ATREYU And AVENGED SEVENFOLD Spearheading 'Orange County' Sound?

January 16, 2008

The Pulse of Radio reports: ATREYU and AVENGED SEVENFOLD will hit the road together for the first time in several years when the two bands appear on the upcoming 2008 edition of the Taste of Chaos tour. Although both outfits rock hard and come from Southern California's Orange County region, ATREYU vocalist Alex Varkatzas told The Pulse of Radio he isn't sure if there's an "Orange County sound." "I think that Orange County definitely has its own unique flair to it, you know what I mean, and I think that all the bands from here reflect it in their music," he said. "I think we do all sound quite different, but, I guess, you know, there's some over-the-top-age that I guess just comes from being from this area that we all would share in some way or another."

Other hard-edged younger groups that have emerged from Orange County include BULLETS AND OCTANE, THRICE, the now-defunct EIGHTEEN VISIONS and BLEEDING THROUGH. The area was also the birthplace of veteran acts such as THE OFFSPRING, NO DOUBT and SOCIAL DISTORTION.

The 43-date Taste of Chaos tour will begin on February 29 in Denver and is scheduled to last through mid-April. The bill will also feature BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLESS THE FALL, IDIOT PILOT and others.

ATREYU plans to reissue its latest album, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", with bonus material including a new song and a DVD.

"Lead Sails Paper Anchor" arrived last summer and features the single "Becoming the Bull". The newest single from the disc is called "Falling Down".

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).