A Death-Grip on Yesterday

A Death-Grip on Yesterday
Studio album by Atreyu
Released	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28) [1]
Recorded	2005 Pulse Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Metalcore
Length	32:49
Label	Victory
Producer	Josh Abraham, Atreyu
Atreyu chronology
The Curse (2004) A Death-Grip on Yesterday (2006) The Best Of... Atreyu (2007)
Singles from A Death-Grip on Yesterday
"Ex's and Oh's" Released: March 2006 "The Theft" Released: September 2006

A Death-Grip on Yesterday is the third studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released on March 28, 2006, through Victory Records. It debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200. ^[2]

The album was released with a Victory Records DVD featuring the making of the album and promotional videos by Victory Records artists.

An instrumental version of the album, as well as The Curse , was released on iTunes on January 9, 2007.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blistering	(average) [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	2/10 [4]
IGN	6.2/10 [5]
PopMatters	5/10 [6]
Punknews.org	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Creature"	2:59
2.	"Shameful"	3:29
3.	"Our Sick Story (Thus Far)"	3:31
4.	"The Theft"	3:58
5.	"We Stand Up"	3:06
6.	"Ex's and Oh's"	3:31
7.	"Your Private War"	3:33
8.	"My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back)"	3:25
9.	"Untitled Finale"	5:17
Total length:		32:49

Personnel

Band line-up

• Alex Varkatzas  – vocals
• Dan Jacobs – guitar
• Travis Miguel – guitar
• Marc McKnight – bass, vocals
• Brandon Saller  – vocals, drums, percussion, additional guitar, keyboards, programming

Additional credits

• Alex Varkatzas – lyrics
• Jeff Gros – photography
• Brian Warwick – assistant mixing
• Ted Jensen  – mastering
• Josh Abraham  – production
• Ryan Williams – engineering, mixing
• Scott Adair – management
• Atreyu – production
• Don Clark – artwork, layout design
• Tim Smith – management

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [8]	92
US Billboard 200 [9]	9
Top Independent Albums [10]	1

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	"Ex's and Oh's"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	24

References

1. A Death-Grip on Yesterday at AllMusic
2. Katie Hasty. "T.I. Rules as 'King' of Album Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
3. "Blistering review". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
4. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
5. "IGN review". Archived from the original on May 14, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
6. PopMatters review
7. Punknews.org review
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
9. "Atreyu Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved November 18, 2021.
10. "Atreyu Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2021.