And as Atreyu's attempt to define their career in a nutshell, Congregation of the Damned displays just about about everything that they are about, be it mediocre Metalcore or mediocre c ock rock.
For those that find some level of enjoyment from Atreyu, there is bound to be something on Congregation of the Damned that will tickle your fancy. It's clear that Congregation of the Damned, Atreyu's fifth full-length release, is an attempt to please both new and old fans, and in the process be the album that sums up exactly what Atreyu are all about. Despite the loss of some old fans still clinging to their memories of 2002, Lead Sails Paper Anchor changed Atreyu from a band that was embraced by enough fourteen year-olds dressed in black to have a high charting release to a band seeing mainstream success.
To expand on the mainstream acceptance that had come via their place as a gateway act, Atreyu's fourth album, 2007's Lead Sails Paper Anchor, saw the band try their hand at full on radio-centric Arena Rock (which, for the most part, worked). For many kids, the albums Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses and The Curse were stepping stones into heavy music, only to be almost entirely discarded except for the occasional, nostalgic spin of “Lip Gloss and Black” in favor of thousands of better bands. Born from the same pool of pissed off suburban teenagers that spawned Bleeding Through, Avenged Sevenfold, and Eighteen Visions, the Orange County quintet's seemingly unwarranted rise to popularity was driven by the accessibility of their watered down take on Metalcore. Review Summary: Despite its best intentions, Congregation of the Damned is just another Atreyu album fueled by dated ideas and repetitive songwriting.Ītreyu's popularity has always been more a matter of timing than due to things like skill and quality.
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