The video for "Her Portrait in Black,"
Atreyu's contribution to the "Underworld: Evolution" soundtrack, will have the requisite action-packed, Kate Beckinsale-in-tight-leather film snippets. But according to frontman Alex Varkatzas, the clip could also have performance footage of the Orange County, California, metalcore five-piece that was captured "in this weird, huge, dark, scary warehouse they shoot a lot of dark movie scenes in." There might also be eerie images of a young girl gently plucking petals from a wilting daisy — but again, Varkatzas isn't positive. What will make the video and what won't is beyond his control.
"There's this one weird scene we shot of me and [guitarist] Travis [Miguel] in business suits, shaking hands," he explained of the clip, which was directed by Rob Schroeder (the Postal Service, Breaking Benjamin). "And then they did these weird scenes, like with me covered in black paint up to my elbows. I have no idea what the final thing's going to look like. I'm just trying to work my magic to get tickets to the [film's] premiere."
"Her Portrait in Black" was one of the first tracks Atreyu wrote for their forthcoming third LP, the follow-up to 2004's The Curse. But now the tune will be appearing exclusively on the "Underworld" soundtrack, which also features Cradle of Filth, Slipknot, Trivium and My Chemical Romance. That makes A Deathgrip on Yesterday — produced by Josh Abraham (Staind, Coal Chamber) — a mere nine songs long. The track list will include "Our Sick Story (Thus Far)," "Your Private War" and "My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in my Back)."
"Every song is different and stands alone," Varkatzas said of the disc, which will be released on Victory Records. "It's its own little thing. Maybe there's not a whole bunch of singles on there, but it's nine entertaining songs that we worked as hard as we could on. We've redone and rethought and rewrote, lyrically and musically, [the album] several times. We're pretty hard on ourselves. So I hope people can appreciate the end product. We're just trying to be honest with our music. We can only do what comes naturally to us."
The singer said several of the lyrics were inspired by relationships — such as on the song "Ex's and Oh's." "That song's more about ex-girlfriends and sex than it is hugs and kisses," Varkatzas said. "I listen to a lot of [the Deathgrip songs] now, and it hurts to listen to them because they're about such a personal time in my life and about all this pain I went through. And for me, to listen to it, I get the urge to cry a little. It's so weird — the songs hit me like that."
The singer said Atreyu will mull over the invite they've received for the 2006 edition of Ozzfest between now and March 28, when Deathgrip hits stores. They're also looking forward to the Taste of Chaos trek, which kicks off February 16 in San Diego and features Thrice,
Deftones,
As I Lay Dying, Pelican, Dredg and others. He said the band is prepared for whatever response the new material gets.
"Bands like
My Chemical Romance and
Fall Out Boy, those bands enjoying more success just helps bands like Atreyu," he said. "It's like trickle-down success for
Atreyu merchandise and our music. The more popular and acceptable those bands become, to a much smaller extent, bands like us become."
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