Atlas (Parkway Drive album)

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Atlas
Parkway Drive Atlas.png
Studio album by
Parkway Drive
Released26 October 2012
Recorded2012
Studio
  • Hydeaway Studios, Minneapolis, U.S.
  • The Sunset Lodge Studio, Los Angeles, U.S.
Genre Metalcore
Length48:06
Label
Producer Matt Hyde
Parkway Drive chronology
Deep Blue
(2010)		Atlas
(2012)		 Ire
(2015)
Singles from Atlas
  1. "Dark Days"
    Released: 9 September 2012
  2. "Wild Eyes"
    Released: 13 May 2013

Atlas is the fourth studio album by Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California, and released on 26 October 2012 through Resist and Epitaph Records. The album was produced by Matt Hyde.

Contents

At the J Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. [1]

Release and promotion

On 9 September 2012, Parkway Drive released the album's first single, "Dark Days" along with a music video. [2] [3] On 17 September, Parkway Drive released a 10-second teaser of "Old Ghost / New Regrets" in an interview with Winston McCall on the ABC radio program, The Doctor. [4] On 16 October, "Old Ghost / New Regrets" was released by Parkway Drive through the Epitaph Records YouTube channel.

On 23 October, the full album became available to stream on the Epitaph Records YouTube channel. The album was released on 26 October 2012 [5] through Epitaph Records. The band first started touring in support of the album in Europe between 13 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 with opening bands Emmure, The Word Alive and Structures. On 13 December, they embarked on their second album release tour, to New Zealand and Australia. The band performed as part of Warped Tour Australia in November and December 2013. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]
PopMatters (7/10) [11]
Revolver (2.5/5) [12]
Ultimate Guitar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Atlas received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 73 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7] Fred Thomas from AllMusic commented on the album's use of instruments not generally used in metalcore, saying, "The album's depth and openness to straying away from typical devices of the genre make Atlas one of the more engaging and thought-provoking metalcore releases amid a sea of the interchangeable riffs and howls of other bands." [9]

Commercial performance

Atlas debuted at No. 3 on the Australian ARIA albums chart and achieved an ARIA Gold certification for 35,000 shipments in January 2013. [14] In the US, it charted at No. 32 on the Billboard 200, and has sold 63,000 copies in the US as of September 2015. [15]

At the end of the year the album was featured on a few end of year lists. It reached 25 of 101 in Kerrang! . [16]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sparks"2:18
2."Old Ghost / New Regrets"2:50
3."Dream Run"4:09
4."Wild Eyes"4:19
5."Dark Days"4:05
6."The River"5:27
7."Swing"3:32
8."The Slow Surrender"4:14
9."Atlas"4:09
10."Sleight of Hand"4:27
11."Snake Oil and Holy Water"2:49
12."Blue and the Grey"5:47
Total length:48:06

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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