Soon after the arrival of “A Death-Grip On Yesterday”, ATREYU finished out their run on the “Taste Of Chaos” tour (where they shared top billing with the likes of DEFTONES and THRICE),then hit the road again for the 2006 Ozzfest. In a move that further accelerated their rise, the band also signed to Hollywood Records in time for the release of 2007’s “Lead Sails Paper Anchor”, which debuted at No.8 on the Billboard 200 and topped both the U.S. Hard Rock and Rock Albums charts.
“A Death-Grip On Yesterday” 20-anniversary vinyl track listing:
Side A:
01. Creature
02. Shameful
03. Our Sick Story (Thus Far)
04. The Theft
05. We Stand Up
Side B:
01. Ex’s And Oh’s
02. Your Private War
03. My Fork In The Road (Your Knife In My Back)
04. Untitled Finale
Earlier this year ATREYU released the singles “All For You”, “Dead” and “Ego Death”, from their April 24 released studio album “The End Is Not The End”, released on via Spinefarm.
Watch “All For You”, “Dead” and “Ego Death” below.
“The End Is Not The End” track listing:
01. The End Is Not The End
02. Dead
03. Break Me
04. All For You
05. Ghost In Me
06. Glass Eater
07. Wait My Love, I’ll Be Home Soon
08. Ego Death
09. Death Rattle
10. Children Of Light
11. In The Dark
12. Afterglow
13. Break The Glass
ATREYU is:
Brandon Saller – lead vocals
Dan Jacobs – guitar
Travis Miguel – guitar
Porter McKnight – bass/vocals
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