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 post-hardcore
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 4 April 2011.
3. "Blistering review". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
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 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
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.